[NYer]

Catholic Ping - let me know if you want on/off this list

[AmishDude]

Michael Berg, of The Kabbalah Centre, describes what he calls "The Way" in a book by the same title.

Nah...it couldn't be.

[DoctorMichael]

Gimmie dat 'Ol Time Religion'.

[marty60]

I studied this back in the early 70's, it was useless then and that hasn't changed. The devotees just have a big name sucker.

[dennisw]

 

 

Esther, the pop artist formerly known as 'Mohammed'

 

[Zionist Conspirator]

A thread on this has already been posted (it's on "chat") and I've already commented on it.

[dukeman]

"For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths." 2 Timothy 4:3

[Mr Ramsbotham]

What was it that Jack the Ripper allegedly said to one of his victims? "You'd say anything but your prayers."

[Zionist Conspirator]

Okay. I've found my post on the other thread and here it is:

Two remarks:
1) At least the author has the decency to refer to this cult as "pseudo-Jewish," which it is (though there is a real Qabbalah which is part of actual Torah Judaism).
2) Berg says that Adam and Eve "were real people who did eat a fruit from a forbidden tree.
This makes Berg more conservative and truer to the Biblical text than the vast majority of the liturgical chr*stians of the world!

[Hildy]

Believe it or not, the best and clearest explanation I ever read about this Kaballah thing among Hollywood stars was written in PARADE Magazine back in February. I posted it then:

Q: Why are so many non-Jewish clebrities - like Madonna, Diane Keaton and Demi Moore - interested in the Jewish teachings of Kabbalah?
A: Traditionally, only married Jewish men over the age of 40 were permitted to study Kabbalah, the mysterical Jewish interpretation of the Bible. But more and more celebs are attracted to Kabbalah because it teaches that everything in life - including love, fame and money - comes from God. Kabbalah is a way for needy, greedy stars to have the best of everthing without feeling guilty!

[steve8714]

Does ir SUCK in the stars or SUCK IN the stars?

[Jaded]

This is like that JZ Knight mysticism/channeling thing from the 80's. Send yer money pleeze.

[nmh]

It only goes to prove how mindless they are.

[calcowgirl]

ping

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

Sorcery is not compatible with the Holy Bible. Flirt with it to your peril.

[ChicagoHebrew]

Kabbalah, a form of mystical Judaism, is an esoteric teaching intended for men over 40 who have spent their lifetime studying Torah.

Wrong -- that's only the Ashkanazi view. Sephardi Jews have never restricted Kabbalah to men over 40. Rather, Kabbalah is deeply ingrained with our religious practice -- for both men and women.

[ChicagoHebrew]

Kabbalah, a form of mystical Judaism, is an esoteric teaching intended for men over 40 who have spent their lifetime studying Torah.

Wrong -- that's only the Ashkanazi view. Sephardi Jews have never restricted Kabbalah to men over 40. Rather, Kabbalah is deeply ingrained with our religious practice -- for both men and women.

[ChicagoHebrew]

ancient Jewish gnosticism

The Kabbalah ain't gnostic in the slightest. Ah, what more can I expect from a Catholic woman whose idea of interviewing a Kabbalah scholar is Gershom Shalom? Shalom is a hack academic, not a respected Kabbalist.

[narses]

Ping.

[Veloxherc]

Is not Kabbalah a city in Afghanistan?