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S. L. MacGregor Mathers, trans.
The Book of Concealed Mystery.
London: Continuum, 2000 (text previously issued by RKP, 1926, in The Kabbalah Unveiled).
Ways of Mysticism series.
ISBN 0826449972;
ISBN-13: 9780826449979.
Hardback, stitch bound.
141x202x11mm.
96pp, monochrome illustrations throughout.
English.
Unused bargain.This item £3.50
[Publisher's price £9.99]
287g.This is a book of the key text of the Kabbalah, a work known as the Zohar ("Splendour"). The Zohar is a commentary on the Torah and although it is sometimes ascribed to a second-century rabbi, Simon Bar-Yochai, the form in which it is most widely known originates with Moses of Leon, a native of Granada, who died in 1305. The kabbalists believe that the undefinable origin of all things is Ain Sof - the cause of causes, the infinite, that which underlies everything. The universe emanates from the divine in successive layers called Sephiroth. Everything exists in God, but God extends infinitely beyond existence. All we know and are is linked together, pervaded and maintained by the divine. According to this work, the light of God must be concealed in order to be revealed to creation. Even though the kabbalists believe that ultimately Ain Sof is beyond expression or understanding, the contemplation of God's presence in all things causes our thoughts to be purified.
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