The Zohar (Revised Edition, Volumes 1-23) (Hardcover)

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The Zohar is more than 2000 years old, but until very recently it was kept almost entirely hidden from the world, withheld out of fear that its power would be misused. Looked at it strictly as a work of spiritual wisdom, the Zohar is both an exploration and an explanation of every aspect of our physical and spiritual universe, and the connections that exists between them. Yet the real benefit of the Zohar in our daily lives is the energy imbued within each letter, each word, each phrase. For thousands of years, kabbalists have taught that simply the physical presence of the Zohar brought protection from harm. NEW ADDITIONAL VOLUME 23! We are pleased to announce that we have just completed the Zohar Index, Volume 23 of the English Zohar. For information on the spiritual forces at play in your life, The Zohar Index is your definitive resource. This index has been created after hundreds of hours of scholarly work and is the first of its kind. It lists all of the names and terms found within the entire Zohar, with page and verse number made easily accessible. When you own the Zohar Index, you have the full expanse of the English Zohar at your fingertips. Containing over X entries, you can dramatically increase your knowledge of Kabbalah, seek answers to questions, and delve deeper into this magical text.

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• Hardcover
• Publisher: The Kabbalah Centre International, Inc. (2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571891587
• ISBN-13: 978-1571892393
• ASIN: 1571892397
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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19 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only Buy when you are ready for Life Transformation, May 29, 2006

By	David Nelson "POTUDIVINE . COM - Life Explorer" (Gresham, Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews

Hello Seeker.

The Zohar is a magickal work of history. Some confuse the Kabbalah Center and this work as "creating a religion", the truth is - all western religions are rooted in the wisdom of this knowledge - most of which has been hidden from the common people, but used extensively by those in command and control.

I dismissed "all" religious systems 3 years ago and concluded "If the Divine is real, I should be able to find it in the present and connect with it in the present, without having to go to the past for any written or oral tradition" why? Because I found all if it filled will command and control "less than" fear based doctrines that I knew could not of come from a loving, all powerful creator. Too much contradition, too much war, too much abuse, too much racism and elitism embedded within the "faiths" that require "belief".

In fact, if a "religon" requires "belief" it's a clue to run away, because - "GOD" has always revealed itself through demonstration of power - so that people have "knowing" rather than "belief".

When I came across the Zohar - I was blown away because - it's authors apprantly had similar thoughts to mine, 2000+ years ago, in fact Rule #1 - "Don't believe anything you read or hear" is the first "Rule" of the Kabbalah Center - demand "proof", if it "doesn't work", why bother? I founded a spoof "church" called "TheChurchOfWhatWorks" and a 5 part Divinity and truth filter to sort out fact from religious fiction.

I have found that within the Zohar itself - is imbedded secrets, in fact when you read it - (scan/or what ever) it does trigger thoughts that come to you - (i.e. you receive) - and those thoughts and insights may have nothing to do with the text of the Zohar you are reading. Nobody can teach you a short cut - they can give you some contexts but I was stunned to find magickal principles embedded within the text that even the Rabbi's of the time - probably could not talk about other than in secret. Most will probably miss it. The concept of opposits is in play in the language and I suspect the origional author had an interesting sense of humor.

Will it bring miracles into your life? The truth is, you will bring miracles into your life, but the Zohar will be able to help you realize that and release the barriers that have turned you into nothing more than a slave on planet earth. It is a dangrous work of knowledge to be sure - because it gets to the roots of your freedom and most of us have no idea how we have become slaves to fear, ideologies, doctrines and religions. If you are locked into a "belief" or "religion" don't worry, the Zohar won't make much sense to you and you'll want to argue with it - really, who wants to admit that all they have known and have been taught about "God" and the world for the most part was a manipulative lie - those in power and rule want you to be afraid, they want you dis-empowered, they want you to be "sheep" so they - the good shepards can lead you.

It even reveals the truth about "God's Chosen People" - right in volume 1 - as if, the Creator of all that is would play favorites? Nope - folks there is historic truth here that dispells fear, empowers the individual and wakes sheep up to the lie that no sheep can ever become a shepard. Even those of Pagan paths will find their tradidtions - secretly embedded within the Zohar - no conflict - only confirmation and acknowlegement of things they already know.

Kabbalah - wisdom - pre-dates Ancient Egypt - so it should not be a surprise to discover knowledge and secret wisdom can be found here - and many secret rites and knowledge can trace it's roots here...now listen up - it is not that the secrets are necessarily embedded within the Zohar or Kabbalah traditions - remember Kabbalah is "to receive" - the Zohar - and it's scanning/reading and the study or even introduction into Kabbalah is not about learning a new "tradition" or a "new belief" or a "new religion" - it is about "RECEIVING", and I have concluded it is about receiving directly from "source", energy, insights, wisdom, healing of mind, body and spirit. This is the stuff the Magi and Astrologers of old "received" their power and insights - these became "scientists" over time and as it is proven - the Zohar has inspired modern medicine, philosophy and science - in it's "day", these were the "magical" approaches - FORBIDDEN - by all RELIGION - unless performed within the secret places of those RELIGIONS.

Literacy - and freedom of speech combined with the Kabbalah center's decision to STOP THE CENSORSHIP of knowledge has made this knowlege, this magick, this gateway...or a tool to open the 50th Gateway (volume 1, you'll know it whan you come across it), or should I say 5th Element? There are many secrets embedded, masterfully. There really is nothing for you to be "taught" from the Zohar - but there are new dimensions of being available for you to "receive" and discover through the tool, the key that is called "Zohar".

