Kabbalah: Secret Teachings (Jewish Mysticism; Esoteric Judaism) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

Kabbalism is a school of Jewish mysticism that's made a celebrity splash. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli continue a conversation with Dr. Justin Sledge about the controversial millennia-old Kabbalah teachings about God, the creation of the world, the origin of evil, and the afterlife.
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Further Resources:
• Kabbalah: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah
• Dr. Sledge’s Esoterica Channel: / esotericachannel
• Esoterica playlist on Kabbalah: • Introduction to Kabbal...
• Dr. Justin Sledge’s website: www.justinsledge.com/
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[@BeauBeckwith]

The beard power in this episode is so strong 😁

[@pinknickelvidz]

Dr, Sledge is a very skilled speaker in this segment and clearly has deep knowledge on his topical studies. I am impressed how quickly he accesses what he has learned with such a quick mind; like Jimmy, he's exceptionally good at shifting focus to little interesting anecdotes and seeing connections to information and conventions. This is why I love this show, the non-emotional approach to learning.

[@SlaveToMyStomach]

As A Catholic man who sees a a lot of evil in the world it is refreshing to listen to Dr. Sledge, who is both straightforward and honest is his statements. And when he says he is willing to learn from his Catholic, Christian and Muslim brothers and sisters, it gives me hope.

[@johnjon1823]

Geez I thought the Mormons were off the wall, but these guys take the prize.

[@erickelleher3911]

Kablahblahblah

[@paulsansonetti7410]

Kabbalah originated freemasonry and Mormonism is masonic AF So they are basically cousins

[@psychedelicdivinity2872]

@@erickelleher3911lmfao

[@ThruTheUnknown]

It is really just a Jewish form of gnostic Christian (without the matter = evil nonsense)

[@Rome_77]

I recommend doing a video like this on Mormonism and their Theology and Cosmology. I think I’m hearing some overlap.

[@rramos7488]

Doms intro always gives me early 90s PBS kids vibes. "BROUGHT TO YOU BYYYY"

[@Serquss]

I really like Dr. Sledge! What a classy dude. God Bless him.

[@mattbonner12]

Very interesting. The only things that I really knew about Jewish belief was from studying Moses Maimonides while getting my BPhil. So, I appreciate Dr. Sledge doing the interview, he really explained it very well, I think, and I think that it was good getting a Jewish scholar to explain different Jewish beliefs.

[@nickglaza]

Wow. Love this collab between the two wisest minds of KZbin.

[@monicakelley7901]

Very enjoyable discussion. I am almost finished reading “My Name is Asher Lev”, which gave me some context for this discussion. I hope to see more with Dr. Sledge.

[@DOSHIELD]

I really enjoyed the discussion. Truly we need more respectful discussions to reach understandings in the world.

[@linchpin1872]

Man, this theology is so weird lol. maybe it's because my mindset is stuck in a thomistic framework but it's so hard to think through a lot of these ideas. great video jimmy 👍

[@marvalice3455]

It's interesting. I don't like it, but I understand how people could come to conclusions like this

[@GOorganics]

No wonder the Jesus condemn Talmud. Bible also refer to this as Synagogue of Satan.

[@charlottelauzon3147]

I stumbled upon Kabbalah and read it’s explanation of the Luz bone. It’s supposed to be virtually impossible to destroy and it’s the bone where we will be bodily recreated from in the resurrection according to its teaching.

[@EggShen905]

So Jimmy, do you recommend Dr. Sledge's channel in general? I know you're directing us to it for more information on this particular discussion, but what about the veracity of the other material he covers?

[@JudeMichaelPeterson]

55:24 I also judge people by smell.

[@betrion7]

How do you smell them? Most wear perfumes. Or was that a joke?

[@StoaoftheSouth]

Am I wrong think that Kaballah is pantheistic? A lot of what is being said sounds familiar to things I've read in the Stoics and some sound neoplatonic.

[@trad-lite]

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were/are also high-profile Kabbalah practitioners.

