The Mystical Qabalah, Dion Fortune
The Mystical Qabalah, Dion Fortune
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The Mystical Qabalah

Author: Dion Fortune, Judika Illes

Narrator: Neil Hellegers

Unabridged: 14 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/01/2022


Synopsis

Dion Fortune was one of the first to bring this "secret tradition" to a wider audience with her clear and comprehensive exploration of the Qabalah tradition. The Mystical Qabalah remains a classic in its clarity, linking the broad elements of Jewish traditional thought—probably going back to the Babylonian captivity and beyond—with both Eastern and Western philosophy and later Christian insights.

The Qabalah could be described as a confidential Judaic explanation of the paradox of "the Many and the One"—the complexity and diversity within a monotheistic unity. Whereas the Old Testament outlines the social and psychological development of a tightly knit "chosen group" culture, the supplementary Qabalah provides a detailed plan of the infrastructure behind the creative evolutionary process.

The Mystical Qabalah devotes a chapter to each of the ten schematic "God-names," the qualities or Sephiroth which focus on the principal archetypes behind evolving human activity: the Spiritual Source; the principles of Force and Form; Love and Justice; the Integrative principle or the Christ Force; Aesthetics and Logic; the dynamics of the Psyche; and, finally, the Manifestation of life on Earth in a physical body.

About Dion Fortune

Dion Fortune (1891-1946), founder of The Society of the Inner Light, was a prolific writer, pioneer psychologist, and powerful psychic. Author of the highly acclaimed Psychic Self-Defense, her novels include The Goat Foot God, The Demon Lover, and The Winged Bull.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda on October 27, 2007

Forget the Qabalah you hear about from Hollywood and Madonna. This is an excellent book devoting a chapter to each of the sephiroth on the Tree of Life. Philosophically interesting regardless of your beliefs.......more

Goodreads review by S.M. on August 16, 2007

My favorite basic book on the 17th century Kabbalistic tree of Life. Good explanation of how the sephiroth and paths work together. Great primer for building the proper correspondences to each part of otz chiim, which then leads to the phenomenological understanding of the inner workings of the tree......more

Goodreads review by Gwyndyllyn on August 23, 2007

Very clear introduction to the Qabalah - for NON-Jewish mystics. It is important to note that the Qabalah is used differently in a lot of non-Jewish mysticism than it is in Jewish circles. Very good book. Focuses primarily on the Sephiroth rather than the paths. Fantastic introduction to the topic.......more

Goodreads review by Fredstrong on December 06, 2007

The Qabalah is a very complex system, and one can spend liftimes studying it. This is the best introduction to what can seem overwhelming at the start.......more

Goodreads review by HillbillyWizard on October 21, 2023

One of the best books I have read so far about the esoteric. I will be reading it again stat and continue using it as a daily reference for Healing Sephora Meditations. All of the great books so far have come as suggestions from fellow initiates or on recommendation from some other true heavy I happ......more