Since then many mystical traditions have used Kabbalistic symbolism – from the Freemasons to the Rosicrucians. Further texts appeared, including the highly influential Zohar, composed in a trance state by a Spanish Jewish mystic called Moses de Leon in the thirteenth century. Daniel Matt says the Kabbalah jumped to Europe, to Provence in particular, towards the end of the twelfth century and over the next hundred years it spread to Catalonia and Castile. While Jewish scholars usually restricted their studies to the Bible (Old Testament) and the Talmud, only a few researched the far more cerebral, spiritual and mystical texts of the Kabbalah. However the main Kabbalistic text the Sefer Yetsirah, or Book of Creation, was apparently composed in Palestine sometime between the third and sixth centuries. The account of Moses and the burning bush and the testimonies of the prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel show clear links to Kabbalah. Matt, author of The Essential Kabbalah says, “The kabbalists made the fantastic claim that their mystical teachings derived from the Garden of Eden.” However, even if Kabbalah is not that ancient it still has a venerable history. Kabbalah is not a religion or a sect, it is simply a highly complex map of life, a key to this world and all the other worlds that are said to lie beyond our own.ĭaniel C. It has been said that if you study Kabbalah seriously you will have at your fingertips the secrets of life, the universe, everything… However it is no instant fix: it takes years and years of deep thought and meditation.
Kabbalah is the ancient heart of Jewish mysticism a deeply profound philosophy of life.
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