[@richardkasper5822]

That's reason enough to leave it alone.

[@jessicakivett7838]

Oh man, you lost me. I really struggled to wrap my head around any of this.

[@beutner]

I was originally quite bored with this - I enjoy specific ghost stories and the examination of them. However; at some point, I could not stop listening and even listened a second time. Thank you SQPN for another fascinating show!

[@carolinecorreia4375]

I would love to see more episodes on Jewish History and beliefs! I’d also be really interested in learning more about Islam. This was great! My husband is from Brooklyn and sometimes while walking through the city Jewish men will ask that question “Are you Jewish?”

[@marvalice3455]

"we now have living skin for robots" Can't we get that for people first? Please?

[@PatrickSweeney1]

I wish i had the skill to write an alternate history novel where emerged from the Middle Ages as the dominant worldview - as opposed to our time line - a fusion of a natural world knowable and known to observation and reason, and a supernatural world revealed by God's disclosure of Himself (and it) to us.

[@SammyJ..]

Both of those are features of Christianity, right?

[@atreides4911]

It’s dominant now.

[@widdershins7628]

Thank you both for your candor around 28:30. The fact is, as Jimmy said, that our ancestors didn't "play" well together, and the minority always suffers worse. We need to acknowledge it, forgive, and at least agree that God wants us to be loving toward one another. I am a Catholic, and believe in Extra ecclesia nulla salus, but I feel that a militant approach, or religious bigotry, is repugnant, as the good Dr Sledge said. We're at an age that we need to come together, not in some fake charity of "you're ok, and I'm ok" but the common ground is still very important. May Jesus see us through it.

[@papuciowy1465]

Don't put "but" next to "Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus". It's like telling "I'm a Catholic BUT". No "but".

[@papuciowy1465]

In Christianity when You tell that Jews are less worthy than other people, that is wrong. According to talmudism non-Jews are less worthy than Jews. "Antisemitism" and racism is not Christian, it's against Christianity. Talmudism is antiChristian and racist.

[@papuciowy1465]

We cannot tolerate evil. False religions are evil.

[@widdershins7628]

@@papuciowy1465 That's not a correct assessment of what I said. I believe in EENS and the "but" is against religious bigotry. Anyone who equates the two is doing equivocation. You had a follow up statement saying the same thing, so you're actually in agreement. So I think you just wanted to sound more Catholic and instead overreached. My advice is read the context next time.

[@papuciowy1465]

@@widdershins7628 Sorry, my English is not good. I don't know what "EENS" is/are. What do You mean by "religious bigotry"? Does that mean not commiting sin of tolerance of sin/evil/false religion? Tolerating sin or false religion is sin.

[@CatholicK5357]

Very interesting stuff to learn about. Thank you. I have a practical question on the reincarnation question. If you reincarnated as a river, how would you a good river to reincarnate to a higher inanimate object or animal and go up the hierarchy, or in other words, how would you avoid being a bad river? Although my question might seem disrespectful, I am honestly curious what the answer would be according to those who teach these subjects.

[@izlofton97]

Good vibes.

[@JRVan-ez4yi]

2 episodes and nothing on how a red string wards off the evil eye. I enjoyed both but was slightly hoping for a faith & reason part involving St. Aquinas on the occult, Jewish numerology, and the mind body connection (i.e. why placebos work.) - ‐ ‐ Followed by Jimmy noting that there is a whole episode on why placebos work on the list.

[@fnsdjkovnsdkvn]

Reminds me of Scientology with the whole tracing out the sins of your prior lives.

[@HankTheTankAMP]

Am I the only one who thought “full metal alchemist” at 13:40?

[@TheMizymod]

What happened to the voice of you guys. You guys sound like some sort of light guitar flanger is on. Or is it a problem with my headphones?

[@DOSHIELD]

There does appear to be a tiny amount of tinny quality to the audio. I really noticed it since I just finished part one to this part two.

