Kabbalah

   From a mystical point of view, the term Kabbalah refers to a set of symbols called Sefire and the Divine Name associated with them. It includes practices, meditation techniques, techniques for concentrating on these names, as well as prayers associated with those symbols. They are ways in which divinity manifests itself on the physical plane, but they are also principles by which the practitioner can come to know God, the Sephiris being one of the ways in which we can experience God or be face to face with him in similarly to prophets, patriarchs, Jesus or the apostles.

    Seeing the Divine face is a supreme honor. To say the same thing in a simpler and more mundane way, it is necessary to know the name of the person we want to meet and who we want to come face to face with. In the same way, in order to be able to see the face of God, it is essential to know His name.

   Kabbalah insists that we must come to see the Divine face, the aspects of God, both in the inner and outer world. The Divine soul or spark within us is constantly seeking to understand the ways of the Divinity and to apply them in the physical plane.

   Kabbalah teaches us that the forms we see every day are just masks that cover spiritual things and aspects, principles by which all creation manifests itself. By becoming aware of this, we become aware of how God manifests Himself at every level of creation, how He wants us to perceive it, to experience it, to feel it, and so on.

   The main teachings of Kabbalah were aimed at exploring and finding answers to the fundamental questions of:

    • The nature and attributes of God and the image of God.

    • Development of cosmology.

    • The mystery of the creation of angels and the human race.

    • The destiny of humanity and angels.

    • The nature of the human soul and its connection with divinity.

    • The nature of cosmic forces - angels, demons, elemental energies, etc.

    • The hidden meaning of the revealed laws and the Holy Gospels.

    • The transcendental symbolism of numbers and geometric shapes.

    • The mysteries contained in the Hebrew letters.

    • Balance in the action of cosmic forces.

    • The mysteries of divine revelation and the prophetic states of consciousness.

    • The mystery of reincarnation and the divine plan on earth.

   Considering the vast height, depth, and spread of these metaphysical questions, we can only imagine the enormous amount of esoteric teachings, practices, and literature formed around Kabbalah over thousands of years.