/lit/ - Literature

I'm interested in this as well. I only got a taste in Prometheus Rising and I want more.

>>4769550
I've heard the sephiroths connected to string theory

Bump

>>4769606
>prometheus rising

run OP, while you still have a chance

>>4769683
Why so?

I thought it was a lot of fun to read. Naturally, I'm not sure what to make of it really.

>>4769550
It's le secret

Kabalah is not a book, but a very old and very diversified tradition.
So that's probably a no.
More precisely, try to know beforehand what you expect from the kabalah: do you study out of historical/literary interest or do you really want to pick up knowledge from it ?

> without the mountains of dogma and unsourced claims

I'm afraid it's bulk of the thing. You can't expect to climb a tree without having to make your way through its many branches.

You could start by learning some basic hebrew and getting your history straight. Then give a try to the big names (Sefer ha Yetzirah, sefer haZohar, Nahman of Braslav, Isaac of Luria...)

>>4769699
NO LONGER

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohar

I think you have to pay for it, like Scientology.

>>4769767
worse you have to cut off the tip of your penis

Kabbalah has some baller ideas

>>4769771
wtf

Why don't you ask Ashton Kutcher?

>Can someone find the "cool" parts of [x foreign religion] and get rid of all the stuff that's too difficult or not in line with the sentiments of 21st century white people? Thanks

>>4769790
Serious kbbalah. Not red string bullshit.

>>4769795
>cool parts
I'm looking for the general collective understanding of core concepts so I can grasp that and then move deeper. Don't assume.

>>4769799
>Wants general core concepts
>Wants to move deeper

Pick one.

>>4769799
Core concepts are basics, not advanced ones.

Start in the natural progression of learning.

>>4769820
No. I want both.

>going deeper into theology without knowing its core concepts

>>4769771
>implying it's a bad thing

>>4769820
The core concept is jacobs ladder and moving up said ladder to the crown which is unity with the godhead. Deeper meanings would be to tell you to look at the circles in the pic, the first the second and the third. Nothing in that pic is unneeded if you are at the level to understand it. a good place to start would be for me to tell you that the foundation would be where beasts sit, common man would be centered at Yesod, while the ideal of beauty and on is beginning to reach towards the higher strata of the ladder. also those words like greatness* are wrong close but wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TENWXmFJbh0

>>4769550
>"daat knowledge"

Seriously?

>>4769550
>>4769858
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asCeVUpmuGg

>>4769627
Michio Kaku actually applauds Kabbalah's similarities with modern scientific thought.

Kabbalah is just a set of explanations of various Jewish practices. There's literally no point in studying it if you aren't an orthodox Jew and it will have no meaning for you.