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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Chokhmah (Kabbalah)
		Chokhmah ("Wisdom"; חכמה) (or chochmah or hokhmah) in the Kabbalah of Judaism, is the uppermost of the Sephirot of the right line (kav yamin which is also the "Pillar of Mercy").
		Chokhmah and Binah have a special relationship, and together are associated with the range of the dimension of time.
		Chokhmah is the first of the immanent or in-dwelling sefirot and is therefore is called "the beginning," as in the verse reishit chokmah (Psalms 111:10) -- "Chokmah is the first," -- the first of the immanent sefirot.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Chokhmah_(Kabbalah) (1163 words)

	Tastiest Torah Treats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Kabbalah is the part of Jewish tradition that most highlights this way of connecting with God.
		Kabbalah is a part of the Jewish mystical tradition.
		Kabbalah has ancient roots, but as a distinct tradition in Judaism it begins in Provence (southern France) and Spain in the 1100s and 1200s.
	www.kolel.org /tastytreats/mod5.1.html (806 words)

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		Kether: Unity Chokhmah: Unconditioned Creativity Binah: Possibility of Boundaries Chesed: Conditioned Creativity Gevurah: Response to Boundaries Tipheret: Self-Consciousness Netzach: Response to Creativity Hod: Appreciation of Boundaries Yesod: Ego Malkuth Diversity This is an abstract approach which concentrates on the polarity of force/creativity and form.
		In Kabbalah this is expressed as the polarity of Chokhmah and Binah.
		Kabbalah was progressively bundled in with pythagoreanism, neo-platonism, hermeticism and rosicrucianism to form a snowball which continued to pick up traditions as it rolled down the centuries.
	www.uark.edu /studorg/stpa/kab5.html (1944 words)

	Judaism 101: Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism
		The areas of Jewish thought that most extensively discuss these issues, Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism, were traditionally not even taught to people until the age of 40, when they had completed their education in Torah and Talmud.
		The mystical school of thought came to be known as Kabbalah, from the Hebrew root Qof-Bet-Lamed, meaning "to receive, to accept." The word is usually translated as "tradition." In Hebrew, the word does not have any of the dark, sinister, evil connotations that it has developed in English.
		Kabbalah was popular among Christian intellectuals during the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods, who reinterpreted its doctrines to fit into their Christian dogma.
	www.jewfaq.org /kabbalah.htm (1559 words)

	Daath (Kabbalah) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Daath is a Hebrew word variously translated as "mind", "opinion", "reason", "knowledge" or "wisdom", and is the name of an invisible or hidden sephirah in the kabbalistic Tree of Life.
		It may be considered the equal balance between "wisdom" and "understanding", just as the balancing sphere of tiphereth is the equilibrium of "mercy" and "severity" and yesod is the central sphere balancing "victory" and "splendor".
		In Kabbalah mysticism, daath can represent a stage in advanced spiritual development, where the kabbalist needs to give up his or her egoistic self-concept in order to progress towards keter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daath_(Kabbalah) (168 words)

	Spiral Nature - Magick - Kabbalah - The Tree of Life
		Kabbalah provides a vocabulary for states of consciousness underlying the phenomena, and one of the purposes of these notes is to explain this vocabulary, not by definition, but mostly by metaphor and analogy.
		What Kabbalah does suggest (and modern physics most certainly does not!) is that matter and consciousness are the same stuff, and differ only in the degree of structure imposed - matter is consciousness so heavily structured and constrained that its behaviour becomes describable using the regular and simple laws of physics.
		One of the titles of Chokhmah is Abba, which means Father, and one of the titles of Binah is Aima, which means Mother, so you can think of Chokhmah as God-the-Father, and Binah as God-the-Mother.
	www.spiralnature.com /magick/kabbalah/treeoflife.html (2332 words)

	Ein Sof (Kabbalah) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ein Sof (Hebrew אין סוף, literally "without end", denoting "boundlessness"), also known as "Divine Being", is the name for God within the Kabbalah of Judaism.
		According to the Zohar, the ten Sefirot (the Divine "emanations") as found in the Adam Kadmon (the original "primal man" created by God) emanate from Ein Sof.
		Theories of the relation between Ein Sof and all other realities and levels of reality may have been developed by the Jewish mystical thinkers of the middle ages, such as Isaac the Blind and Azriel who could have been influenced by concepts of Neoplatonism which they modified to conform to their own leanings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ein_Sof_(Kabbalah) (263 words)

