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Definition of Qabbalah
1. Noun. An esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries.
Generic synonyms: Theosophy
Category relationships: Judaism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Qabbalah
Literary usage of Qabbalah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Light from the Great Pyramid: The Astronomico-geographical System of the by Albert Ross Parsons (1893)
"From a careful comparison of the ancient sacred .writings, the qabbalah, the
traditions of all races, and the facts of geology and astronomy, the conclusion ..."
2. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1917)
"According to the qabbalah, the soul sparks contained in Adam ... 475; qabbalah,
guished from a corresponding human bone," Isaac Myer, 412. ..."
3. The Theosophical Glossary by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, George Robert Stow Mead (1892)
"Upon the practical qabbalah, the Abbé de Villars (nephew of de Montfaucon) in
1670, published his celebrated satirical novel, 'The Count de Gabalis', ..."
4. The improvement of the moral qualities;: an ethical treatise of the eleventh by Stephen Samuel Wise (1902)
"This view has met with little or no acceptance, save in the case of Isaac
Myer (author of " qabbalah, the Philosophy of Ibn ..."