Introduction to Kabalah

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Kabbalah Software Program

The Power of the Kabbalah - QBL

The study of Qabalah and "Sefer Yetzirah" are interwined.
One is the handbook of the other.
Inside these pages is a glimpse into that mystery and more...

By Robert Zucker

This magickal opus started four decades ago.

Now, this knowledge is being converted from overstuffed file cabinets and walls of books on Jewish mysticism, Qabalah (Kabbalah) and other esoteric studies into digital pages and images on this web site and a software program.

An upcoming release of a Qabalah software program provides the QBL Keys to understand Qabalah with a detailed translation of the "Sefer Yetzirah" and other mystical books is nearly completed. The work is called the QBL Keys Software Project.

Qabalah, Kabbalah, Kabalah:
Many spellings, many pathways

The Qabalah (also spelt as Kabbalah, Kaballah, 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.

Some knowledge, though, has been lost over time.

Some of the information may be from unreliable sources or purposely distorted.

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.

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.

How to develop your own Qabalistic path

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.

QBL: Virtual "Sefer Yetzirah"

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 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.

Updated: 2/18/08
"Kabbalah of Spirits" graphic above copyright by R. Zucker, 1976

Introduction to Qabala

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Interested in emailing? bob@emol.org
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