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The knowledge that the first Kabbalists acquired did more than help them understand how things worked behind the scenes. With it, they were able to explain the natural phenomena we all encounter. It was only natural, therefore, that they became teachers, and that the knowledge they passed on to us became the basis for both ancient and modern sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps we think of Kabbalists as secluded people hiding in dim, candle-lit chambers, writing magical scriptures. Well, until the end of the 20th century, Kabbalah was indeed kept secret. The clandestine approach toward Kabbalah evoked numerous tales and legends surrounding its nature. Although most of these tales are false, they still baffle and confuse even the most rigorous thinkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gottfried Leibnitz, a great mathematician and philosopher, candidly expressed his thoughts on how secrecy had affected Kabbalah: \u201cBecause man did not have the right key to the secret, the thirst for knowledge was ultimately reduced to all sorts of trivia and superstitions that brought forward a sort of \u2018vulgar Kabbalah\u2019 that has little in common with the true Kabbalah, as well as various fantasies under the false name of magic, and this is what fills the books.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But Kabbalah was not always secret. In fact, the first Kabbalists were very open about their knowledge, and at the same time, very much involved with their societies. Often, Kabbalists were their nation\u2019s leaders. Of all these leaders, King David is probably the best known example of a great Kabbalist who was also a great leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The involvement of Kabbalists in their societies helped their contemporary scholars develop the basis of what we now know as \u201cWestern philosophy,\u201d which later became the basis of modern science. In that regard, here\u2019s what Johannes Reuchlin, a humanist, classics scholar, and expert in ancient languages and traditions, writes in his book, De Arte Cabbalistica<\/em>: \u201cMy teacher, Pythagoras, the father of philosophy, took his teaching from Kabbalists \u2026 He was the first to translate the word, Kabbalah, <\/em>unknown to his contemporaries, to the Greek word philosophy<\/em>\u2026 Kabbalah does not let us live our lives in the dust, but elevates our mind to the height of knowledge.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Routes<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

But philosophers were not Kabbalists. Because they did not study Kabbalah, they couldn\u2019t fully understand the depth of Kabbalistic knowledge. As a result, knowledge that should have been developed and treated in a very specific way was developed and treated incorrectly. When Kabbalistic knowledge migrated to other parts of the world, where there were no Kabbalists at the time, it also took a different course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, humanity made a detour. Although Western philosophy incorporated parts of the Kabbalistic knowledge, it ended up taking an entirely different direction. Western philosophy generated sciences that researched our material world, that which we perceive with our five senses. But Kabbalah is a science that studies what happens beyond <\/em>what our senses perceive. The changed emphasis drove humanity in the opposite direction from the original knowledge that Kabbalists obtained. This change in direction took humanity on a detour whose consequences we will explore in the following chapter.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Big Questions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Kabbalah became hidden about 2,000 years ago. The reason was simple\u2014there was no demand for it. Since that time, humanity has occupied itself with developing monotheistic religions, and later on, science. Both were created to answer man\u2019s most fundamental questions: \u201cWhat is our place in the world, in the universe?\u201d What is the purpose of our existence?\u201d In other words, \u201cWhy were we born?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But today, more than ever before, many people feel that what has worked for 2,000 years no longer meets their needs. The answers provided by religion and science no longer satisfy them. These people are looking elsewhere for answers to the most basic questions about the purpose of life. They turn to Eastern teachings, fortune-telling, magic and mysticism. And some turn to Kabbalah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because Kabbalah was formulated to answer these fundamental questions, the answers it provides are directly related to them. By rediscovering ancient answers about the meaning of life, we are literally mending the rupture between humanity and Nature that occurred when we turned away from Kabbalah and toward philosophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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