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Kabbalah
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Kab·ba·lah / ˈkabələ; kəˈbä-/ (also Kab·ba·la, Ca·ba·la, Cab·ba·la, or Qa·ba·lah) • n. the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible, first transmitted orally and using esoteric methods (including ciphers). It reached the height of its influence in the later Middle Ages and remains significant in Hasidism.
DERIVATIVES: Kab·ba·lism / ˈkabəˌlizəm/ n.Kab·ba·list / -list/ n.Kab·ba·lis·tic / ˌkabəˈlistik/ adj.
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Kabbalah Is it a sacred religious tradition or new age mumbo-jumbo?(Suburban Living)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 3/5/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Staff Writer The new interest in Kabbalah began years ago with a simple red string tied around Madonna's wrist. Kabbalah, an element of Jewish mysticism...Everything I believe in has come from Kabbalah." The spiritual system has since...
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Kabbalah: Ancient wisdom enters mainstream
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 4/3/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...body of Jewish mystical wisdom called Kabbalah - - knowledge that, once, was available only to a chosen few. "Kabbalah means 'what was received,'" says...thousands of years the teachings of Kabbalah weren't written down, they were...
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Kabbalah teaches how to commune with God, self
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 7/18/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...are doing it. They're studying Kabbalah. Delving into the topic of Jewish...brought warnings from scholars: Kabbalah is complex and only for the spiritually...and Gwyneth Paltrow flocking to Kabbalah centers and sporting red-string...
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 "The Moscow Times (Russia)")
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Kabbalah Advocates Bring Message to Moscow, THE MOSCOW TIMES
Newspaper article from: The Moscow Times (Russia); 7/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...http://www.themoscowtimes.com/ Kabbalah guru Michael Laitman says his study is more...bracelets and rumors of Britney Spears' Kabbalah- themed tattoos have brought the word "Kabbalah" into the hipster lexicon. But for those...
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Kabbalah enters the mainstream culture
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/11/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Trojan) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Kabbalah, also known as Jewish mysticism, has...Madonna, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Kabbalah, a unique part of the Jewish faith...has misrepresented the true meaning of Kabbalah, which they say is a spiritually enriching...
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'Kabbalah Today' uses mass media to hasten final redemption
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 4/22/2007; ; 636 words
; ...Jerusalem Post 04-22-2007 Headline: 'Kabbalah Today' uses mass media to hasten final...for a tabloid, but the publishers of Kabbalah Today aim to do just that. Widespread dissemination of Kabbalah, Judaism's esoteric teaching on the...
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Kabbalah: is Madonna losing her religion? Yes, say friends. They believe the singer is about to cut ties with the sect to which she has given millions.
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 7/9/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...partnership may be over. Madonna and Kabbalah, the once obscure sect she championed...singer has talked of loosening her red Kabbalah wristband and is wearying of the mystical...also said to be concerned that following Kabbalah separates her children from more conventional...
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Kabbalah Studies Enter the Countercultural Canon
Newspaper article from: Forward; 11/3/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...J. Kessler Forward 11-03-1995 Kabbalah Studies Enter the Countercultural Canon. The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism HarperSanFrancisco...it into this countercultural canon. Kabbalah ("receiving" or "that which has been...
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Kabbalah craze hits fashion racks as mystical clothing line is launched
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency; 12/30/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...deal with the Los-Angeles-based Kabbalah Center to market clothes using the once-sacred symbols of the Kabbalah. "The product is drawing you to it...That is what we learned from the Kabbalah 4,000 years ago at the time of Abraham...
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Celebrity Kabbalah: No Strings Attached, Except to the Wrist
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/25/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...celebrities are doing it. They're studying Kabbalah. Delving into Jewish mysticism brought warnings from scholars: Kabbalah is complex and only for the spiritually...Moore and Gwyneth Paltrow flocking to Kabbalah centers and sporting red-string bracelets...
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Mysticism: Kabbalah
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Mysticism: Kabbalah Kabbalah is a Hebrew term that has many meanings. Its basic meaning is derived...tenth century, testimonies appeared for a more specific form of Kabbalah: an esoteric tradition dealing basically with details related to...
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Kabbalah
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
Kabbalah T he Kabbalah (also Cabala, Kabala, Kaballah, Qaballah, etc.) is a mystical...the sacred scriptures from the beginning. Letters and numbers, the Kabbalah teaches, are not merely signs invented by humans to record things...
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kabbalah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
kabbalah or cabala [Heb.,=reception], esoteric...specifically Jewish notions contained within the kabbalah, some scholars believe that it reflects...Christian thinkers found support in the kabbalah for their own doctrines, out of which...
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Kabala (or Kabbalah or Cabbalah or Cabbala or Cabala)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Kabala (or Kabbalah or Cabbalah or Cabbala or Cabala) A Hebrew and Jewish system of Gnosticism or Theosophy. The word means "doctrines received...
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Cartomancy/Tarot
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
...likely that the philosophy of the ancient Kabbalah was the spiritual ancestor of the philosophy...rediscovered and embraced the teachings of the Kabbalah and the ancient Egyptian wisdoms believed...tarot's Major Arcana. Adepts of the Kabbalah formalized the figures and established...
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