Cabbala
cabala.
a system of esoteric theosophy and theurgy developed by rabbis, reaching its peak about the 12th and 13th centuries, and influencing certain medieval and Renaissance Christian thinkers. It was based on a mystical method of interpreting Scripture by which initiates claimed to penetrate sacred mysteries. Among its central doctrines are, all creation is an emanation from the Deity and the soul exists from eternity.
any occult or secret doctrine or science.
Historical Examples
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) John Addington Symonds
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 1 Henry Hallam
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
Religion In The Heavens Logan Mitchell
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) Various
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a variant spelling of kabbalah
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a variant spelling of kabbalah
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