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4. Kabbalah as a NA Tool
The mystical side of orthodox Judaism is too complex for a complete analysis here. Suffice to
say that Jewish Kabbalah has become a salad of gems mixed with impurities. This is the
assessment of both the Torah and NA. From a Torah standpoint, what real insight there is to
be found in Kabbalah is invariably based firmly on Tenach passages. They stand in contrast
to questionable ideas which clash with basic Torah; these are not found in Tenach but are
found in pagan religions. From the NA viewpoint, Jewish Kabbalah gets similarly mixed
reviews, but for the opposite reason: its only value is found in teachings which are not Torahbased
but are NA beliefs: reincarnation; soliciting help from angels, demons and departed
human spirits; light and darkness, good and evil, uniting in balance to make "God"; selfinduced
trances resulting in visions or astral (out-of-body) travels; and harnessing of
supernatural powers by pronouncing sacred names. [It is noteworthy that none of these can be
supported by a clear (pashat or darash) Torah passage, while some are expressly forbidden;
yet these are the best-known elements of Kabbalah among Jews today. The fact that these are
accepted by so many otherwise knowledgeable Torah-keeping Jews, in spite of their dubious
links to Torah, only weakens Jewish resistance to NA missionaries introducing other doctrines
progressively farther from Torah.]
4a. There is an attitude among Kabbalists that a mekubal (Kabbalistic master) has spiritually
advanced beyond the need to obey the above prohibitions in Torah, which are meant for the
"average" Jew. [I confirmed this in dialog with an Israeli student from a family with a long
line of respected mekubalim.] With the perceived freedom to explore the occult world, it is no
wonder that anti-Torah concepts became integrated into Kabbalah. Helena Blavatsky had no
difficulty locating quotes from Jews in the Kabbalistic tradition to show that they also admire
Lucifer, aka Satan. For example, she repeats the "glowing" praises of "Kabalist" Eliphas
Levi: "It (Satan) is that Angel who was proud enough to believe himself God; brave enough to
buy his independence at the price of eternal suffering and torture; beautiful enough to have
adored himself in full divine light; strong enough to still reign in darkness amidst agony, and
to have made himself a throne out of this inextinguishable pyre." (Blavatsky quoting from
Eliphas Levi, _Historie de la Magie, p.16-17, _The Secret Doctrine_ II, p.506)
The same admiration for this "Dragon of Wisdom" was celebrated in the destructive heresies
of Sabbetai Zevi and the Frankists, which are thriving today in the form of the "Donmeh"
whose well-educated members effortlessly connect nihilism (the benefits of destruction),
Luciferian elements ("the Holy Serpent" and "The Treatise on the Dragons") and Gnostic
teaching with Sabbatean and Lurianic Kabbalah. The blend harmonizes nicely with
Blavatsky's teachings, particularly about the Serpent as God (_Secret Doctrine_, p.215.) As a
curious side note, "Donmeh" leader Yakov Leib haKohain insists that Jewish Renewal springs
directly from Sabbatean practice, and scoffs at JR leaders for "inventing a wheel for which
there is already a 300 year old patent, while loudly congratulating themselves for their
brilliant discoveries." ("Jewish Renewal, Hermetic Cabala, and Sabbatai Zevi", on the
Donmeh website)
4b. The Kabbalistic doctrine of reincarnation is possibly the single most useful inroad into
Judaism for NA. Consider the recent assertion by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (a former Chief Rabbi
of Israel and a haredi leader with a huge Israeli following) that the six million Jewish
Holocaust victims were reincarnated sinners sent into the Nazi death machine to pay for their
past-life sins (_Jerusalem Post_, Aug.11, 2000). [The resemblance to Bailey's own
pronouncement is either the coincidence of the year or impressive evidence of NA infiltration
into orthodox thought. It is interesting that several response articles in the _Post_,
emphasized the lack of Torah, Mishnaic or Talmudic foundation for the doctrine of