You'll never know or understand until you pick up, Volume 1 and begin reading and scanning it.

Though I do not agree with all of it's perspectives - then again - I do agree with much - if I am open to realizing when I am reading code or when I am reading text - I can simply say I know a magickal text when I encounter one. The Kabbalah Center has a video link that gives an amazing history of the Zohar that will blow you away.

It is what it is. It cannot be denied. It works, has worked and continues to work. My own ego does not want you to have this knowledge because if the majority of people stay in the darkness that has prevailed over the last 4000-6000 years, those who are "awake" have a powerful advantage over those who are stuck in the dark and dead teachings of "religion". But there is a world, a better world that we can create and I would rather we transform our world together with love and light, than to sheer the sheep further. May the sheep wake up and realize they are not sheep, but men and women - children of a Divine Creator (which is beyond gender, but evidenced all through creation as male AND female) <what you think some guy created all of what is by himself? - wake up friend, all life comes from female, or haven't you noticed, any "pagan" can tell you the truth of that <laugh>. May the sons and daughters of the Creator - wake up - and more importantly Grow up into what they were designed and destined to be from...the beginning!

Run from this work and knowlege unless you want Life Transformation. The first reviewer of this work is a "Catholic", I've been there - and let me simply say, if it can work for a "Catholic" - it can work for anyone - because that Religion - has been the root source of "command and control" for 2000 years, and introduced the context of sheep.

See if you want change - you may have to die and be "reborn" in your knowledge and spirituality. "Think" about it <laugh>.

Namaste'

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Review For the Deeper Seeker: Not the General Reader. , September 28, 2008

By	Justin Coy (Australia) - See all my reviews

If you are so anal as I am and choose to read this monumental work along side the free online Kabbalah Centre edition, you will notice very early on that there are irritating inconsistencies. For example; the printed version uses "congregation of Israel/Yisrael" (which implies universality) which is consistent with the Tanach / Old Testament i.e Kings I & II, but the online version uses "Community of Israel / Yisrael" (implying local, closed, exclusivity). Personally, I find this offensive as both versions are from the Kabbalah Centre. On these matters the Kabbalah Centre chooses not to reply to any inquiry.
One will also find that upon closer examination of the numbering system that in many cases it does not line up with the King James, for example. If you are intending on researching as deeply as I, you will find the Stone Edition Tanach an essential companion to this version of the Zohar and save you many hours, days and weeks of distress.
The reader must also be aware that some Stone affiliates distance themselves from this Zohar edition and have another 5 vol. Zohar which is not on amazon.
Once these have been recognised, the reader will enjoy this multi-level complicated work that I believe needs to be accompanied with the Babylonian Talmud. Read the Zohar, and the world will never look the same. Read both, and you will discover that you know nothing at all. Those who have done so will understand this in an instant. Those who have not, it would be easier to describe the taste of a mango to someone who has never tasted one.
Generally, the text is as beautiful as it's covers.

20 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A miracle from the Zohar, December 17, 2005

By	Miracle Lady - See all my reviews

I an a Catholic, but I can recognize the real stuff when I see one. The Zohar represent a real miracle in my life. As they say: you do not need to know Hebrew to "read" the Zohar, all that is sufficient is just "to scan" the Hebrew sentences with your eyes. I was very poor and unemployed, I purchased this version of the Zohar (with an English translation and notes beside the Hebrew text). I started scanning with all my faith. The collision with my Catholic faith was huge, I started challenging many of the explanations given in the English text (because I could understand them). At the end I could not scan any longer because I was challenging everything. Nothing seemed to fit into my previous mindset and I was extremely upset about that. But a little voice was telling me: "There is TRUTH in those volumes, do not give up." So I purchased the Hebrew Zohar, no English text whatsoever, I finally could not challenge a single word. I started scanning, again faithful 100%. I scanned the Zohar for a year and a half, nothing happened. They say that the Zohar provides miracles, I believed that, but I was not seeing a single miracle in my life, despite all my scanning. I spent many nights awake, just to scan the Zohar. Now, FINALLY, I saw a miracle, and what a miracle! I am talking about real stuff here, not those intellectually justified explanations that want to show you that you had a miracle when indeed you had none. I received an offer from a company, they want to pay me huge money, just to work from home, and it is in a field I like very much (actually it is in the field of my .....hobbies), I also put into practice many of the principles that the Kabbalah Centre teaches, like tithing your money, like using the energy of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, using the energy of Chanucka to manifest miracles.
What can I say? This is not a review about the editing of the chapters of this Magnus Opus, it is not a review on the writing style of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, nothing of the sort. It is a review of what YOU CAN DO thanks to the Zohar. I am a Catholic and I have a fool-proof intuition, I KNEW I WAS IN FRONT OF THE SOLUTION TO ALL OUR PROBLEMS, when I was holding the Zohar in my hands. Now, I see all sorts of malignat remarks about Rav Berg and his family. Do not believe a single word! These are people that are indeed bringing the Light to our society that is choking in darkness. I did not believe in the miracles that the Zohar can bring: I am a Capricorn and Capricorns DO NOT believe, they want proof. I had my proof, and I am at peace now. DO THE SAME.