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 | | Even while using the symbols, quoting the language, repeating the ideas, teaching and maintaining the doctrines of the Kabbala, writers of modern times are generally ignorant of the source of the symbols, language, ideas and doctrines, and hence, naturally, they fail to realize their beautiful significance, far-reaching scope, and more than marvelous harmony. |
 | | The philosophy of the Kabbala was expressed in symbols, some of which are in use among the Masonic and other secret fraternities of our day, though much of their ancient force and beauty, which depended very largely and in some cases entirely upon their Hermetic meanings, is lost by erroneous interpretations. |
 | | The Kabbala tells us that when man disobeyed His Creator in attempting to steal forbidden knowledge, God punished him by withdrawing from him the Celestial Light in which he had hitherto basked, and God enforced the penalty by depriving him of the Light of Life, and thus of real Life itself. |
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