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The practice of gematria, where letters are assigned numerical values, allows Kabbalists to uncover hidden meanings in sacred texts and to explore the mystical connections between different concepts. By meditating on specific letter combinations or words, practitioners seek to attain deeper spiritual understanding or to predict future events.
Numerology (known before the 20th century as arithmancy) is the belief in an occult, divine or mystical relationship between a number and one or more coinciding events. It is also the study of the numerical value, via an alphanumeric system, of the letters in words and names.
36. “He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.” —Psalm 147:4 37. “Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. But you are eternity, and you are the mirror ...
It exists today in a number of editions, up to 2,500 words long (about the size of a pamphlet). It organizes the cosmos into "32 paths of wisdom", comprising "10 sefirot" (numbers, not the Sefirot of later Kabbalah) and "22 letters" of the Hebrew alphabet. It uses this structure to organize cosmic phenomena ranging from the seasons of the ...
It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah and scriptural interpretations as well as material on mysticism, mythical cosmogony, and mystical psychology. The Zohar contains discussions of the nature of God , the origin and structure of the universe, the nature of souls, redemption, the relationship of ego ...
To distinguish between the longer and shorter versions of Mark's gospel, he twice refers to the non-canonical gospel as a mystikon euangelion [100] (either a secret gospel whose existence was concealed or a mystic gospel "pertaining to the mysteries" [101] with concealed meanings), [e] in the same way as he refers to it as "a more spiritual ...
Regarding the protection of the deceased in their tomb. This spell consists of a very large illustration, made up of a number of smaller images and texts, many of which derive from the older Coffin Texts. The purpose of this spell is to collect together the magical aids which were required for a burial, and also to perpetuate the protective ...
Mystical-ethical piety and speculative theological theory in Ashkenaz-Germany. Shaped by Merkabah-Hekhalot texts, Practical Kabbalah magical elements, mystical reinterpretation of early medieval Jewish philosophy, Rhineland Crusader persecutions and German monastic values. Established a supreme value for devotional selflessness in Judaism: