Kabballah

Why the sudden interest in this in the last 5 - 10 years?

Originally posted by skywalker red
Why the sudden interest in this in the last 5 - 10 years?

People can't find the truth, so they just keep floundering around with every new fad.
That is as long as it gives them a sense of self importance.

Originally posted by skywalker red
Why the sudden interest in this in the last 5 - 10 years?

Good question. However, in Judaism itself, Kabbalah, in one form or another, has probably been the mainstream mystical theology since at least the 13th century (and has seeds much, much older); it’s simply come out more publicly, outside the synagogue and the beit midrash.

In the process, a much more “new-agey”, occultic version also seems to have developed. Which version are you interested in?

Originally posted by josephw
People can't find the truth, so they just keep floundering around with every new fad.
That is as long as it gives them a sense of self importance.

For once, josephw, I am inclined to agree with you. At least in regard to all the johny-come-latelies onto the kabballah scene. But that's only because Christianity has lost all relevance to so many people.

Originally posted by vistesd
Good question. However, in Judaism itself, Kabbalah, in one form or another, has probably been the mainstream mystical theology since at least the 13th century (and has seeds much, much older); it’s simply come out more publicly, outside the synagogue and the beit midrash.

In the process, a much more “new-agey”, occultic version also seems to have developed. Which version are you interested in?

Where is the line between mysticism and belief if there even is one? For example, do you view life sprining from nonliving matter as being a mystical ideology in some regards?

Originally posted by whodey
Where is the line between mysticism and belief if there even is one? For example, do you view life sprining from nonliving matter as being a mystical ideology in some regards?

No hay nada mystico, pero conocer esto:

no hay nada que no es la luz, la misma luz;
y el todo, de que estamos, uno es—uno, sin otro.

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“Luz” está metafórico; es una metáfora de una metáfora, del hebreo or ein sof de la Cábala.

Originally posted by vistesd
No hay nada mystico, pero conocer esto:

no hay nada que no es la luz, la misma luz;
y el todo, de que estamos, uno es—uno, sin otro.

_____________________________________

“Luz” está metafórico; es una metáfora de una metáfora, del hebreo or ein sof de la Cábala.

El say whato?