Kabbalah — The Jewish Mystical Tradition
Kabbalah (received wisdom) is the Jewish mystical tradition — the inner dimension of Torah — offering a map of the divine inner life, the structure of creation, and the path of human spiritual ascent.
Kabbalah (received, traditional wisdom) is the Jewish mystical tradition, with roots in the ancient Chariot mysticism (Merkavah) and Palace mysticism (Heichalot) literature, crystallizing in the Sefer HaBahir (11th-12th century) and the Zohar (attributed to Shimon bar Yochai, compiled by Moses de Leon, 13th century Spain). Its central concepts include: the Ten Sefirot (divine attributes through which God creates and governs the world — Keter, Chochmah, Binah, Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, Malchut); the four worlds (Atzilut, Beriah, Yetzirah, Assiyah — from divine emanation to physical reality); the Shekhinah (divine feminine presence); shevirat hakeilim (shattering of the vessels) and tikkun (repair); and the Lurianic additions of tzimtzum (divine contraction to make room for creation) and the doctrine of the soul's journey. Kabbalah has profoundly influenced Christian mysticism, Renaissance thought, and the Romantic movement through its transmission via Christian Kabbalah.
The entire Torah is nothing but the name of the Holy One, Blessed Be He.
Philosopher Gershom Scholem's monumental research on the history of Kabbalah ('Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism') established that Kabbalistic thought, far from being peripheral to Judaism, represents one of its most creative and transformative dimensions — and that its influence on Western esotericism, Romanticism, and depth psychology is far greater than previously recognized.
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