A vast reconstruction of the knowledge of the ancient Jewish priest-scientists, with vital implications for contemporary spirituality and science. * Reveals an ancient science that used geometry, sound, and number to link the finite world of human experience with the infinite realm of the divine. * Uses teachings extending back thousands of years to explicate key concepts of quantum physics and quantum cosmology. For centuries the Kabbalah has fascinated devotees of mysticism while its origins have remained obscure. Now, in her brilliant new work, Leonora Leet reveals that the Kabbalah was the product of a sophisticated, though largely forgotten, Hebraic sacred science that was the rival of any in Egypt or Greece. Not only does Leet reconstruct the secret teachings of the priest-scientists of the Hebrew temple, she also shows them to be the key to understanding both biblical and kabbalistic cosmology. Unlike previous purely historical explorations of the Jewish esoteric tradition, The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah resurrects this ancient body of knowledge to reveal eternal truths that can have a profound and positive impact on contemporary spirituality. New experimental methods of practicing Hebraic sacred science are explored that explain as never before the meaning of the central cosmological diagram of the entire Western esoteric tradition--the kabbalistic Tree of Life. Leet shows that the Kabbalah and its central diagram enshrine a key to the purpose of the cosmos, a key that has vast implications for modern physics and cosmology. In a final synthesis, she envisions a culmination in which the universe and its divine child, perfected humanity, achieve that unification of the finite and infinite which has ever been the secret doctrine of the Kabbalah.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0892817240
ISBN13:9780892817245
Release Date:July 1999
Publisher:Inner Traditions International
Length:480 Pages
Weight:1.70 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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This book is magnificent. I have studies Kabbalah for some time and have finally gotten around to reading this book in particular. I was pleasantly surprised at the profound depth and consideration of Jewish sources with which the author has utilized. I have struggled with the geometric reasoning but this has given me an incentive to find a tutor in this area. Yes that right- I am going to brush up on my Geometry just because of this book.
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