[@elf-lordsfriarofthemeadowl2039]

Yeah, tin-y

[@JudeMichaelPeterson]

Yeah, I've got it on my speakers too, with or without hearphones. It sounds a bit like someone bumped the reverb and auto tune on, but on the bare minimum.

[@gabriel55259]

Awesome. Please make one about alchemy. If possible, try to invite the guest again since he also seems to have studied the subject substantially. It would be interesting to learn if philosopher's stone realy existed and if someone suceeded on making one and turning a poor metal into gold. According to google, it's only possible to transform an element into another using a particle accelerator. So the alchemy tradition was a hoax based upon a legend and no one really succeeded on this task? If that's true, it's just sad. It's kinda hard to believe though, why would they spend so much time and even their lives upon the hope of turning lead into gold? Endless ambition? Or just the fascinating possibility of perfectioning natural elements into nobler ones artificially? I suppose they were backing up the theoretical knowledge with the practical, experimental, empyrical knowledge. Maybe all this talk was not actually literal, but a metaphor to the process of sanctification or deification?

[@Magnulus76]

I think this is closer to Palamism than Thomism.

[@dbnnebraska9819]

613 laws??? I don't even know 613 words.

[@user-zi3yf3xi6m]

Our Lady of Revelation on KZbin. 😂😂😂

[@matus5272]

Interesting subject, this whole theology is just wild, I didn't know that some jews believe in reincarnation.

[@Tybourne1991]

The goal of Christianity is the Resurrection. Heaven is only a vital step on the way. Please see videos for N.T. Wright for more.

[@MultiJpad]

Love the weirdness.

[@trad-lite]

I'm hearing tones of Scientology 🤔

[@elf-lordsfriarofthemeadowl2039]

Reminds me of Western Esotericists

[@JudeMichaelPeterson]

Very true. Much like Mormonism is like the American version of Muhammadism, Scientology seems to be like the American version of Kabbalahism lol

[@dariocastro-lopez3589]

Every thing that isn’t Christian is anti Christian, but most modern cults and secret societies come from the enlightenment era. For example Freemason, rabbinic Judaism, modern Islam(Ottoman Empire), Mormonism, Protestantism, they all essentially believe that god’s true intentions towards us were lost but that they now have REFOUND the answer to understanding god and his will.

[@Hmmmmmmmm320]

The arrogance and pride that comes with thinking that God is broken and who’s excess power is what resulted in and caused evil is absolutely absurd.

[@valuedCustomer2929]

❤

[@markiangooley]

I think that at the end of a Poul Anderson story (might be 1963’s “The Three-cornered Wheel”) one of the heroes introduces an alien civilization to Kabbalah, hoping it will result in a more-benevolent or at least less-troublesome religious system on their planet…

[@greengandalf9116]

16:20 bit of a nitpick, but free will is a process that God initiated that caused evil.

[@ironrex6979]

It’s interesting although there might be similarities I do not feel evil vibes from what I learned and the little I knew about the Kabalah (the non new age Hollywood one). (There might be cultural differences and customs from their times). Meanwhile Gnosticism gives me huge evil vibes, enough that make me want to vomit.

[@eleanorpolchinski7919]

I can’t listen anymore because I’m getting scared

[@AnonOmous-lj1qn]

Is this why theres a hell?

[@JudeMichaelPeterson]

So, kind of a random thought on the ending thoughts, but wouldn't the resurrection of the dead technically be reincarnation? Not in the sense that most people use the term, but after we die we will be spirits for a season that will then get our bodies back at the resurrection. If I understand the word right, one could say we incarnate (take on flesh) again at the resurrection, or rather, reincarnate. Am I wrong? I find this mildly amusing if I'm technically right.

[@StoaoftheSouth]

I think I get what you're trying to say but I think the way you're saying it is going to be really confusing. I would say that the post-mortem existence of the soul apart from the body is unnatural to humans, so the resurrection of the dead is a restoration of how things are meant to be. That involves us living in our bodies again as we are supposed to. So yes, our souls will return to the flesh (incarnate.) But I wouldn't use the language of reincarnation, because that word typically assumes a worldview in which there are preexisting souls which move from body to body after death. This is different from the Christian resurrection because it is the same body that will stand up again.

