RE: Torah and Cabala
Do you mean my impression of his books?
As for the KBLH (another spelling I like as it's short) you might find all you need online if it's basics and snippets.
RE: Torah and Kabbalah
ORIGINAL: TheMagpie
Thats all i need really - 1) research of hebrew bibles 2) bit of understanding of the qabala.cabala.kabbalah (however you spell it) to merge it in with the rest of the systems im drawing from.I don't need someone else's angle since I'll be applying my own, i just need an overview of the structure and premises to draw correlations and further my own understanding too.
What was your impression of Halevi?
Well, in my opinion Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi (Warren Kenton) is your man.
Kabbalah is multi layered and complex...Halevi writes and lectures on this subject in a comprehensible way.
He writes from Tradition and Source and not "from any one else's angle"
Also the structure of the Kabbalistic system is the Tree Of Life, which is essential to get to grips with if you want to tie it into other systems and/or apply it to your own working model.
BTW, the original title of this thread had Kabbalah and not Cabala....I think it was my spell checker that changed it, sorry .:)
I'll change it back to the original spelling.
astra
RE: Torah and Cabala
To venetian:
yes, your personal impression of his work was what I was after...
to Astra:
thank you very much. I will place him at the top of my list....and go shopping.
thanks to you all again...
it is greatly appreciated.
Magpie
RE: Torah and Cabala
One thought also on Halevi is that in my tiny tad of looking into the Kabbalah, a large proportion of teachers or sources seem to be not only Jewish (which is fine of course) but their writing and thought is deeply within that culture. So a non-Jew feels like an outsider or may not grasp the gist.
On the other hand, some non-Jews such as New Age types teach the subject today with only a smattering of knowledge.
I took it that Halevi is either Jewish or - ethnicity being irrelevant anyway - was as astra says authentic. But he's authentic and approachable and easily understood at the same time. I've attended a few of his things and can say he is most certainly 'authentic' and genuine as a person, in addition.
Edit to add: One Halevi book is very interesting as it's so unique. Nothing to do with the Kabbalah, really. But no-one else has really attempted this. It's 'School Of The Soul', which is an informed analysis of all the dynamics that one can expect or look out for in a working occult /esoteric group - e.g. dynamic changes over time, who stays and who leaves, who becomes 'best student' and who tries to impress as such, the organic formation of sub-groups within it, and on and on....I don't do it justice as it's really quite deep.
V
RE: Torah and Cabala
ORIGINAL: venetian
I took it that Halevi is either Jewish or - ethnicity being irrelevant anyway - was as astra says authentic.
Yes, Halevi is Jewish.
For those interested in his background Garry Phillipson interviews him [link= http://www.skyscript.co.uk/kenton.html ]here[/link]