Gnostic Kabbalah 1: The World of Klipoth (Perfect Paperback)

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Gnostic Kabbalah One: The World of Klipoth - The Inferior Dimensions of Nature, Otherwise Known as Hell

This is the first in a series of courses designed to give a complete introduction to the Initiatic Kabbalah. The World of Klipoth introduces the student to the lowest levels of the Tree of Life, which correspond to the lowest levels of the consciousness. By understanding these levels any student can understand how to ascend the Tree and thereby free themselves of suffering.

"The adverse Sephiroth are the Klipoth; here we find the demons, the souls in penance, the ones that suffer, those that have already finished their cycles of existence and that devolve within time, the fallen Angels, the tenebrous of the lunar path, the black lodge and all of the adepts of the Left-hand Path..."

Chapters include: The Nine Spheres of the Underworld; The Three Demons/Traitors; Limbo (The Moon); The Ray of Creation; Lilith and Nahemah; Mercury; Venus; The Sun; Hell; Mars; Kabbalistic Analysis of The Mahabharata; Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune

About the Author

The name Samael Aun Weor is Hebrew and is pronounced sam-ayel on vay-ohr. Samael Aun Weor wrote over sixty books, gave thousands of lectures, and formed the worldwide Gnostic Movement, whose members number in the millions. And yet, in spite of his wisdom and generosity towards mankind, he said: "Do not follow me. I am just a signpost. Reach your own Self-realization." His lifelong mission was to deliver to humanity the total and exact science to develop the complete human being, that mysterious and ancient wisdom long hidden in the bosom of every great religion.

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: SCB Distributors (December 19, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934206091
• ISBN-13: 978-1934206096
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #224,696 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware- don't get suckered by this fundamentalist trap, December 5, 2008

By	Lux Aeterne (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews

Boy did I get a fast one pulled on me this time! Disregard the other review..I have a feeling that they're a shill. This book is nothing more than dogmatic and fear-based christianity. There is no real discussion of the klipoth aside from "here's how you need to act to not go to hell." But don't just take my word for it...here are some quotes from their sphere of "Saturn":

"There are many ways to perform violence against the Holy Spirit, but the worst way is in the way of homosexuality. They violate their sexual organs, using the Tabernacle of the Holy Spirit in the wrong way and hating the cross."

"But the homosexuals and lesbians are enemies of the Holy Spirit, they violate the Sabbath, and follow Lilith,"

"But also there is a violence against nature in those who masturbate, they commit violence against their own body, against life, against the Holy Spirit."

"Vasectomy is violence against nature, violence against the Holy Spirit."

"So anybody that follows Marxism is an enemy of the Holy Spirit, and the result of this will be to find yourself in the Seventh Sphere."

"Abortion is a crime against nature- violence against the Holy Spirit, whether it is with or without permission of the state doesn't matter. Even if the whole world votes and approves abortion , it is still violence against the Holy Spirit. Those doctors that perform abortion find themselves in the Seventh Sphere as demons, because only a Demon could think that abortion is good."

I could go on an on with these. There is NO esoteric or even scholarly worth to this book at all. I tend to keep any books I get, even those of opposing viewpoints, but this one is going right into the trash. I'm not even going to sell it to the used book store and try to recoup some of my losses in buying this as I wouldn't wish anyone else to get taken in like I did. It's even poorly written - just a collection of snippets and commandments. I have a feeling that this was an attempt to draw in and convert some of those "satanic" occultists (for instance the "thelema press," technically, I guess, they're right as thelema does have some use in fundamentalist Christianity, but obviously most people who come across the word "thelema" expect something quite different)...it reminds me of a well-advertised haunted house my friends went to which, upon entering, turned out to be nothing but reenactments of biblical scenes, complete with a conversion attempt at the end. Pretty pathetic, guys, if you have to try to trick people into your religion. I realize you need the money lately, but c'mon....
Amazon really should not list this in the same company that it does for the recommendations (with a Peter Carroll book????). Looks like they got suckered, too.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars the cover really got me, April 28, 2009

By	Z (New York) - See all my reviews

This book is infuriatingly fundamentalist and it is even written in a very pugnacious manner, as if they assumed that the reader would not be like-minded. Save your money and go listen to crazed street preachers instead. There are tiny little black and white pictures of Dore's that i plan to cut out and scrap book, but it's still not worth giving this publisher money over. I wonder how anyone can produce such small minded work with such a subject, ... sigh. I wish I'd read that other review first. it only got one star from me because i couldn't submit this otherwise.

2.0 out of 5 stars do what it tells you not to..., August 13, 2009

By	InIjahlight "Siete Rayos" (Bouvet Island) - See all my reviews

I was originally going to rate this as a one star...
In terms of the hell regions and the sins described within this book's pages, I would say in the spirit of Mr. LaVey, do the opposite of what this books recommends that you refrain from...but just beware of the consequences to yourself so operate within reason. But for the Qlipoth I would not recommend this book unless you reverse the tree and liberate your so-called sin nature. After all this book refers to self-seeking pleasure and desire as of the Devil and, in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with getting to know Dad a little better!