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But in the main I may say that there were two opposing tendencies among the Kabalists; the one set devoted themselves entirely to the doctrinal and dogmatic branch: the other to the practical and wonder-working aspect. The greatest of the wonder-working Rabbis were Isaac Loria, who died in 1572; and Sabbatai Zevi, who curiously enough became a Mahommedan. Both of these departments of Occult Rabbinic lore have still their living representatives, chiefly scattered individuals; very rarely ''groups'' of initiates are found. In Central Europe, parts of Russia, Austria, and Poland, there are even now Jews, known as wonder-working Rabbis, who can do strange things they attribute to the Kabalah, and things very difficult to explain have been seen in England, at the hands of students of Kabalistic rites and talismans. | But in the main I may say that there were two opposing tendencies among the Kabalists; the one set devoted themselves entirely to the doctrinal and dogmatic branch: the other to the practical and wonder-working aspect. The greatest of the wonder-working Rabbis were Isaac Loria, who died in 1572; and Sabbatai Zevi, who curiously enough became a Mahommedan. Both of these departments of Occult Rabbinic lore have still their living representatives, chiefly scattered individuals; very rarely ''groups'' of initiates are found. In Central Europe, parts of Russia, Austria, and Poland, there are even now Jews, known as wonder-working Rabbis, who can do strange things they attribute to the Kabalah, and things very difficult to explain have been seen in England, at the hands of students of Kabalistic rites and talismans. | ||
The commentaries, many series deep, overlaying each other, which even now exist in connection with the old treatises, form such a mass of Kabalistic lore as to make it an impossible task to grasp them; probably no man in this country can say what doctrines are not still laid up in some of these works; but in the main it may be stated that the Kabalah indicates philosophical conceptions respecting Deity, Angels, and beings more spiritual than man, the human Soul and its several aspects or parts; | The commentaries, many series deep, overlaying each other, which even now exist in connection with the old treatises, form such a mass of Kabalistic lore as to make it an impossible task to grasp them; probably no man in this country can say what doctrines are not still laid up in some of these works; but in the main it may be stated that the Kabalah indicates philosophical conceptions respecting Deity, Angels, and beings more spiritual than man, the human Soul and its several aspects or parts; {{Page aside in Lucifer|v=8|n=48|p=469}}concerning pre-existence and re-incarnation, and the several worlds or planes of existence. | ||
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concerning pre-existence and re-incarnation, and the several worlds or planes of existence. | |||
Then the practical Kabalah teaches the relations between letters and numbers and the modes of their inter-relation; the principles of Gematria, Notaricon, and Temura; the formation and uses of the divine and angelic names as amulets; the formation of Magic Squares; and a vast fund of allied curious lore, which, with the Tarot, formed the basis of Mediaeval Magic. | Then the practical Kabalah teaches the relations between letters and numbers and the modes of their inter-relation; the principles of Gematria, Notaricon, and Temura; the formation and uses of the divine and angelic names as amulets; the formation of Magic Squares; and a vast fund of allied curious lore, which, with the Tarot, formed the basis of Mediaeval Magic. | ||
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A glance at the doctrines of the Kabalah may be most suitably commenced with the consideration of the ideas of the Divine. | A glance at the doctrines of the Kabalah may be most suitably commenced with the consideration of the ideas of the Divine. | ||