Customs and Rituals

Posted by Mark Zimmerman Nov 5, 2007

No. Studying Kabbalah involves only inner work in changing oneself, one's perception, sensation, and attitude toward reality. The aim of this self-change is the achievement of perceiving and sensing the source of life, the source of pleasure, and acquiring the same attitude as our life's source has toward us.

This does not involve any customs or rituals. Kabbalah is not and has nothing to do with religion, mysticism, magic, meditation, numerology, tarot cards or many other things it is commonly associated with. Kabbalah can be considered to be the purest of sciences, so pure that it can only be called "wisdom." This is because it describes the complete picture of nature, not only the picture we receive through our inborn five senses, but the picture that we can perceive with an additional sense. Moreover, it offers a method of how to achieve this additional sense during one's lifetime.

Further Reading:

• Kabbalah.info - If this was news to you, then consider seeing the "3 Things You Should Know About Kabbalah" Flash presentation at the homepage of the Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education & Research Institute: www.kabbalah.info