Cabala - take me throught it?

[Sebbi]

Just in a nutshell - really objective, really down to earth.

What is the most basic princible of it?

Blessings

Sebbi

[drumminmama]

why is the sky blue?
To understand Kabbalah, one must understand the Zohar and other writings.
The idea is a mystical connection with HaShem.

[ryupower]

Jewish mysticism.

[Sebbi]

drumminmama - I tryed reading the Zohar but didn't get very far. I'm not good at reading Archaic.

Ryupower - can you elaborate a tiny bit more than that?

Thanks

Sebbi

[drumminmama]

reading archaic?
do you mean aramaic?
or archaic hebrew?

found this set of links. Ignore the Kabbalah Center as that is the Scientology of Kabbalah.
Since you used a "C" in your original post, you might want to see what the Xtian board has to say about Xtain Cabala. They are different.

[Sebbi]

The translation I saw used very archaic English. Being dyslexic I find it hard to follow.

I've seen Cabala spelt a number of different ways and have been told not to worry, Cabala is a hebrew word anyway so all the Westernised versions are just hazarding a guess at it.

I'll bare that in mind though and spell it with a K.

Thanks

Sebbi

[ryupower]

drumminmama - I tryed reading the Zohar but didn't get very far. I'm not good at reading Archaic.

Ryupower - can you elaborate a tiny bit more than that?

Thanks

Sebbi
I'm not gonna detail the Kabbalah anymore, because I may offend some Jews here. ^^;

[drumminmama]

when spelled with a C it tends to refer to a short-lived Xtian brand of mysticism.
How'd the links work for you.

[sylvanlightning]

Just in a nutshell - really objective, really down to earth.

What is the most basic princible of it?

Blessings

Sebbi

http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4809

http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85572

The way I see it is that the topic presented, regardless of the spelling,
is a mystical side to judaism. One of many mysteries within this faith.

What do you mean by basic principle?

[the dauer]

A good book for the basic principles of Jewish mysticism, which includes hasidism, is:

The way into the Jewish mystical tradition by Lawrence Kushner

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1580230296/103-8725594-8412668?v=glance

It covers all the key concepts using fairly easy to understand examples.