KaKa OVERVIEW Kabbalah (also known as the kabalah), is the wisdom of hidden forces descending from our world, that act upon us such as their structures and laws according to these forces. It indicates that 2 qualities of forces, to give and receive, make up reality. In the process, people’s origins, reason for living and accomplishing a perception of reality, that doesn’t involve all your senses. This wisdom is also known as “Hidden Science” because Kabbalists kept the knowledge to themselves, with the exception of teaching a few people with high value and worth. Main Doctrine and Beliefs The Zohar, which is a collection of commentaries on the Torah, is essential towards understanding the science of Kabbalah. Once an individual completely, understands the concept of the Zohar, then they obtained the highest level of spirituality. The book is a guide to the inner actions you perform to achieve higher spiritual perception. Other Kabbalah books teaches you the same king as the Zohar such as, the structure of the spirit world and how to get there like, a map that helps you locate a place Kabbalists discovered the 5 stages that are Kabbalah evolved by our desires of pleasure: 1st Stage- Need for material gain (for example, family, good, health) to ensure survival. 2nd Stage- Desire of wealth (wealth= prosperous life) 3rd Stage- authority towards anyone, including ourselves 4th Stage- desire for gaining knowledge 5th Stage- Connection towards an unknown phenomena, or thing. (satisfaction is produced by being connected to this) Famous Members/Followers Rabbi Yehuda AshlagDeveloped a unique method to the study of the Kabbalah. Madonna Elizabeth Taylor Jerry Hall Many people believe that Kabbalah is a part of religion such as relating to Judaism. In addition, assumptions were made for example, to study kabbalah, being Jewish is required. However, there’s nothing about the Kabbalah that involves religions. Basically, it deals with a direct connection towards hidden forces that is impossible to see with the five senses. Furthermore, there are other beliefs such as magic, astrology, numerology, myths, mediation, and the use of amulets and charms for protection against evil. Differences between other religions According to the facts about Kabbalah, it is not considered a religion. The reason for this is that Kabbalah is a science, investigating and revealing a direct connection towards things that are unable to see with our 5 senses, which we are un-aware of how it operates. Assumptions made about Kabbalah such as being related to the aspects of spirituality in Buddhism and Hinduism is not true at the moment because the Kabbabah remains a mystery since the books were hidden by the Kabbalists themselves.