[@JudeMichaelPeterson]

@@StoaoftheSouth oh, I certainly agree it would be a scandalous word to start using in place of the resurrection. Just like faith alone can technically be true if it's mean how the Joint Declaration defines it, but how it's still not a term we should throw around as Catholics. It was more just a random thought that I found to be funny and which might serve as the substance of a joke in a future conversation.

[@nicholassoen3708]

Hmmm I do not believe it is the same. Doesn't the reincarnation idea also entails the possibility of a higher lifeform (for example, human) to be reincarnated as lower lifeforms such as plants or animals? And it is also said that one won't have any memories of past lives either, even if one is reincarnated as a human again. Those two points alone are already incompatible to what Catholic believe as the ressurection of the dead.

[@JudeMichaelPeterson]

@@nicholassoen3708 you are thinking in terms of how the word is commonly used, I'm talking about what the word literally means, which is to be "carnated" once again. My point requires divorcing the word itself from the philosophy/religion that is often attached to it. That being said, our resurrected bodies will be better than our current ones.

[@paulsansonetti7410]

1:00:00 arent freemasons gnostics ? Freemasons are definitely Kabbalahists Albert Pike said this explicitly

[@mahatmamartinus]

Cmon man dont shit on brill

[@CrushingLikeMadd]

Define oppressed people. Are Irish and Scottish people oppressed?

[@ThreeUsee1]

I love how he goes to “oppressed peoples” 😂 victimization much….

[@paulsansonetti7410]

Doesn't the ADL of B'nai Brith control Scottish rite freemasonry aka gnosticism ?

[@MeanBeanComedy]

This guy is weird, and has an odd past. Not a fan. I try to avoid Marxists as much as I can. Also, it's weird talking to atheists about religion and getting their takes on something they don't even believe. I checked out his website and I was not inpressed. Glad to see Jimmy is still amicable to those types, though.

[@notsocrates9529]

Odd past is being very polite.

[@ze3273]

Great episode! Very interesting take on Kabbalah. However admittedly found the blessing of Harry Potter by J. Akins unfortunate. Exposing mankind and children to sorcery and actual occult spells written within the Harry Potter books is somehow not evil?? Not evil from a Catholic perspective?

[@SonOfThineHandmaid]

There are no actual spells in Harry Potter

[@erickelleher3911]

Another interesting show. Maybe Kabbalah should be renamed Kablahblahblah😅

[@papuciowy1465]

28:30 In Christianity when You tell that Jews are less worthy than other people, that is wrong. According to talmudism non-Jews are less worthy than Jews. "Antisemitism" and racism is not Christian, it's against Christianity. Talmudism is antiChristian and racist.

[@paulsansonetti7410]

1:06:15 No mention of how Zionists and Nazis were thick as thieves? AKA Haavara agreement?

[@paulsansonetti7410]

Scientology really ripped off from Kabbalah it seems

[@Renato84Br]

Kabbalists believe we're living in a very cringe season of a third rate animé.

[@Renato84Br]

If you deny that Kabbalah is Jewish toxic Gnosis, you haven't understood anything.

[@papuciowy1465]

30:20 Main exorcist of Vatican warned about "Harry Potter". There is a lot of Catholic literature on these books. Rowling's books should be burned. Showing to children sin as something "funny" is sick.

[@dbnnebraska9819]

huh?

[@lordwife]

🙄

[@sthelenskungfu]

I want to be an otter in my next life. I've seen the otters at the zoo and in the wild, and they always seem to be having a good time. What do I do to be reborn an otter? 🦦

[@dbnnebraska9819]

Place 2 otters into 2 boxes, strap 1 to your head and 1 to your arm and pray to the 10 otters of Edom. Hope that helps.

[@davidnoel31]

@@dbnnebraska9819 Instructions unclear - ended up as a ferret - send help :(