
The Kabbalah - Collected Books
Jewish Mysticism, Divine Emanation, Sacred Language, and the Tree of LifeBy J. Abelson, Nurho de Manhar, Bernhard Pick, S. L. MacGregor Mathers, W. W. WestcotLength36h 19m
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The Kabbalah - Collected Books gathers foundational modern presentations of Jewish mystical tradition, combining translation, commentary, philology, comparative religion, and occult interpretation. Its range moves from discussions of divine emanation, sacred language, angelology, and ritual symbolism to meditations on the Sefer Yetzirah, the Zoharic imagination, and the numerical architectures of creation. The volume is significant not as a single doctrinal statement but as a record of competing methods of making Kabbalah legible to English-language readers; translations and learned expositions stand beside more speculative esoteric syntheses. Its contributors represent a distinctive late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century milieu in which Jewish scholarship, biblical criticism, Orientalist philology, and Western ceremonial occultism frequently overlapped. J. Abelson and Bernhard Pick bring historically attentive scholarly interests to rabbinic and mystical sources, while Nurho de Manhar, S. L. MacGregor Mathers, and W. W. Westcot reflect the influential occult revival that adapted Kabbalistic materials for new spiritual and symbolic systems. Read together, these differing voices reveal both the richness of Kabbalistic reception and the interpretive assumptions that shaped it. This collection is especially valuable for readers seeking multiple pathways into Kabbalah within one volume. Students of Jewish mysticism, religious history, translation, and esotericism will find substantial material for comparison and critique. Its dialogues between textual learning and occult reinvention make it an instructive, broad-ranging invitation to examine how a profound tradition has been transmitted, transformed, and contested.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion, Literary Classics
Length36 hrs 19 mins
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Publish dateDec 11, 2023
LanguageEnglish
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)