The Origins of Kabbalah

In this shorter episode, we explore the early developments of Kabbalah in medieval Catalonia by walking the very streets where it happened.
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Music by:
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Dan, Joseph (1986). "The Early Kabbalah". Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Paulist Press.
Fine, Lawrence (2003). "Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and His Kabbalistic Fellowship". Stanford University Press.
Idel, Moshe (1987). "The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia". State University of New York Press.
Idel, Moshe (1988). "Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah". State University of New York Press.
Idel, Moshe (1990). "Kabbalah: New Perspectives". Yale University Press.
Idel, Moshe (1995). "Hasidism: Between Ecstacy and Magic". SUNY Press.
Kaplan, Aryeh (translated by) (1990). "The Bahir: Illumination". Red Wheel/Weiser; Revised ed. edition.
Kraemer, Joel L. (2010). "Maimonides: The Life and World of one of Civilization's Greatest Minds". Doubleday & Co Inc.
Krassen, Mosheh Aaron. “Introduction: Rabbi Israel Ba’al Shem Tov: Prophet of a New Paradigm.” In Israel ben Eliezer. Pillar of Prayer. Translated by Menachem Kallus. Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2010.
Lobel, Diana (2021). "Moses and Abraham Maimonides: Encountering the Divine". Academic Studies Press.
Miller, Moshe (translated by) (1994). "The Palm Tree of Devorah". Targum.
Russ-Fishbane, Elisha (2015). "Judaism, Sufism, and the Pietists of Medieval Egypt: A study of Abraham Maimonides and his times". Oxford University Press
Scholem, Gershom (1995). "Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism". Schocken Books; Revised edition.
Scholem, Gershom (1996). "On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism". Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group; Revised ed. edition.
Wolfson, Elliot R. (1997). “Jewish mysticism: A Philosophical Overview,” in History of Jewish Philosophy, Daniel Frank, Oliver Leaman (eds.).
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#kabbalah #girona #spain

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Ever since I discovered your channel, I've been realizing how much i love religion and mysticism especially Sufi theology. I'm a medical student, I watch your videos more than my own professors. I don't regret it tho.

[@Alideen420]

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[@naeemtahir2012]

Young man u doing right thing

[@areyoutheregoditsmedave]

maybe watch the medical videos, dawg. sufism isn’t gonna stop the bleeding.

[@KatieDawson3636]

Having a open and loving heart is vital to being a healer. Much of being a doctor has to do with listening and understanding people, making them feel safe, cared for, and hopeful. The art of caring, rather than just "medicine" is dying out, and you would be surprised how much of a negative health outcome that results in. They say "laughter is the best medicine" for a reason - love, compassion, a reason to live - they impact health greatly.

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I watch your videos often, but seeing you on location really me realize that thewse were *real people* who lived and breathed and pondered God and Reality just like we do today. I hope you do much more of these, it is definitely a mark of great success with your channel!

[@miguelvera7329]

Hey, that's my hometown! Glad you liked it! Also, I usually work with the jewish history museum, as I am one of their main guides. Gotta say, you nailed it! Little known fact: the jewish comunity in Girona got here in 890 by order of count Dela, who took the residence of the priests and bishop of the city and gave them to the 25 jewish families who first came to the city. That's why the jewish quarter is so close to the cathedral and, yes, that would be the origin of many quarrels between the church and Girona's jewish comunity. But it also attests to the importance of sephardic communities in medieval Spain.

[@martinrea8548]

Hola.... I've been to Girona, loved it. I was in the Jewish museum too. I remember this video display with Ferdinand and Isabella talking about the Jews. 👍

[@naorswissa6949]

Thnkyou for your comment, as a spharadic Jew, I would like to come and visit, my perents stil speak ladino

[@elpito9326]

​@@naorswissa6949 Sephardic Jews have a very easy time, when it comes to paperwork, with visiting and even immigrating to Spain, nowadays, so feel free to come!

[@michelleg7]

I love the Jewish quarters in the Spain and they leave such an impact on Spain, I have Sephardic Ancestors from Zaragoza, Toledo, Sevilla and Extremadura. All of these places have those really neat Jewish quarters. I want to visit them all hopefully soon.

