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A very, very basic overview of Kabbalah.
A ten minute primer. ...Kaballah 101.
Please ignore the bad publicity of Madonna, and
her red wrist string nonsense --
this is an intelligent and elaborate pholosphical
system.
Steve's Kabbalah Reading List:
"The Mystical Qabalah" by Dion Fortune. The
classic book on the subject that everyone tells
you to read. Very dense, so it's not the best
introduction to the subject, but full of info.
Available in paperback in a revised edition by
Weiser Books.
"Qabalistic Concepts: Living the Tree" by William
G. Gray. Very intelligent, detailed, covering
many areas. More accessible than Dion Fortune.
Published by Samuel Weiser, Inc.
"Qabalah: A Magical Primer" by John Bonner. A
scholarly study, with more of an emphasis on
contemporary Western Magick, and the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn. Weiser Books.
"The Kabbalah Tree: A Journey of Balance &
Growth" by Rachel Pollack. The author is a major
authority on Tarot, and gives fascinating
insights. The trade paperback includes a Tree of
Life poster by Hermann Haindl, who has designed
his own Tarot deck. The poster is very "organic,"
with animals and subtle imagery -- a great
alternative to the standard graphical depictions.
Llewellyn Publications, 2004.
"The Fool's Pilgrimage: Kabbalistic Meditations
on the Tarot" by Stephan A. Hoeller. The
twenty-two paths on the Tree of Life correspond to
the twenty-two Major Arcana cards of the Tarot.
The slim book has a very informative introduction
and overview, and also comes with a CD of Mr.
Hoeller reading the meditations for each path.
Quest Books, Theosophical Publishing House.
Mr. Hoeller is a leading Gnostic scholar, his
Gnostic Society is located in the Los Angeles
area. Their website:
http://gnosis.org/gnostsoc/gnostsoc.htm
Some of his best lectures on Kabbalah, and related
Western Hermetic traditions, are available at:
http://www.bcrecordings.net/store/
"The Complete Guide to the Kabbalah" by Will
Parfitt. Subtitled, "How to apply the ancient
mysteries of the Kabbalah to your everyday life."
Great insights, with some charts, and suggestions
for meditations. Published by Rider.
"The Practical Kabbalah Guidebook" by C.J.M.
Hopking. A great overview/introduction, with many
illustrations. Has visualization exercises.
Published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., New
York.
"God Is a Verb: The Practice of Mystical Judaism"
by Rabbi David A. Cooper. An accessible study of
Kabbalah from a more Judaic perspective.
Riverhead Books, New York.
B. O. T. A., "Builders of the Adytum,"
Adytum is "a sacred place," a metaphor for the
soul. The organization was founded in 1922 by
Paul Foster Case, to teach the Western Mystery
Tradition. They have well-respected
correspondence courses in Qabalah, Tarot, Alchemy,
and so on.
B.O.T.A., 5101 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA
90042. Web site:
http://www.bota.org/
Email: botahq@aol.com (800) 255-0041.
They also have books and audio tapes for sale via
mail order. And they have the best Tree of Life
poster I've come across -- it's the large poster I
used.
"Promethea" by Alan Moore & J.H. Williams, III.
Comic book series originally published in 1999
thru 2004.
In issues 13 to 23 Promethea goes on a Kabbalah
"Road Trip" through all ten Sephiroth. Each
Sephirah is illustrated by a different style of
art, like Van Gogh or Dali or MC Escher, while the
characters discuss the meanings and symbolism
contained therein.
Available in collected editions as graphic novels
in paperback & hardcover, in most book stores; the
individual issues of comics, are available at most
comic shops. Published by America's Best Comics,
a division of Wildstorm, a division of DC Comics.
DC website:
http://www.dccomics.com/
Steve's Kabbalah Reading List
as shown above, is on my MySpace blog at:
http://blog.myspace.com/realmyth
CREDITS:
The Tree of Life Poster, see above:
B.O.T.A., "Builders of the Adytum."
One illustration used for "the creativity of art
and the imagination," at 09:18, is by Snowfeet.
It is titled, "This Painting Has No Name." I hope
she doesn't mind.
Her channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/snowfeet
The opening music excerpt:
From "The Animatrix" Soundtrack.
The band: Juno Reactor
The song: "Conga Fury" (Animatrix Mix)
The music excerpt used for the
"Ain to Ain Soph Aur" montage is:
Artist: Deodato
Album: Prelude
Song: "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
Original/classical version by
Richard Strauss.
A cool, jazzy-pop cover of that famous theme to
"2001: A Space Odyssey."
Released 1972, and actually 9 minutes long.
Some other brief clips of art -- random images I
found on the internet -- still need to be
identified -- I want to give everyone full due
credit.
The various creator's retain full ownership of,
and rights to, their work. And no endorsement of
my ideas is, or should be, implied or inferred.
fnord
Tags : kabbalah kabala qabala Judaism cabala mysticism hermeticism occult tarot myths myth mythology sephiroth sephirah Tree |
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