Empowering Your Life with Kabbalah

In this invaluable introduction to the ancient mystical tradition of Kabbalah, spiritual expert Jonathan Sharp takes readers through the ten Kabbalistic stages of spiritual development, and offers practical activities, meditations, and techniques to incorporate this wisdom into their daily lives.

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•Explains esoteric ideas in simple language

•Includes activities, meditations, techniques, rituals, signs, and symbols

Finding Joy: A Practical Spiritual Guide to Happiness

Searching for happiness in our modern world of stress and struggle is common; finding it is more unusual. This guide explores and explains how to find joy through a time-honored, creative—and surprisingly practical—approach based on Kabbalah and the teachings of Jewish mystics.

The very core of the Jewish mystical tradition is centered on the belief that if our focus is spiritual, then true appreciation of our lives, and true joy, are possible. Step by step, Finding Joy describes the basis of happiness in the context of Jewish mystical tradition and shows, in an easy-to-understand way, how we can use its concept of the 10 divine “rays of light,” the Sefirot, to remedy the everyday unhappiness in our lives.

Clear, creative, personal, and down-to-earth, Finding Joy introduces the ancient insights of the Jewish mystics, and offers practical week-by-week exercises for the soul which bring them into our daily routines. Finding Joy is not an instant cure for modern life’s burdens. Instead, it’s a guide to a time-honored method for thinking and living...and finding real joy.

Kabbalah of Money

The Kabbalah Of Money challenges the reader to take a broad and ethical view of economic behavior, which includes all forms of exchange and human interaction, from how we spend our money to how we fulfill our role as responsible human beings in a global ecological framework. Drawing on Jewish ethical teachings, mystical lore, and tales of the Hasidic masters, Rabbi Nilton Bonder examines a wide range of subjects including competition, partnerships and contracts, loans and interest, the laws of fair exchange, tips, and presents. The Kabbalistic teachings not only impart wisdom about the world of money, but also lead the reader to self-understanding and the magic of knowing who we are, what we really want, and how to receive -- all absolute prerequisites to wise money management and financial planning.

Mystical Bodies, Mystical Meals

Mystical Bodies, Mystical Meals is the first book-length study of mystical eating practices and experiences in the kabbalah. Focusing on the Jewish mystical literature of late-thirteenth-century Spain, author Joel Hecker analyzes the ways in which the Zohar and other contemporaneous literature represent mystical attainment in their homilies about eating. What emerges is not only consideration of eating practices but, more broadly, the effects such practices and experiences have on the bodies of its practitioners.

Using anthropology, sociology, ritual studies, and gender theory, Hecker accounts for the internal topography of the body as imaginatively conceived by kabbalists. For these mystics, the physical body interacts with the material world to effect transformations within themselves and within the Divinity. The kabbalists experience the ideal body as one of fullness, one whose boundaries allow for the intake of divine light and power, and for the outward overflow of fruitfulness and generosity; at the same time, the body retains sufficient integrity to confer a sense of completeness, as the perfect symbol for the Divinity itself.

Nourishment imagery is used throughout the kabbalah as a metaphor signifying the flow of divine blessing from the upper worlds to the lower, from masculine to feminine, and from Israel to the Godhead. The body’s spiritual continuity allows for unions between the kabbalistic devotee and his food, table, chair, and wine and is exemplified in the practices and experiences surrounding the consumption of food; this continuity is also applicable to other aspects of embodiment, such as the kabbalist’s union with his fellow man. Mystical Bodies, Mystical Meals underscores the homosocial quality of the kabbalistic fraternity, in which gendered hierarchies of master and disciple are linked to the imagery and dynamics of nourishment and sexuality. Bringing this entire spectrum into focus, Hecker ultimately considers how the oral cavity and stomach, even the emotions associated with festive meals, are mobilized to produce the soul of the mystical saint in medieval kabbalah.

Practical Kabbalah

Kabbalah is an ancient Jewish wisdom that explains the laws of spiritual energy. Up until very recently the Kabbalah was reserved for the elite, those who only after years of scholarship and practice were allowed to enter this mystical realm. However, one doesn't need to devote one's life to intense study to reap the rich rewards of the Kabbalah. With just a basic understanding of a few key concepts, our lives can be enriched immensely. We can then begin to fulfill our deepest dreams and reach our most important goals, becoming the people we long to become.

By learning to understand the Sefirot--the ten spiritual properties that flow from the cosmic source into our heart--we can connect to the universe and profoundly transform our experience of daily life. For example, Hessed, or "loving-kindness," represents the desire to be generous, while Gevurah is the desire to focus intently or withhold. These properties must be balanced in order for harmony and well-being to occur. Rabbi Laibl Wolf shows how to maintain that balance and enjoy a healthy and productive life by using simple meditation and creative visualization techniques to grasp the spiritual nature of our life.

Practical Kabbalah draws upon ancient wisdom but offers a modern interpretation and easy-to-understand techniques for delving deeper into our selves and our world and for reaping the bounteous gifts that were always meant for us.

Practical Kabbalah Guidebook for Magic & Protection

"For hundreds of years, scholars have studied the Kabbalah to reach new levels of spirituality and enlightenment. More recently, lay people and prominent celebrities such as Madonna, Roseanne, and Jerry Hall have turned to the Kabbalah to connect with their higher selves, maximize intuition, heal their spirits, and protect themselves from negative influences. With this accessible and beautiful volume, you can harness the power of this complex belief system for healing and protection. Use talismans, amulets, visualizations, and prayers to ward off the evil eye and other misfortunes, as well as to repel negative energies. Learn meditations for healing the body and the aura, to bring harmony and tranquility, to help express and receive love, and more. Kabbalistic practices are also included for dream interpretation, to turn a bad dream into a good dream, for divination, and for sexual magick."

The Gift of Kabbalah: Discovering the Secrets of Heaven

In four sections titled Seeking a New Vision, the Unfolding of Creation, the Path of Remembering, and Practical Applications of Kabbalah, Frankiel delineates the theology, cosmology, and anthropology of this wisdom tradition. One of the names of God in the Bible is "I will be what I will be" signaling that the Holy and Mysterious One is in the process of manifesting in the world. Hence the earth is a vessel for the disclosure of divinity and the art of life is to pay attention for we never know where or when or how this will happen.

Frankiel opens up some of the complex teachings of the Kabbalah with insights into the Divine Light, being wholehearted, ego and naming, unification and intellect, and the spiral of loving consciousness. We were quite impressed with her discussion of reincarnation where she writes: "According to Kabbalah, the results of past lives — our accomplishments and our failings — are encoded in our bodies. . . . People reincarnate until they have accomplished their soul's mission."

Part of our mission in life is to add to the glory of God or as Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler puts it: "Each person possesses a unique admixture of psychological and intellectual qualities which form the basis of his own particular, unique contribution to the sanctification of God's name." Frankiel's special contribution to the continuing study of Kabbalah is her down-to-earth overview of this often arcane treasure trove of ancient wisdom.

The Practical Kabbalah Guidebook

Learn about the basic ideas of Kabbalah through its best known image, the Tree of Life, and another one derived from it called the Ladder of Light. Develop a firm, rewarding foundation from which to seek deeper knowledge.

Tree of Life Oracle Cards

Combining wisdom from the time-honored disciplines of the Kabbalah and astrology, The Tree of Life Oracle Kit is designed to enable even a novice to tap into the power of the oracle. Cherry Gilchrist's lively book explains how to make a divination; how to formulate appropriate questions; and how to create a proper environment for the reading. The kit provides everything else you will need. It contains a colorful set of illustrated cards, a blank notepad, and a cloth for displaying the cards.