[@iftikharhassan5323]

IMAM ALI 📖 "Muslims & non-Muslims should be treated alike . Muslims are your brothers and non-Muslims are human beings just like you ".

[@user-jf1fq6eo2u]

We need more teachers like you in the world. You teach the history of religion and that is Always honorable.

[@qlippoth13]

Teaching is a rabbinical philosophy as Jesus Christ was often referred to as Rabbi or teacher. Faith however does not require any knowledge introduced and managed by a third as it is directly know. This is a Christian concept, to reveal (apokalyptein) that which is not known, that which has been hidden (kalyptein)

[@snavile]

Ein sof sounded just like how ‘That ‘ is described in Vedas Of course no words or senses can grasp it👌🏽👏🏼👏🏼

[@danrazART]

Also same in Muslim sufism. Actually, all religions and sciences explain the same thing. It is just that our levels of acceptance of the truth varies.

[@VoidUnderTheSun]

I really love things like this. Takes it out of the realm of scholarship and analysis and you get to this location where such a momentous thing happened and you're like... huh, this is just... a place. And that's so great. You're just in a place right now. What could you be making it writing or doing or engaging in, or what movement could you be furthering that will have its lauded origins in just... a place. A room, a building, some people, papers, the future from a flow of ink.

[@alvarobarcala]

Welcome to Spain, and thank you so much for introducing me/us this tradition from Girona. I am more familiarised with "Sufism" than with Kabbalah, so I didn't know that much about these origins in Girona. I wonder till what extend Kabbalah is influenced by sufism, because a lot of what you say really remind me of Sufi ideas from Al-Ándalus, very especially from Ibn Arabi. Actually I wonder till what point sufis and jewish people influenced each other in Al-Ándalus (you can see that in the architecture of the streets, so I guess that happened in their ideas too, but really don't know). Actually, if I'm not wrong, I think many of the first Kabbalists of South France were jewish immigrants from Al-Ándalus (?). I will read some of the authors you mention. Till now I associated more the Kabbalah with Leon and other parts of Castile (worth visiting when it's not too hot). For what you say, it gives me the impression that those Kabbalists of Girona were actual scholars with a lot of academic knowledge. The ones in Castile were kind of "anonymous" self-taught people who travelled a lot, and it is very hard to know about them personally, except for their work, which has a very "communal" vibe rather than individual, and with gnostic flavour. So, they are almost like ghosts, hard to grasp personally. It would be nice if some day you talk about the influences between Kabbalah and Sufism (if there are actually any). Perhaps you did it already, and sorry if that's the case. But if not, it would be really interesting! You woke in me the curiosity to dig more into this theme. Thanks!

[@jmiquelmb]

I'd have never expected to find a video about a town where I've lived for several years in this channel. I knew about the kabbalah connection but not in detail, this is something ignored by most locals.

[@SeekersofUnity]

Beautifully done Filip. Thank you.

[@smae433]

Thank you for your work! These videos, not only informative but beautifully done with discreet and appropriate music. Beautiful.

[@Cross-Carrier]

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[@marcocatano554]

Great atmospheric video. Lots of interesting history I had never heard of before.

[@user-np6mm5ug6t]

Love this new format where we get to se you walk around

[@mozord404]

another GREAT video by this GREAT channel! Love this content, topics I've never gave much thought about but always curious to understand!

[@georginashanti4605]

Thanks for this video! The scenery and music helped me to imagine being there. I'm just starting to learn a bit about kabbalah and this video was so interesting and informative. Thanks again!

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Wow! I love these travel videos of yours! Amazing!

[@nurinamh]

Beautiful on location episode.❤

[@JasmineSpace93]

Have been researching about this topic lately and was very luckily surprising to see you upload a video about it. We need your objective lens to comprehend and filter out many taboo concepts of the kind. By the way, your music is very calming and soulful.

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[@DonovanMann]

Lovely episode. Enjoy your trip.

[@Pablo-hq2ni]

i absolutely love my country to appear so frequently in your videos. It makes me want to know more and more

[@kiancuratolo903]

I really want just an hour video of your scenery shots and music, I love the actual content but the transitions just are so relaxing

[@walksinrain]

I had no idea you composed the music in your videos, man! Well done! Beautiful pieces

[@elsoil3387]

Thanks for the music tips too!

