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To: Invincibly Ignorant
Just curious angelo. Is this a form of some kind of Judaism Monica Lewinsky is dabbling in or is it something else? From her interview last night: Lewinsky said that right now, she's still designing handbags, something she's been doing for the past couple of years. And she's also concentrating on her faith, studying at the Kabballah Center in Los Angeles. The Kabballah are ancient books of Jewish mystical thought, according to the center's Web site.

Sounds like the blind leading the blind to me. Whatever it is she's studying, is sure as shootin' ain't real Jewish mysticism. My guess is that its some sort of 'new age' thing with a veneer of terminology culled from authentic mysticism in order to try to get some respectability. From what I've heard about her, Ms. Lewinsky is not, to put it mildly, a scholar of Torah. Traditionally, to qualify to even study kabbalah, the person must have attained 40 years of age, and be well-grounded in scripture and the writings of the sages. Also married. I don't think she qualifies, on any count.

All religions have their 'mystical' aspect. Mysticism, rightly understood, is about attaining a greater intimacy with the divine. Islam has Sufism and various types of Shi'ism. Judaism has kabbalah, among other mystical traditions. Christianity has writers such as John of the Cross, Meister Eckhardt, Teresa of Avila and others. The language and teaching of mysticism is highly symbolic, and is intended to point to the Reality beyond language.

31,495 posted on 03/03/2002 7:41:07 PM PST by malakhi
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To: angelo;old reggie
O_R:

Angelo said shootin' (speaking about Monica!)

31,688 posted on 03/04/2002 12:21:51 PM PST by Elsie
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