Understanding Kabbalah: A Study of the Sephiroths

Since the beginning of time, humanity has sought to understand the world, its origins, and, most importantly, how the world came to exist. Countless variations of religious dogma, mythologies, and metaphysical science has labored intently to provide the answers. Cultures developed superstitions to explain why certain things occurred, such as droughts, illnesses, and other natural disasters. Emerging from the people of Israel comes the one metaphysical study of the Divine that is so valuable Christians and Hermetics have attempted to copy it into their own faith, the Kabbalah. Said to have started with Abraham, Kabbalah is an attempt to understand the nature of who God is by examining His traits. A system of ten sephiroths were developed to serve as a guide in using the finite human mind to grasp the depths of Infinite Wisdom. The translation of the names of the sephiroths from Hebrew to English has caused the immeasurable depths of Kabbalah to become shallow with the one-word translations. Keter is translated as meaning “crown, corona”, but what do these English words have to do with the nature of the Divine Creator? In Understanding Kabbalah: A Study of the Sephiroths, prepare the mind for a journey into the complexities of the Hebrew alphabet, as each character used to form the name of each sephiroth is broken down and examined. Why are the characters mem and tav similar yet remarkably different? How are vav and aleph almost mirror images of one another? Enjoy this in-depth study of the nature of God’s persona meant to assist people in understanding their creator.