The Book of Concealed Mystery
The Book of Concealed Mystery

Author: Continuum,

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2000-01-09

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1441104712

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This is a book of the key text of the Kabbalah, a work known as the Zohar ("Splendour"). The Zohar is a commentary on the Torah and although it is sometimes ascribed to a second-century rabbi, Simon Bar-Yochai, the form in which it is most widely known originates with Moses of Leon, a native of Granada, who died in 1305.The kabbalists believe that the undefinable origin of all things is Ein Sof - the cause of causes, the infinite, that which underlies everything. The universe emanates from the divine in successive layers called esefiroti. Everything exists in God, but God extends infinitely beyond existence. All we know and are is linked together, pervaded and maintained by the divine. According to this work, the light of God must be concealed in order to be revealed to creation. Even though the kabbalists believe that ultimately Ein Sof is beyond expression or understanding, the contemplation of God's presence in all things causes our thoughts to be purified.

The Kabbalah Unveiled
The Kabbalah Unveiled

Author: S. L. MacGregor Mathers

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-05-23

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 048614609X

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A subject of perennial study and the focus of a recent surge of popular interest, Kabbalah is an ancient Jewish doctrine of esoteric knowledge concerning God, creation, and nature. This essential guide was written by one of the most influential figures in modern occultism. And unlike lesser works, it focuses on the actual sacred texts to offer an objective, reliable interpretation. The Kabbalah Unveiled explores three important books of the Zohar or "Splendor": "The Book of Concealed Mystery," the book of equilibrium or balance, concerning the central point, at which rest succeeds motion; "The Greater Holy Assembly"; and "The Lesser Holy Assembly." Together, these three books examine the gradual development of the creative deity, and of creation itself. Author S. L. MacGregor Mathers, a founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, presents his exegesis in a clear and scholarly style. Three fold-out charts enhance this volume's value as a tool for understanding the Kabbalah and enjoying the benefits of its teachings.

Aesch Mezareph
Aesch Mezareph

Author: William Wynn Westcott

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-10-29

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 0993421083

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The ?sch Mezareph or Ash Metzareph, is only known to persons of Western Culture from the Latin Translation found in a fragmentary condition in the work entitled Kabalah Denudata by Knorr von Rosenroth, published at Sulzbach in 1677-84. These volumes have as a sub-title ?The Transcendental, Metaphysical and Theological Doctrines of the Hebrews?, and they enshrine a Latin translation, with part of the Hebrew text and commentaries, of the great Sohar or ZOHAR, ?The Book of Splendour? which is the most famous of all the Hebrew mystical codices of the Kabalah. Sapere Aude?

Kabbala Denudata: the Kabbalah Unveiled
Kabbala Denudata: the Kabbalah Unveiled

Author: Samuel Liddell Macgregor Mathers

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-06-23

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9781548291457

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The present work contains three principal books of the Zohar, the key to the Kabalistic system. The translation is principally taken from the Latin version of Knorr Von Rosenroth, but also collated with the original Chaldee and Hebrew text, and in many instances translated directly therefrom, especially whenever the Latin rendering seemed unreliable. || From the Introduction: "The first questions which the non-qabalistical reader will probably ask are: What is the Qabalah? Who was its author? What are its sub-divisions? What are its general teachings? And why is a translation of it required at the present time? I will answer the last question first. At the present time a powerful wave of occult thought is spreading through society; thinking men are beginning to awake to the fact that "there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in their philosophy"; and, last but not least, it is now felt that the Bible, which has been probably more misconstrued than any other book ever written, contains numberless obscure and mysterious passages which are utterly unintelligible without some key wherewith to unlock their meaning. THAT KEY IS GIVEN IN THE QABALAH. Therefore this work should be of interest to every biblical and theological student. Let every Christian ask himself this question: "How can I think to understand the Old Testament if I be ignorant of the construction put upon it by that nation whose sacred book it formed; and if I know not the meaning of the Old Testament, how can I expect to understand the New?"-S. L. MacGregor Mathers.