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THE  PRACTICE: Introduction To Kabbalistic  Procedure    There are a number of recurring ritual  procedures which either preface practical  Kabbalistic activities, or are involved in them  directly. All practical Kabbalistic procedures were to be  approached with extreme caution, as an error in  the invocation of the Divine could harm or kill  the Ba'al Shem or those around him. As a result,  thorough preparation was essential, sometimes  lasting up to three days, and typically involving  fasting, ritual cleansings, abstaining from  certain activities or foods (if fasting was not  required), meditation, and the recitation of  specific prayers or Psalms. Timing was a factor, especially for...

Messiah--the Middle Pillar of the GodheadThe Ketuvim NetzarimNow the ancient Nazarenes actually believed the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) to be a Supernal Mother. These ancient Nazarenes used an apocryphal Gospel called THE GOODNEWS ACCORDING TO THE HEBREWS which taught this very idea. While this apocryphal Gospel is now lost, several quotes from it have survived in the writings on the ancient "Church Fathers." One of these quotes, found in Jerome's commentary on Isaiah, tells the story of Yeshua's immersion (baptism) this way: And it came to pass when the Lord was come up out of the water, the whole fount  of the Holy Spirit descended...

Translating the Bible  The Hebrew text of the Old Testament now in use is a highly standardized text that was consolidated, fine-tuned, and faithfully transmitted by Jewish scholars and scribes of the Middle Ages, called the Masoretes. Using as their guide the oral and written traditions that had been handed down from the ancient rabbis, the Masoretes worked to preserve and safeguard what they believed to be the definitive text of the Hebrew Bible. The same pious motives led them to suppress all competing textual traditions. In addition to conservation, they were responsible for an exceptionally important innovation. Up to the time of the Masoretes the Hebrew language...

Mystical Qabalah, Mystical Christianity, and the Christian CabalaMystical Christianity is an outgrowth of the same universal spirituality found in the Hebrew tradition as the Mystical Qabalah. Christianity began as a sect of Judaism that sprang from the messianic advent of Master Yeshuvah, who was born a Jew and lived in a Jewish culture. All of his apostles and early disciples were also Jews. Master Yeshuvah, as with every appearance of Messiah, brought a fresh transmission of universal mystical spirituality clothed in the context of the historical setting, cultural milieu, environment, language, characteristic worldview, and prevailing body of discourse among the...

An Introduction to Kabbalah  Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi    KABBALAH   Kabbalah is the name of a body of esoteric knowledge. Its origin is the inner  teaching of Judaism. Its concern is God, the universe and humanity, and their  mutual interrelation.    Tradition states that it was given by the archangel Raziel to Adam and Eve,  after they had been cast out of Eden, so that they might regain entrance to  paradise. This Torah or teaching has been passed on over the generations,  although nearly lost from time to time. It is said that Abraham was initiated  into the tradition by...