[@itssoezy]

I love the music in this. Fits perfectly. Shalom.

[@craigdelaney8737]

Thank you! This was Warning to the soul and enlightening to the mind..🙏🏾 And for us, that don't travel; wonderful..!😍💕

[@BLACK10GHOST]

My guy is in Girona for Jewish mysticism while half of the tourists there because of Game of Thrones 😂😅

[@iftikharhassan5323]

IMAM ALI 📖"Muslims and non-Muslims should be treated alike. Muslims are your brothers and non-Muslims are human beings just like you".

[@grateful1310]

He most probably didn't say that just a made up shia/Persian none sense

[@thorstenfuzzi5031]

Whoever does your camera work is really talented! :)

[@ernestogramsci1656]

Finally a clear and simple video. Thanks

[@cant_afford_the_fancy_plants]

I love the documentary type feel of this video!

[@george46light]

Great video again 👍 Also curious about what you think of Hildegard von Bingen

[@fedeGomez0123]

Great video! Thanks! I've loved this style, not that academic and facts centered, but exteriors, silences, people...

[@edward2175]

How clean and tidy the city is. Lovely video Filip, I look forward to seeing deeper in future talks. Many thanks.

[@jmiquelmb]

Heh, I've worked and lived there for many years and it's not that clean in many areas. It's a beautiful town though I'd recommend anyone visiting Barcelona to take a short trip to Girona via high speed train since it's just 45 min and not very expensive.

[@user-xq2zn8bu9q]

It needs more multiculturalism to bring it in line with modern British cities.

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@user-xq2zn8bu9q ironically it was built by immigrants.

[@jmiquelmb]

@@user-xq2zn8bu9q Girona has a lot of immigrants not unlike what you'd see in Paris or London. There's plenty of people who migrated here from Southern Spain in the 60s, and many from Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe who migrated here in the last two decades. People like me whose entire family is native to Catalonia are a minority, most are mixed to some degree. The town has a very, very strong Catalan independentist movement, but culturally it's a mix of Catalan, Castilian, Andalusian, Latin American, Moroccan, Chinese... It's a relatively rich region from Western Europe that offers employment so it's to be expected.

[@jmiquelmb]

@@user-xq2zn8bu9q Also, it's kinda ironic you make negative remarks about multiculturalism in a Kabbalah video since Girona became the birthplace of Kabbalah due to being multicultural.

[@StoneHerne]

😃 Fascinating, Filip! 😃

[@November24434]

Would you be interested in making a video on Ibn Hazm? In my opinion his theology and overall body of work is very interesting and unique. Keep up the great work and God bless!

[@gamejew38]

This is so awesome.

[@fabiankempazo7055]

I lived a short time in Girona. I love this beautiful city!

[@yeahk241]

Respect for putting the answer in the thumbnail.

[@cognitivedissonancecamp6326]

You did a great job on this video - you are gifted at what you do - of course this subject is quite difficult to tackle and you seem to respect that and just stay with the non-confrontational aspects of the subject.

[@seankerr9158]

Always wanted to visit Girona! Like a dream come true! Thank you

[@jbaquinones]

Awesome episode. Thank you.

[@silentkilla14]

Another excellent video to watch! You and Esoterica should collab do part 2 Btw where can i download some of your music composites?

[@rebellerevelle]

The linktree to his music and other work is in the video description

[@KingoftheJuice18]

Thank you for this lovely video. As a Jewish educator, I approve. Your wide-ranging knowledge of different traditions is very impressive. By the way, I couldn't tell from the video if it was clear to you that the term *sagi nahor* "full of light," is a rabbinic euphemism for one who is blind, and as such probably not a free-standing nickname per se.

