Mysticism or Kabbalah anyone??

[BayCityProgressive]

I have been studying various forms of gnosticism, Earth based religions and Kabbalah for about the last 6 years and was just wondering if any other DUers have an interest in this wide spectrum of thought? Also, in studying Kabbalah I know many different people have their own take on how it should be taught but I have really enjoyed the books from the Kabbalah Centre, which in the last few years has been very controversial. I myself have never felt hassled or bothered by anyone at the Centre and was wondering if anyone else has read any of their books?

[laruemtt]

1. my dad, who passed in 1997,

was a serious student (self study) of gnosticism and the Kabbalah. i wish he were here to discuss it with you. he enjoyed nothing better - well, maybe tapdancing... ;)

[patrice]

2. I like Gnosticism.

The Orders of Angels and other sprititual creatures are something similar in Kaballah orders of Angels.

I also like Kaballah for its dialectic (Kaballistic/Hebrew syllables yod, he, vo, he): thesis, anti-thesis, syn - thesis, indeterminant future-thesis. . . dialectical extrapolations of the un-pronouncable Name-of-"God" signified by YHVH.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Personally I'm looking for

a good chimp-be-gone spell.

:-)

[BayCityProgressive]

4. LOL

You and everyone else on this site I'm sure. I think even the atheists would cross over for that one! :)

[sakabatou]

5. There are some rules to studying Kabbalah

1. You must be 40+ years of age
2. You have to know the ins and outs of the Torah/Old Testament

There might be some others, but I forget them.

[Random_Australian]

6. Close, but no cigar: I find a particular Japanese genius creator's

ways of putting occult Christian + Jewish + other stuff into this weird series and movie he made very interesting. (Especially with it's blend of strange science and philosophy)

But really, when you can see a half-clone of the the second angel and some random person in a giant mosterish thing that is inhabited by the soul of God-only knows what, knee deep in the clear blood, pulling the Lance Of Longinus from the chest of a giant crucified figure wearing a mask of the seven eyes of God, do you need to study that stuff? Well, yes, because it is damned interesting, but not yet, I can only have so many hobbies at a time.


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