kabbalah
Hebrew mystical tradition
Kabbalah is a tradition of Jewish mysticism concerned with the nature of God, creation, and the soul.
It involves esoteric interpretation of Hebrew scriptures and texts like the Zohar.
The tradition emphasizes hidden meanings in sacred texts and contemplative practices for spiritual insight.
In popular usage, kabbalah sometimes refers loosely to any Jewish mystical or occult practice: She's been studying kabbalah with a local rabbi.
The word appears in various spellings—Kabbalah, Cabala, Qabalah—reflecting different transliteration systems and sometimes different interpretive traditions.
Ritual invoking gods
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- gnosticismPrivileging inner revelation
- theosophyMystical divine knowledge system
- anthroposophySteiner's spiritual development system
occultism · mysticism · alchemy · neoplatonism · ceremonial magic
Christ's mother, or pop icon
- red stringMythical bond between lovers
- new ageCurrent era or period
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
- popularizationMaking widely known
emanation
Something that flows out
theurgy
Ritual invoking gods
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- gnosticismPrivileging inner revelation
- theosophyMystical divine knowledge system
anthroposophy · occultism · mysticism · alchemy · neoplatonism · ceremonial magic
Isaac Luria
- Baal Shem TovHasidic Judaism's founder
Madonna
Christ's mother, or pop icon
- red stringMythical bond between lovers
- new ageCurrent era or period
- celebrityWidely recognized public figure
tree of life
Diagram of evolutionary connections
- hodPole-mounted material trough
sod
Grass-bound topsoil section
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- Jewish cultureTorah, synagogue, synagogues, rabbi, rabbis
- Jewish studiesTorah study, Jewish learning, yeshiva, Jewish history, rabbinical school
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- Kabbalahhod, Tree of Life, tree of life, divine spark, sparks
kabbalahscholasticism
Rigorous dialectical learning method
kabbalahmaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
physicalism · atheism · secular humanism · empiricism · rationalism
- Lurianic KabbalahIsaac's transformative Jewish mysticism