[@amypramuk7203]

Great channel ❤️. Love it. Blessings to all 💚🪽🪬

[@MrJabba888]

I absolutely love this! 😍🤗❤️

[@Consilium740]

Hello from Spain, Be sure to visit León, that Cathedral (my favourite in Spain, probably) can be a true mystical experience and it really managed to conserve the Gothic spirit in its fullness... I have not researched the topic that much, but there are some mysteries in that Cathedral which could be related to kabbalah or hermeticism. Speaking of this topic, it is quite interesting that king Philip II was very much into hermeticism and even kabbalah. As far as I know, El Escorial is also a place full of secrets and myth... The Spanish Empire, despite its mistakes, tried to be medieval and modern at the same time, which is something very interesting when one thinks about it. It was definitely opposed to all the modern burgeoise powers, concerned with material wealth and this world instead of the next one. There were mistakes, but the black legend has spread many lies as well... I am actually Catalan myself (against nationalism: because, among other things, it is clear to me that "little independent countries" is just what globalism wants) , and of great interest is also the collection of Romaneque art in the National Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona. I don't think there is anything quite like it in the world. And you must also go to Burgos... And Toledo. There are really a lot of places to see in Spain. I can definitely detect the traces of the Islamic influence in the "Isabelline Gothic" that is so typical for the beginning of the Golden Century of Spain. The Cimborrio in the Burgos Cathedral is something very unique in that sense, that is metaphysics made architecture. -- Let me mention that I think you are perhaps too "scientific" (in the modern sense of the word) with your reading of religious history. The fact that something had not been written before does not mean that it did not exist... and this seems to be specially true when it comes to esoterism. Also, maybe new forms of expression for existing ideas are "invented" by someone, in order to adapt them to more modern times or to a different mentality or culture. As for the Kabbalah, perhaps what happened, especially in the Zohar, was an attempt of systematizing those esoteric knowledges which, up to that point, had been something more intuitive and, in a sense, "fluid".

[@majidbineshgar7156]

Yes , indeed , also Spain has created some of the most prominent mystics such as San Juan de la Cruz, Fray Luis de Leon , Fray luis de Granada , .. and Calderon de la Barca very much loved and praised by Schopenhauer.

[@martinrea8548]

Spain is a great nation. The Spanish Golden Age was one of the highlights of civilisation. Pity the Armada didn't work out so well and all that inbreeding did it for the Hapsburgs, but still, it was great while it lasted.

[@armandorivas345]

​@@majidbineshgar7156yes, and never miss Santa Teresa de Avila. Greetings from Mexico City.

[@Consilium740]

​@@majidbineshgar7156 Yes, and much more. Since I got quite a few likes I will write a bit more about Spain. Maybe people are interested. All this is very unknown by foreigners and even Spanish people. The German writers of the time loved the golden century Spain... And in a time when that Spain was mostly forgotten in Spain itself. Being Spanish , I actually discovered Baltasar Gracián thanks to Schopenhauer (!), but that is quite common... I studied philosophy at university in Barcelona and I never heard of the school of Salamanca. I found out about it on my own, a year after getting my degree. As I said, the Black Legend has done a lot of damage. Baltasar Gracián,w ho was a Jesuit priest, was not a mystic, and he represents a trend already typical in the Spain of his time (17th century), which is very rationalist. Schopenhauer's favourite novel, as it turns out, was "El Criticón". It loses a lot in translation... By the way, Schopenhauer himself , who knew Spanish, translated the famous "El oráculo manual o el arte de la produencia" by Gracián. In any case, all that philosophy, superbly written in the best Baroque style, is very focused in being wise and prudent in this life... which is so full of deception. But it has that bitter sweet sense of being mostly alone and lost and trying to find your way out of the "Maya-maze" of this world, something which often has Hindu reminiscences. Which is something quite typical in the Golden Century of Spain, with plays such as "Life is a Dream" by Calderón and many others... The main idea of the Spanish literature of the time is the "desengaño", which is about "escaping the illusions of the world". It i interesting because the Empire was so powerful, but very aware of the banality of everything... Accepting their tragic destiny. There are so many great poems by Quevedo, Lope de Vega and many others. It was a truly Christian society, with all its flaws, the "ideologues" (who are all these writers, who continued to support Spain even after being chased sometimes by the Inquisition, etc.) of this Empire were aware that this world was nothing, just a play, a dream, and it was in any case the Church what mattered, and the soul, and spiritual things in general. Even the "rationalist" (and Cervantes himself is quite a rationalist, as he mostly mocks Don Quijote) did think this - they just saw reason as being part of the "spirit". Spain is something very tragic currently,... In the sense that there is no love or knowledge at all about its greatness - in fact people are taught all the Anglosaxon lies... although the trend is changing now. People should learn about so many things like the Laws of Burgos or the fact that Spain had written many grammar books for native american languages before the English grammar had even been systematized and written.