	Notes on Kabbalah (Colin Low)
		What Kabbalah does suggest (and modern physics most certainly does not!) is that matter and consciousness are the same stuff, and differ only in the degree of structure imposed - matter is consciousness so heavily structured and constrained that its behavior becomes describable using the regular and simple laws of physics.
		Kabbalah is not a materialist model of reality, but when we examine Malkuth by itself we find ourselves immersed in matter, and it is natural to think in terms of physics, chemistry and molecular biology.
		This is another recurring theme in Kabbalah, and the symbolism is complex and refers to several distinct ideas, from the relationship between man and wife to an internal process within the body of God: e.g [6].
	allstarz.hollywood.com /religioustext/bos/bos072.htm (10839 words)

	Notes on Kabbalah (a continuing series of many parts) The author grants the right to copy
		The experiential distinction between Kether, the point of emanation, and Chokhmah, the creative outpouring, is elusive, but some of the difference is captured in the phrases "I am" and "I become".
		The person who taught me Kabbalah (a woman) told me Chokhmah (Abba, the Father) was God's prick, and Binah (Aima, the mother) was God's womb, and left me with the picture of one half of God continuously ejaculating into the other half.
		The author of the Zohar also makes frequent use of sexual polarity as a metaphor to describe the relationship between force and form, or mercy and severity (although the most vivid sexual metaphors are used for the marriage of the Microprosopus and his bride, the Queen and Inferior Mother, the sephira Malkuth).
	www.skepticfiles.org /mys3/kabbala3.htm (2301 words)

	Kabbalah shop form Israel: the ZaraMart
		According to Kabbalah, the true essence of G-d is so transcendent that it cannot be described, except with reference to what it is not.
		Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) teaches that God is neither matter nor spirit.
		However, most other Jews who believe in Kabbalah hold that there is an aspect of God that is revealed to the world.
	www.a-zara.com /p1105.htm (564 words)

	Notes on Kabbalah
		In modern Kabbalah there is a well developed notion of an Abyss between the three supernal sephiroth of Kether, Chokhmah, and Binah, and the seven lower sephiroth.
		In early Kabbalah Daath was a symbol of the union of Wisdom (Chokhmah) and Understanding (Binah).
		In Kabbalah this particular abyss is called the abyss of Assiah; it is the first in a series of abysses.
	www.indotalisman.com /kabbalah9.html (3430 words)

	World Mysteries - Articles by Colin Low on Kabbalah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The upper face is bounded by the sephiroth Kether, Chokhmah, Binah and Tiphereth; the lower by the sephiroth Tiphereth, Netzach, Hod and Malkuth.
		Traditional Kabbalah is filled with this, and there is much speculation on the origin of souls, the nature of souls, the fate of the soul, reincarnation, and so on.
		In the main, Kabbalah has a very positive attitude towards living in the world; the world, far from being the "dead matter" of the Neoplatonists, was infused with the Shekhinah, the indwelling presence of God.
	www.world-mysteries.com /gw_colinlow.htm (10098 words)

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		Chokhmah is the realm of the purely spiritual, that which manifests the essence of Keter.
		The holy of holies.The seventh palace corresponds to the upper Triad of the Sefirot, Keter, Chokhmah and Binah.
		This is the study of Kabbalah that is not accompanied by Talmudic study and the observance of mitzvah.
	www.christ-centeredkabbalah.org /Studies/glossary.htm (11549 words)

