Theosophical Kabbalah

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Theosophical Kabbalah is a medieval Jewish mystical system that interprets the divine realm and creation through the dynamic interactions of the sefirot and related spiritual worlds.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish mystical tradition
Kabbalistic system
medieval Jewish esoteric doctrine
aimsAt explaining how the infinite relates to the finite
understanding the inner structure of divinity
associatedWithText Sefer ha-Bahir
linked to: Sefer HaBahir

Zohar
medieval kabbalistic commentaries
category Jewish mysticism
esotericism in Judaism
contrastedWith ecstatic Kabbalah
prophetic Kabbalah
coreConcept cosmic processes
divine attributes
dynamic interactions of the sefirot
emanation of divinity
spiritual worlds
describes flow of divine energy
hierarchy of spiritual realms
inner life of the Godhead
relationship between God and creation
developedInRegion Catalonia
Provence
medieval Europe
emergedInPeriod High Middle Ages
emphasizes mythic narratives about the divine realm
symbolic interpretation of scripture
theosophic speculation about God
focusesOn divine emanations
process of creation
sefirot
linked to: Sefirot

structure of the divine realm
includesDoctrine divine names and configurations
emanationist cosmology
four spiritual worlds
ten sefirot as divine attributes
influenced early modern Jewish mysticism
later Lurianic Kabbalah
some currents of Christian Kabbalah
languageOfSources Aramaic
Hebrew
religiousTradition Judaism
studiedBy Gershom Scholem
Moshe Idel
scholars of Jewish mysticism
usesMethod mythic-theosophic narratives
symbolic exegesis

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Yetzirah belongsToSystem Theosophical Kabbalah
Sha'arei Orah associatedWith theosophical Kabbalah
linked to: Theosophical Kabbalah
Idra Rabba isCentralTo theosophical Kabbalah
linked to: Theosophical Kabbalah
Elimah Rabbati doctrinalOrientation theosophical Kabbalah
linked to: Theosophical Kabbalah
Castilian Kabbalists fieldOfWork theosophical Kabbalah
linked to: Theosophical Kabbalah
Gates of Light theologicalOrientation Theosophical Kabbalah
Book of Concealment hasGenre theosophical Kabbalah
linked to: Theosophical Kabbalah
Great Assembly associatedWith theosophical Kabbalah
linked to: Theosophical Kabbalah
Prophetic Kabbalah of Abulafia contrastedWith theosophical-theurgical Kabbalah
linked to: Theosophical Kabbalah
Panim and Achoraim usedIn theosophical Kabbalah
linked to: Theosophical Kabbalah
Ecstatic Kabbalah contrastedWith theosophical Kabbalah
linked to: Theosophical Kabbalah