
The Essential Works of Kabbalah
Foundational Texts and Modern Interpretations of Jewish Mysticism, Divine Emanation, and the Tree of LifeBy Bernhard Pick, Nurho de Manhar, J. Abelson, S. L. MacGregor Mathers, W. W. WestcotLength36h 20m
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The Essential Works of Kabbalah gathers foundational materials from Jewish mystical speculation alongside influential modern esoteric interpretations. Moving between scriptural exegesis, symbolic cosmology, meditations on the sefirot, angelic and divine names, and practical occult correspondences, the volume displays the striking range of Kabbalistic discourse. Its selections illuminate both the learned, text-centered traditions of Jewish mysticism and the later Western reception that recast Kabbalah within comparative religion, ritual magic, and hermetic philosophy. The juxtaposition of doctrinal exposition with visionary symbolism makes the collection especially valuable as a map of Kabbalah's many literary and intellectual registers. Its contributors represent distinct moments in the transmission of mystical knowledge: scholarly interpreters of Judaism, translators and popularizers, and figures associated with the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century occult revival. Bernhard Pick and J. Abelson contribute historically attentive approaches to Jewish sources, while S. L. MacGregor Mathers and W. W. Westcott evoke the Hermetic and Golden Dawn milieu that disseminated Christianized and occult Kabbalah to modern readers. Nurho de Manhar further broadens the anthology's interpretive horizon. Together, these voices reveal Kabbalah as both a living Jewish tradition and a contested, creatively adapted inheritance. Recommended for students of religion, Jewish studies, esotericism, and literary symbolism, this volume offers an unusually concentrated encounter with multiple Kabbalistic idioms. Readers will find not a single authoritative doctrine, but a productive dialogue among textual scholarship, mystical imagination, and modern occult reception.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion, Literary Classics
Length36 hrs 20 mins
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Publish dateMar 11, 2021
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Table of contents
1Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism (Annotated)
2The Essential Works of Kabbalah
3The Cabala (Bernhard Pick) (pt. 1)
4The Cabala (Bernhard Pick) (pt. 2)
5Sefer Yetzirah (W.W. Westcot)
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6The Sepher Ha-Zohar (Nurho de Manhar)
7Preface
8Introduction. The Lily
9The Occult Origin Of Alhim
10The Mysticism Of The Alphabet
11The Initiation Of Rabbi Hiya
12The Mysterious Stranger
13Abundant Goodness
14Exposition Of Bible Mysteries
15The Fourteen Precepts
16Genesis. (pt. 1)
17Genesis. (pt. 2)
18Genesis. (pt. 3)
19Genesis. (pt. 4)
20Genesis. (pt. 5)
21Genesis. (pt. 6)
22Jewish Mysticism (J. Abelson)
23Preface
24Introduction
25Chapter 1. Some Early Elements: Essenism
26Chapter 2. The Merkabah (Chariot) Mysticism
27Chapter 3. Philo: Metatron: Wisdom
28Chapter 4. Kingdom Of Heaven: Fellowship: Shechinah
29Chapter 5. The Book 'Yetsirah'
30Chapter 6. Some General Features Of The 'Zohar' Mysticism
31Chapter 7. The Ten Sefirot
32Chapter 8. The Soul
33The Kabbalah Unveiled (S. L. MacGregor Mathers)
34INTRODUCTION.
35SPRA DTzNIOVThA (SIPHRA DTZENIOUTHA); OR, THE BOOK OF CONCEALED MYSTERY.
36HADRA RBA QDIShA (HA IDRA RABBA QADISHA); OR, THE GREATER HOLY ASSEMBLY. (pt. 1)
37HADRA RBA QDIShA (HA IDRA RABBA QADISHA); OR, THE GREATER HOLY ASSEMBLY. (pt. 2)
38HADRA RBA QDIShA (HA IDRA RABBA QADISHA); OR, THE GREATER HOLY ASSEMBLY. (pt. 3)
39HADRA ZVTA QDIShA (HA IDRA ZUTA QADISHA) OR THE LESSER HOLY ASSEMBLY. (pt. 1)
40HADRA ZVTA QDIShA (HA IDRA ZUTA QADISHA) OR THE LESSER HOLY ASSEMBLY. (pt. 2)