The Mystical Study of Kabbalah- Qabalah
Qabalah software program available soon
By Robert Zucker
The ability to digitally study the Qabalah using a software program is expected to be available in 2009.
Based on the ancient manuscript which started it all, "Sefer Yetzirah," this application explores the verses of the Book of Creation and provides a database to study the 32 Paths, 22 Letters, 7 Doubles and 12 Simples with plenty of text space for added notes and dozens of correspondences.
A second version will provide a "spinning wheel" of the 231 Gates.
The Qabalah (Kabbalah, Kabalah) software project is called the QBL Keys.
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The study of Kabalah and "Sefer Yetzirah" interwine. One is the handbook of the other.
Inside these pages is a glimpse into that mystery and more...
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Qabalah, Cabala, Kabbalah, Kabalah:
Many spellings, many pathways
The Qabalah (also spelt as Kabbalah, Kaballah, Cabala, Qabala, Kabballah, etc) is one of the oldest, continuously practiced philosophies in civilization. It is based on virtual ideas, images and relationships from collective experiences in the real and spiritual worlds.
For thousands of years, Jewish rabbis and the disciples developed, borrowed and studied this mystical, sometimes magical, view of the universe through the eyes of Judaism. While some groups only studied its religious aspects, others practiced the meditations and techniques to alter the real world with spiritual tools.
Since few people knew how to write over the centuries, and those who could read were not in great numbers, most occult knowledge was passed from person to person.
After the concept of the Qabalah was developed centuries ago, the knowledge was passed down by word of mouth (QBL, hence Qabalah) through the generations. This oral tradition was eventually (and distortedly) copied down by scribes in ancient manuscripts, republished in books since the 1600s, and now distributed across the Internet.
Follow the paths of others, but mark your own place
It is often difficult to know what is truth and what is fabricated. The only true way is to experience for oneself the correct path of knowledge.
Since Qabalah is rooted in the Jewish religion, much of the truth has retained over the centuries. Yet, the true meanings are disguised in rhymes and puzzles.
The "truth" still debatable (see the study on the golem, for example). But, there are those who learned or figured out the true meanings to those unintelligble words, phrases and symbols.
This section of my web site (EMOL.org) is dedicated to the study of Qabalah and search for a truer understanding of the words passed down and passed off as truth.
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Kabalah Index:
Qabalah Software:
Qabalistic Books:
My Manuscripts:
Other Sections:
Kabbalah Jewelry:
 The Kabbalah Shoppe:
red string bracelets and more Judaic mystical and religious items. More Jewish Jewelry
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How to develop your own Qabalistic path
I have also assembled some great online links and selections of books and products associated with Qabalah (qabbalah) to help those find what they need to advance their studies.
While not all the answers will be posted online or printed in a book, anyone with the right intensions, and some of the keys to the true understanding, will be able to figure out the missing elements.
Anyone who has read Scholem, Kaplan, Regardie, even Crowley and Bardon, will recognize some of the elements. All are based on the same principles. It just depends on the path you choose to discover them.
Of course, it takes study- but not just from the "fast food" Kabbalah books that only offer a reprint of earlier works. Study the symbols and deeper meanings. Explore on your own. What you gain will be different from others- but there will be similarities. What does it mean to you- in your world?
We are so fortunate at our time in history to have access to some of the greatest manuscripts available- a collection that spans over centuries. At no other time in history has so much knowledge been available in print and distributed to the masses. Much of this information had been guarded in secret for centuries. Now, anyone can find them most used bookstores.
Plus, computers have made the study of any subject more logical and reasonable. Yet, there is little programming to study Kabalah.
Imagine= deciphering rare, obscure and puzzling manuscripts like "Sefer Yetzirah" into more than mere translations. View a 3D rotating Tree of Life as you follow the words of the Book of Creation (Formation) as it describes how each Sephiroth emanates. Spin the 231 Gates and see the combinations....
If you searched the Internet for Kabbalah software, you'll see the limits.
 VirtualQBL Keys: "Sefer Yetzirah" Software Program
Over the decades, I have been building a massive database of "Sefer Yetsirah"- word by word, letter by letter and gate by gate. Several FileMaker Pro solutions are linked by root letters, combinations, words and more. When I feel it is completed, a virtual edition of Sefer Yetsirah will be avaible for the first time. While still in development, I would like to hear from anyone interested in this subject. Read the latest updates to the Virtual QBL Keys Project.