[@Consilium740]

@@martinrea8548 Yep. I am very much a "fan" of the Habsburgs, as I don't like the already modern mentality (which means absolutist) of the later French kings (although they became, at least the first of them, quite "Spanish" too). The Austrohungarian Empire, by the way, seems to me to have been the last bastion of some kind of medieval world-view in Europe. It is not at all by chance that they destroyed it completely after World War I with this petty idea of the little "nation-state" (this liberal idea that has caused so many wars). But be careful about the "Armada"... That is also part of the Black Legend. Spain lost that battle, but actually WON that war against England.

[@mdlahey3874]

Lovely video, especially the music...🙏🏻

[@qlippoth13]

En Sof can be described as the Immortal Realm of Barbelo mentioned in the Nag Hammadi Codex in the apocalypse of Judas Iscariot. Also, while it was a dark chapter in 1490s Spain for Jews it can be noted that man we know historically as Christopher Columbus kept personal logs in Ladino. America was born of the 1492 Spanish pogrom IMO.

[@traveladventure7745]

Greetings. Great work. Thanks.

[@troutwardbound]

Thanks for this video

[@MohamedAli-tu4so]

Greetings from Somalia

[@asimkhattak9829]

Beautiful, thank you.

[@Sxcheschka]

I love that I am learning Spanish and recognize the Spanish way of pronouncing the city's name, such coolness indeed.

[@user-hu8tw2ot3t]

Would love to see a video on the Oriental Orthodox Church Filip. Willing to help with any sources as well. God bless and thank you for these videos

[@shaffehaffejee3657]

Sushmita: the background music touches my soul ❤

[@ghostgate82]

Tzimtzum is still the best explanation of the Universe I’ve ever heard, and I’m not Jewish.

[@AtlantisWisdom]

Yes.

[@thorstenfuzzi5031]

Whereas Tzatziki is the best explanation if ever tasted

[@melchior2678]

Sure you're not, Rabbi

[@ghostgate82]

@@melchior2678 I’m Christian. Besides, my nose is too small to be a rabbi.

[@joseluisgomezsoler7601]

so similar to Nondual Shaiva Tantra...intriguing...“Spanda, is a Sanskrit word meaning “divine vibration”, or pulse. This term is used to describe how Consciousness, at the subtlest level, moves in waves of contraction and expansion. Spanda, according to Kashmir Shaivism, is the creative pulse of the Absolute as it manifests into the dynamism of Relative form. It might be understood as the universal desire to manifest, like an eternal spring, joyfully over-flowing and always full.” Dyczkowski, Mark S. G. The Doctrine of Vibration.

[@robertoveranes8087]

Great moving his discussions out of the library and to the locations where these events happened. Makes the history come alive and accessible to anyone who wants to repeat the trip. As we happen to be doing in Gerona this summer.

[@josephthibeault9919]

Love, Gentleness, Wisdom, Justice, Strength, Harmony, Beauty, Firmness, Kingdom, Crown, Gentle love leads to Wisdom. Gentle Wisdom leads to Justice. Etc

[@kosco9658]

We’re all just seeking the source… outside of fear is abundance. Thanks Filip

[@majidbineshgar7156]

Yes, but our inner wisdom emanated from the authentic source itself, forbids us to worship anything albeit Gods or the source .

[@kosco9658]

@@majidbineshgar7156 who said anything about worship? I’m interested in something greater.. becoming whole…again?

[@majidbineshgar7156]

@@kosco9658 Ok yes in that sense I agree with you . but ask yourself this question " are you separated from the source or perhaps you might be within the source but a shadow darkened your knowledge accordingly you should illuminate your soul to realise that you have never left the source in the first place ? "

[@kosco9658]

@@majidbineshgar7156 oh yes brother. I do know *now*, after sometime of wandering. It took years to get back into alignment with myself and the source. I know we are one, and always have. But, this is what my comment was referring to…the journey. Because in order to truly see it, you must have “intent”. I find us lucky that we have to experience ups and downs, getting scars along the way.

