Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction
I've just finished reading this book, has anyone else here read it?
I started reading it because I wanted to dip my feet into some esoteric knowledge and I've recently heard about Kabbalah. After a cursory investigation, I discovered that it is a form of Jewish mysticism that arose in somewhat recently (13th or 16th century IIRC). I also learned that there is the Christian form Cabbalah and Hermetic form Qabbalah. Since the Jewish Kaballah was the original, I decided that I would look deeper into that.
I also wanted to see how the Jews perceive Kabbalah and found out that Kabbalah seems to be reserved only to those who are 40 years old and have a good grasp of the Torah. Some Orthodox Jews see it as bullshit, but other Orthodox (Hasidic) seem to really like the Kabbalah. I am neither Jewish nor have 40 years of experience in Judaism, but I decided not to let those formalities hold me back.
Anyways, I read the book and it really helped introduce to me the basics. I should probably give the book another read and re-read, because I'm afraid that there was a lot of Yiddish/Hebrew terminology that I can't remember.
Well, AMA?
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