kabbalah
or cab·a·la
a system of esoteric theosophy and theurgy developed by rabbis, reaching its peak about the 12th and 13th centuries, and influencing certain medieval and Renaissance Christian thinkers. It was based on a mystical method of interpreting Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate sacred mysteries. Among its central doctrines are: all creation is an emanation from the Deity and the soul exists from eternity.
any occult or secret doctrine or science.
Origin of kabbalah
1- Also cab·ba·la, kab·a·la, kab·ba·la .
Words Nearby kabbalah
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How to use kabbalah in a sentence
In his hands was The Zohar, the chief text of the Jewish kabbalah.
Neilson told Newsweek that "the separation is a healthy thing for Raising Malawi and the kabbalah Centre."
That goes a long way toward explaining the appeal of the Church of Scientology and the kabbalah Centre.
The kabbalah does not possess that integral connection with Masonry which is argued by Mgr.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward WaiteEating little means sleeping little, and whole nights without sleep or food incline one to the kabbalah!
Stories and Pictures | Isaac Loeb Peretz
Somebody was caught reading a kabbalah-book, and the Rabbi had his beard shaven by Gentiles!
Stories and Pictures | Isaac Loeb PeretzThese hermeneutical canons are much older than the kabbalah.
The kabbalah is divided into two parts, viz, the symbolical and the real.
British Dictionary definitions for kabbalah
kabbala, kabala, cabbala, cabala or qabalah
/ (kəˈbɑːlə) /
an ancient Jewish mystical tradition based on an esoteric interpretation of the Old Testament
any secret or occult doctrine or science
Origin of kabbalah
1Derived forms of kabbalah
- kabbalism, kabalism, cabbalism, cabalism or qabalism (ˈkæbəˌlɪzəm), noun
- kabbalist, kabalist, cabbalist, cabalist or qabalist, noun
- kabbalistic, kabalistic, cabbalistic, cabalistic or qabalistic, adjective
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