For hundreds of years, scholars have studied the Kabbalah to reach new levels of spirituality and enlightenment. More recently, lay people and prominent celebrities such as Madonna, Roseanne, and Jerry Hall have turned to the Kabbalah to connect with their higher selves, maximize intuition, heal their spirits, and protect themselves from negative influences. With this accessible and beautiful volume, you can harness the power of this complex belief system for healing and protection. Use talismans, amulets, visualizations, and prayers to ward off the evil eye and other misfortunes, as well as to repel negative energies. Learn meditations for healing the body and the aura, to bring harmony and tranquility, to help express and receive love, and more. Kabbalistic practices are also included for dream interpretation, to turn a bad dream into a good dream, for divination, and for sexual magic.
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This latest passenger to ride the Kabbalah bandwagon is practical, as promised in the title, but not remarkable. Lampert, a New Age healer, adopts a conversational tone, relating Kabbalah tips as imparted by her parents, as well as traditional, textual teachings. However, there is an overdose of the former and not enough of the latter too often, this primer devolves into a compendium of folk superstitions, masked under the generic rubric of "Kabbalah." Readers are told, for example, never to sew a garment while they are wearing it, praise any newborn baby, cut anyone's fingernails during a new moon or gaze into a broken mirror. The book is better when it seeks to apply textual Kabbalah directly to issues of self-protection; to this end, Lampert includes a helpful section relating the 10 Sephirot to various parts of the human body, to aid in health and healing. As in many other Kabbalah books, this mystical spirituality is essentially divorced from its Jewish roots, although Lampert does provide an introductory chapter on Kabbalah's origins. A final section on Kabbalah and the Hebrew alphabet would have been better placed toward the beginning, since Lampert refers to numerology and the significance of the 22 Hebrew letters throughout, but does not clarify their importance. The full-color illustrations, which appear on every page, are nicely arranged to interpret the text, but not aesthetically sophisticated. In all, this basic guide is accessible no esoterica in sight but only mediocre.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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This book is great for those interested in "folk kabbalah". Many books touch upon kabbalistic magic but mention it only in passing. This book gives you some examples : amulets, evil eye protection, and letter mysticism ( from a magic perspective ). I have read other books about Kabbalah and magic. But they either blend it with other traditions or approch the matter from a hermetic point of view. This book does neither. Again...there a MANY books out there that are way better as far as giving you the basics of kabbalah. This book was NOT meant for that. I give it a high rating because it delivers on what it offers...a good taste of kabbalistic "folk magic". All of the illustrations make it great for the layman...it reminded me alot of the kabbalah decoder ( which would be a great companion to this book ).
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A Good Intro and Overview,
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The book is solidly written, and full of great illustrations and explanations. The author does a great job of providing a background in Jewish mysticism before jumping into Kabbalistic folk magic and "practical" kabbalah. The writing is very very approachable, the author writes in a very personal style, and you almost can't help but turn the page. The practical and practice elements are well covered, and the reader will feel very confident in the material in short time. If you have interest in the subject, this book belongs on your shelf.
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The Best Kabbalah Book,
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This is simply the best written,best illustrated, and easy to read book on this subject. I have learned more from this book than any others on the kabbalah. The only book you'll ever need on this subject.
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