Tradition
Kabbalah
Era · 12th century CE — present (roots earlier)Region · Sephardic / Ashkenazi Jewry → global
Jewish mysticism — a map of the divine emanations (Sephirot) by which Ein Sof (the boundless) becomes the world, and a path for the soul to ascend back through them.
Core beliefs
- 01Ein Sof: the absolute, beyond all attributes.
- 02The Tree of Life: ten Sephirot through which divinity flows.
- 03Tikkun olam: the soul's task is to repair the world.
- 04Adam Kadmon: the primordial human as cosmic blueprint.
Practices
- Meditative contemplation of the Sephirot
- Hebrew letter mysticism
- Gematria (numerical interpretation)
- Visualization on the Tree of Life
Key figures
- · Isaac Luria
- · Moses de León
- · Abraham Abulafia
- · Gershom Scholem
Bridges to other traditions
- Ein Sof ↔ Brahman ↔ apophatic God
- Sephirot ↔ chakras ↔ emanative ladders
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