kabbalists
Hebrew mysticism practitioners
Kabbalists are practitioners or students of Kabbalah, the tradition of Jewish mysticism that interprets hidden meanings in sacred texts.
The term applies both to historical figures who developed mystical doctrines and to contemporary seekers exploring esoteric spirituality: Medieval kabbalists believed the Hebrew alphabet held cosmic secrets.
Also spelled cabalists.
Spiritual insight seekers
- adeptsHighly skilled people
- initiatesStarts or new members
- sagesProfoundly learned people
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
visions · prophecy · revelation · meditation · ecstasy · ascetic · enlightenment · gnosis
Judaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- MidrashRabbinic biblical commentary tradition
- HasidismDevout mystical branch of Judaism
- ShabbatJewish day of rest
Yeshiva · Halacha · Isaac Luria · Sefer Yetzirah · Hebrew · Aramaic · commentaries
Concealed information
symbology · arcana · esoterica · obscure · abstruse · encoded · concealed
Making something exist
- emanationSomething that flows out
- Tree of LifeSacred botanical symbol
- vesselsCarriers or containers
- sparksFiery particles from friction
tikkun olam · divine light · cosmic · primordial · restoration · redemption
mystics
Spiritual insight seekers
contemplation · visions · prophecy · revelation · meditation · ecstasy · ascetic · enlightenment · gnosis · theurgy
Torah
Judaism's core scripture
- TalmudRabbinic law compilation
- MidrashRabbinic biblical commentary tradition
- HasidismDevout mystical branch of Judaism
Shabbat · Yeshiva · Halacha · Isaac Luria · Sefer Yetzirah · Hebrew · Aramaic · commentaries
secrets
Concealed information
cryptic · symbology · arcana · esoterica · obscure · abstruse · encoded · concealed
creation
Making something exist
- emanationSomething that flows out
- Tree of LifeSacred botanical symbol
- vesselsCarriers or containers
sparks · tikkun olam · divine light · cosmic · primordial · restoration · redemption
- occultistswitches, wizards, sorcerers, sorceresses, warlocks
- Jewish Scholarsrabbis, sages, commentators, codifiers, Baal Shem Tov
- healersnurse, doctor, physician, surgeon, medic
kabbalistsrationalists
Advocates of reasoned thinking
legalists · scholastics · logicians · legal scholars · theologians
kabbalistsmaterialists
Prioritizers of physical possessions
secularists · atheists · skeptics · empiricists · naturalists