	The Kabbalistic Sefirot and the Chakras
		A symbolic representation of the Jewish tree of life with the ten sefirot, seven levels, and the 22 paths located within the human body is pictured below.
		Just as the Vedas describe the chakras as wheels of light, the Kabbalah* describes the sefirots as cosmic in nature.
		The first is conjunctive in nature and consists of binah, chokhmah and keter.
	home.comcast.net /~chakra_system/other2.html (178 words)

	kabbalah FAQ
		However, if you choose to study kabbalah by name you should recognise that kabbalah was and is a part of Judaism, and an important part of the history of Jewish people, and respect the beliefs which not only gave rise to kabbalah, but which are still an essential part of Jewish faith..
		Many of the source texts of kabbalah are commentaries on the Bible, and derive their insights using a variety of devices, such as puns, anagrams, gematria (letter manipulations) and cross references to the same word in different contexts.
		In medieval kabbalah Uriel is attributed to Truth and the middle pillar of the Tree, in Tipheret.
	www.veling.nl /anne/templars/faq.htm (11644 words)

	Kabbalah - Olga Rezo
		Aaron Ben Samuel created the German Kabbalah, which is rooted in the Merkabah mysticism, with emphasis on magical rituals.
		At large, western Kabbalah is actually Christian Kabbalah, with add-ons like alchemy, tarot, magical rituals, astrology, numerology (notaricon, temurah), etc. The possibility of complementing Kabbalah by introducing new aspects is easy and unlimited.
		Kabbalah is a key to controlling the subtle powers in achieving genuine mystical experience of Oneness.
	www.sunnyray.org /Kabbalah.htm (1086 words)

	Contemplation: Hitbonenut
		Since Abraham sought true wisdom, ChoKhMaH, he was obliged to climb the most challenging "mountain" of all: the mountain of genuine humility, which is the quality that is the very foundation of wisdom.
		In Kabbalah the attribute of Chessed is associated with the Water Element (Mayim).
		Daat is the knowledge, consciousness and connection that comes from combining Chokhmah and Binah so as to see the whole vision in relation to all its parts and each of the parts in relation to the whole.
	www.azamra.org /Earth/mount-07.html (2289 words)

	One Breath - Teachings - Kosmic Kabbalah Art - David Friedman
		However, all of these different Paths are channels for undifferentiated Chokhmah, the ocean of Wondrous Wisdom that flows through all living beings, through all paths, through all thoughts.
		Chokhmah is the first Sepher, a book which has been written but has not yet been read, the Wisdom that is contained by all Paths.
		Daat is the child of Father Chokhmah and Mother Binah, born from the dynamic interplay that takes place between the Wisdom that is hidden in the whole and the Understanding that is revealed by the parts.
	www.kosmic-kabbalah.com /pages/teachings_kabbalah_art_one_breath.htm (1143 words)

	The Kabbalistic Sefirot 3
		In the third sefirot we have understanding, the ability to articulate the insight of chokhmah.
		Like chokhmah, this is the power of the conscious intellect within the universe but as opposed to chokhmah (its companion and the second sefirot, which is creative and intuitive), binah is found in the left hemisphere of the brain, the intellectual side.
		The Kabbalah describes the union of binah and chochmah as that of the mother and the father and as being continual.
	home.comcast.net /~chakra_system/3sef.html (155 words)

	Re: Kabbalah Teaser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		One of the titles of Chokhmah > is Abba, which means Father, and one of the titles of Binah is > Aima, which means Mother, so you can think of Chokhmah as God- > the-Father, and Binah as God-the-Mother.
		There is, and this is the point where Kabbalah tackles > the interesting problem of thee and me. I must disagree that the Kabbalah represents a non-sexist cosmology.
		In the Kabbalah, women are given the characteristics of Binah which is understanding and intelligence, and Malkuth which is translated as kingdom in the physical world.
	www.asifproductions.com /aleph/Dec93/msg00029.html (355 words)

	Creation through Letters in the Sefer Yetzirah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		These connections are illustrated by the actual sounds of the letters when spoken; the aspect of sound, pronunciation of letters, reflects the deeper significance of the letters, and points one toward understanding of the particular divine potencies of these letters.
		One interpretation of Ezekiel's writings about his mystical vision holds that it was only after he visualised the Chashmal in the center of the fire that he was able to enter into the state of prophecy.
		Since Mem and Shin are the dominant consonants in the word Chashmal, the word can be used as a mantra for inducing a state of oscillation between the two types of consciousness, between the mundane world and the limitless understanding of the Divine.
	www.servantsofthelight.org /QBL/Books/Yetz_Comm_02.html (4986 words)

