The Mysteries of the Qabalah by Eliphas Levi

The Mysteries of the Qabalah by Eliphas Levi

The Mysteries of the Qabalah completes the second book in a trilogy written by the famous French esoteric scholar, Eliphas Levi. In the first part of this work, Levi links the Old and New Testaments by comparing the qabalistic imagery and concepts inherent in both The Prophecy of Ezekiel and The Apocalypse of St. John. He explains how the description of Solomon's temple, the great sanctuary of the true God, represents the Qabalistic or traditional theology of the Hebrews -- even the measurements are symbolic and refer to sacred numbers. In the second part of the treatise, Levi demonstrates that The Apocalypse of St. John is a symbolic resume of knowledge for initiates and a key to the high Qabalah. The theology of the Hebrews can be attached to Christianity through the prophecy of Ezekiel. It served as a model for The Apocalypse of St. John, which -- behind the emblems of the Qabalah -- hides the most profound secrets of Christian theology. Students of the Western Mystery tradition will find this material of special interest when exploring the symbolism of the Bible and Qabalah.

Eliphas Levi, a pen name for Alphonse Louis Constant, was a master of the conventional Rosicrucian interpretation of the Kabbalah. He was born in France in 1810 and received his education for the church at SaintSulpice through the parish priest's office. Later, he was removed from seminary for teaching beliefs that were incompatible with those of the Roman Catholic Church. Levi began researching the occult sciences in 1824 and spent the following three decades writing on magic and the Kabbalah. Transcendental Magic, Secrets of the Qabalah, and The Book of Splendours are among his other works.

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ISBN 13	9780877289401
ISBN 10	0877289409
Title	The Mysteries of the Qabalah
Author	Eliphas Levi
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Red Wheel/Weiser
Year published	2000-11-29
Number of pages	288
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