You can find many good resources for "Sefer Yetsirah (Yetzirah)", "Sefer Raziel (Ratziel)" and other related mystical manuscripts available through this section. Keep checking back every few months for updates and new pages.
If you study Qabalah (Kabbalah) in Tucson, Arizona, drop me an email: bob@emol.org
Updated: 8/17/08
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The study of the Tree of Life is a fascinating journey, one to which you can devote a lifetime. Our Tree of Life Poster is visually stunning and makes a marvelous study tool for both beginners and seasoned students of the Kabbalah. Poster measures 29"H x 21"W.
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My Top Choice Kabbalah & Occult Books
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 Nehora.com - The biggest selection of Jewish Books in Hebrew, Spanish, English, and Freche. We have rare and new Jewish Books, Sifrei Kodesh on Torah Talmud and Kabbalah. Judaica Gifts, Shofars, and Prayer Books.
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This is the most authoritative text on the study of the "Sefer Yetzirah" or Book of Formantion (Book of Creation) available. Kaplan's explanations are easy to understand and make sense. A must have manual for anyone ready to decifer this ancient manuscript.
Paperback: 398 pages
Publisher: Weiser Books; Rev Sub edition (May 1997). Language: English
An ancient inspirational form of Jewish mysticism Kabbalah has now reached cult-like popularity among celebrities and throughout America. But what is behind the new-found fascination with this sacred body of wisdom?Once exclusively reserved for study by ultra-religious male scholars of Judaism Kabbalah has recently become known as a multi-million dollar celebrity-endorsed phenomenon. SECRETS OF KABBALAH strips away the hype and demystifies the writings that have been studied by Jewish scholars for thousands of years. Is the Kabbalah of the stars the same Kabbalah that Jewish scholars have studied for generations? Even as more and more people are seen wearing the red string bracelets associated with Kabbalah the original teachings behind this seemingly new fad are in fact understood by precious few.THE HISTORY CHANNEL® traces Kabbalah from its spiritual foundations to the present-day high-glamour incarnation in this fascinating program that debunks the myths surrounding this awe-inspiring ancient philosophy.System Requirements:Running Time: 50 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 733961768138 Manufacturer No: AAE-76813. Release February 27, 2007
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"Origins of Kabbalah"
By Gershom Sholem
Amazon.com: Gershom Scholem's Origins of the Kabbalah provides a painstakingly detailed history of Kabbalah's rise among medieval French and Spanish Jews, describes the first publication of Jewish mystical texts, and investigates the growth of their influence on Jewish religious life. The book also doubles back to describe secret traditions of Jewish Gnosticism, which describe a Creation story so numerological and esoteric it makes the New Testament book of Revelation look as simple and straightforward as a Saturday-morning cartoon. This book is much denser than Scholem's excellent On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism, but for readers with a basic knowledge of Kabbalah, it shouldn't be rough going. --Michael Joseph Gross.
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Amazon.com: Gershom Scholem, who died in 1982, remains the biggest gun in kabbalah scholarship, and On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism is perhaps his most accessible book on the subject. It contains definitive essays on the relation of the Torah to Jewish mysticism, the mythology of the kabbalah, and the place of Jewish mystics in the Jewish community. This book helped reinvigorate 20th-century Jewish studies with an awareness of the living reality of God, after the 19th century's more astringent scholarly emphasis on law and philosophy. It shows how Jewish mystics have been less concerned with adherence to orthodoxy than their Christian counterparts, and freer in their expression of the divine aspects of eroticism. Furthermore, Scholem offers great insight regarding the ways that kabbalah has not only threatened the authority of institutional religion, but also served as a source of its vitality. --Michael Joseph Gross
• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Schocken; New Ed edition (January 30, 1996)
• Language: English
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"Meditation and Kabbalah"
Author: Aryeh Kaplan
Another classic text on explaining how Kabalah and meditation are similar. Many examp,es of kabalistic meditative practices.
• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Weiser Books; Reissue edition (May 1989)
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THE Reference Book on the Occult. This edition includes Liber 777, Gematria (from Equinox Volume 1, Number 5), and Sepher Sephiroth (from Equinox Volume 1, Number 8). Paperback: 336 pages. Publisher: Weiser Books; Revised edition (June 1986). Language: English. Search inside this book.
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