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		One of the most visible distinctions is that between theurgy and thaumaturgy, between the attempt to participate in the workings of the divine realm for the betterment of the creation, and the attempt to interfere with its workings, for a variety of reasons which might include personal gain.
		In general, (good) teachers of Kabbalah are not easy to find and never have been, and the search for a teacher proceeds in the Micawberish belief that when the time is right "something will turn up".
		Dion Fortune was strongly influenced by Theosophy and Esoteric Christianity as well as Kabbalah, and it shows.] Gikatilla, R. Joseph, "Sha'are Orah", Harper Collins, 1994 [This is one of the great expositions of Kabbalah, written in the thirteenth century by a pupil of Abraham Abulafia.
	www.ladyoftheearth.com /lessons/kab-faq.txt (10175 words)

	YHVH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		During his lifetime, Knorr was celebrated as the most educated Christian scholar on the Kabbalah.
		Emek ha-Melekh was widely recognized as an authoritative source on the Doctrine of Luria, and was quoted often by kabbalists from many countries.
		Daath meaning Knowledge is a symbol for unity between Wisdom (Chokhmah) and Understanding (Binah).
	moneycentral.groups.msn.com /YHVH/nothingness.msnw (1385 words)

	The Arcane Archive - KABBALAH FAQ
		The prophet was an individual chosen by God as a mouthpiece, and there was the implication that God, far from being a transcendental abstraction, was a being whom one could approach (albeit with enormous difficulty, risk, fear and trembling).
		Kabbalah was progressively bundled with Pythagoreanism, Neoplatonism, Hermeticism and Rosicrucianism to form a snowball which continued to pick up traditions as it rolled down the centuries.
		Dion Fortune was strongly influenced by Theosophy and Esoteric Christianity as well as Kabbalah, and it shows.] Gikatilla, R. Joseph, "Sha'are Orah", Harper Collins, 1994 [The Gates of Light by Joseph of Castille is one of the great expositions of Kabbalah, written in the thirteenth century by a pupil of Abraham Abulafia.
	www.arcane-archive.org /faqs/faq.qabalah.9602.php (10933 words)

	Notes On Kabbalah
		A fundamental premise of the Cabalistic model of reality is that there is a pure, primal, and undefinable state of consciousness which manifests as an interaction between force and form.
		In addition it is not uncommon to include a fifth element so rarified and arcane that most people (self included) are pushed to say what it is; the fifth element is aethyr (or ether) and is sometimes called spirit.
		"The Kabbalah of the early thirteenth century was the offspring of a union between an older and essentially Gnostic tradition represented by the book "Bahir", and the comparatively modern element of Jewish Neo-Platonism."
	www.paganlibrary.com /reference/notes_kabbalah.php (11572 words)

	The Kabbalah Unveiled: Introduction
		The claims of the Kabbalah, however, are not restricted to the literary man and the philosopher; the poet too will find in it ample materials for the exercise of his lofty genius.
		How can it be otherwise with a theosophy which, we are assured, was born of God in Paradise, was nursed and reared by the choicest of the angelic hosts in heaven, and only held converse with the holiest of man's children upon earth.
		After the Fall the angels most graciously communicated this heavenly doctrine to the disobedient child of earth, to furnish the protoplasts with the means of returning to their pristine nobility and felicity.
	www.sacred-texts.com /jud/tku/tku03.htm (9690 words)

	Kabbalah FAQ
		Kabbalah is not a self-centred pursuit; it pivots around the Kabbalist's relationship with all living beings.
		He is attributed consistently to the planet Mars and the sephira Gevurah, and is the source of all the nastiness in the world.
		Samael is identified with the serpent in the Garden of Eden, a tempter and a poisoner of life.
	www.digital-brilliance.com /kab/faq.htm (11650 words)

	Colin's Hermetic Kabbalah Page
		An attempt to represent in one diagram the mystical, religious and esoteric traditions that combine in Hermetic Kabbalah.
		Even if you aren't into the sources of Rabbinic Kabbalah, this essay provides the kind of information that any student of Kabbalah should at least be aware of.
		Much of this material was subsumed into Notes on Kabbalah, but if you prefer the original, shorter, Kabbalah-free version, read this.
	www.digital-brilliance.com /kab (700 words)

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