Overview

• What is Kabbalah?
• Kabbalah: A General Introduction
• The Meaning of "God"
• Three Streams of Kabbalah
• Kabbalah as a Spiritual Practice

Theosophical Kabbalah

• Introduction
• Light and the Sefirot
• Keter, Hochmah, and Binah
• Hesed, Gevurah, and Tiferet
• Netzach, Hod, and Yesod
• Malchut
• Evil: Traditional Views
• Evil: Kabbalistic Views
• Yesh and Ayin
• Four Worlds

Prophetic Kabbalah

• Introduction
• Sefer Yetzirah: Language as Creation
• Abraham Abulafia
• Basic Meditation Techniques

Practical Kabbalah

• Introduction
• Afterlife and Reincarnation
• Demons, Dybbuks, & Golems

Key Figures

• Moshe Cordovero
• Shimon bar Yochai
• Abraham Abulafia
• The Baal Shem Tov
• Isaac Luria
• Jacob Frank
• Sabbetai Tzvi

Texts and Studies

• The Epistle of the Baal Shem Tov

Resources/Learning More

• Recommended Books
• Glossary
• Links

Learning Kabbalah

• About this Site
• About Jay Michaelson
• Why is Kabbalah Kept Secret?
• Modes of Learning
• Finding a Teacher
• Learn Zohar with Jay Michaelson this Spring at the Open Center
• Invite Jay Michaelson to come to your synagogue