The Kabbalah “Reception/Tradition”
Passed down from the very beginning of humanity? From our spiritual teachers?
“Kabbalah” means “reception, tradition’” According to Kabbalistic belief, early kabbalistic knowledge was transmitted orally by the Patriarchs, prophets, and sages, eventually to be "interwoven" into Jewish religious writings and culture According to the traditional Kabbalistic understanding, Kabbalah dates from Eden.29 It came down from a remote past as a revelation to elect tzadikim (righteous people), and, for the most part, was preserved only by a privileged few Originally, Kabbalistic knowledge was believed to be an integral part of the Oral Torah, given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai around the 13th century BCE according to its followers; although some believe that Kabbalah began with Adam.
According to the Zohar Torah study can proceed along four levels of interpretation (exegesis).1415 These four levels are called pardes from their initial letters (PRDS פַּרדֵס, 'orchard'):
Peshat (Hebrew: פשט lit. 'simple'): the direct interpretations of meaning.16 Remez (רֶמֶז lit. 'hints'): the allegoric meanings (through allusion). Derash (דְרָשׁ from the Hebrew darash: 'inquire' or 'seek'): midrashic (rabbinic) meanings, often with imaginative comparisons with similar words or verses. Sod (סוֹד, lit. 'secret' or 'mystery'): the inner, esoteric (metaphysical) meanings, expressed in kabbalah.
“received” it is the ancient tradition, received from how far back? from what beings? Is it received directly from God ? How old is this knowledge/wisdom?
“KA - BA - LA”
- Ka body
- Ba body
- La???