[@cheri238]

I deleted my other comment yesterday out of respect for you, Filip. I should not have written that, although it was a great film. I have learned so much from you on religion and texts, and I love your music. By the way, have you ever listened to the music Naockita Sogabe, who is from Japan & studied historical music ethonlogy in Cologne/ Germany & the Hague Netherlands. He lives now on the border of Germany and France. Oud & Lute "King of Instruments. 30 years to perfect before he could create a particular sound. Amazing artistry. I believe you and he would get along tremendously. 🙏❤️🌎🌿🕊🎶🎵🎶

[@3PSQWERTY]

Casually throwing original composition in there like its no big deal 💅

[@jeromezois3523]

Absolutely love the music (videos also, of course). Playlist, anyone? Cheers

[@user-wf1nh1ix2i]

מעניין ! תודה !

[@cognitivedissonancecamp6326]

Crowley, while writing a book about his tarot deck described the affinities between Kabbalah, The Dao, Tarot, and the ideology that all phenomona is mental, from an original thought that began everything.

[@Agape122]

Was Crowley into Kabbalah?

[@cognitivedissonancecamp6326]

@@Agape122 Prob a good question for one of his disciples...

[@Agape122]

@@cognitivedissonancecamp6326 oh ok I though you would know maybe I feel such rejection for Crowley as I believe he was into very dark stuff and thought that orgies were cool and demons too. He was into things that are degrading for human beings. I stoped doing the tarot cards because I discovered they were channeled by him. But maybe it's true that he somehow had a lot of good knowledge and simply missused it.

[@qlippoth13]

@@Agape122Helena Blavatsky certainly was into Kabbalah and Crowley was a fan of her work. Unironically, so was Hitler.

[@cognitivedissonancecamp6326]

@@Agape122 Yea, I thought you were trolling me because of your name. Kabbalah is at the center of all western esoteric traditions. There are numerous forms of kabbalistic practice - magical, mystical, practical, and so on....but like the tarot, it's just a reflective tool that we can use to our advantage to intuit how cause and effect operates and how we can endow ourselves with our higher nature while here living inside our egoic tunnel vision. If you have sense of fear or trepidation using tarot or Kabbalah, it's not a good path, as each card and sephiroth is an entity and as such have to be respected but cannot be feared or you will attract malevolent energy that feeds on fear. This why the esoteric path is shrouded in allegory, if people are not mature enough, it will destroy them playing with occult energies, the allegory keeps the fearful safe.

[@laylaoresme6704]

Wow I was just there last year and had no idea about this!

[@supernaturalabilitiessiddh8027]

I recommend 'Key to the True Kabbalah' by Franz Bardon for advanced students of spirituality.

[@Agape122]

Wow I am from Barcelona and as Girona is so close to where I am from I never though it had any interest, I may now go to visit it , this is so interesting!

[@Lisa-ll1oi]

Your researches on religion are excellent. Can you please talk more about Ismailis, Shirk and its foundations. Agakhan does a lot for humanity and is a spiritual leader but a few people on u-tube and social media’s have negative things to say about Agakhan and Ismaili beliefs. Unfortunately a lot of doubts are being created on who to pray to and much more. It would be nice to get more clarifications and who should one pray to and ask for help - would it be to Allah, Agakhan or who else. God bless for conveying your knowledge. There is so much to know and learn!!🙏🙏 Thank you.

[@Besorah1729]

Very interesting- thank you

[@drewfisher4304]

Was just introduced to this idea and read a whole article about it this morning. If that's not a synchroosity idk what is...

[@jasemalhammadi4228]

is it possible to make a video about Unitarian Christianity which has the same Monotheism doctrine as Judaism and Islam. it is said that it’s origins started during the reformation period but perhaps it was there from early church history but it was eclipsed by the rise of Trinitarianism after the council of Nicea.

[@ofarook-hnaing]

Knowledge urgently needed to be shared

[@petemoss7704]

I think they have a video on arianism

[@jasemalhammadi4228]

@@petemoss7704 Arianism and Unitarianism are totally two different things.

[@petemoss7704]

@@jasemalhammadi4228 true, my bad

[@Dbl369]

Go to Toledo and then Córdoba, they also has a ton of history and you could make lots of videos on that

[@pr5pr]

damn. this city looks beautiful!

[@teeCall-sq1mg]

Sounds so much like Ibn Arabi's work.... Fascinating.

[@zulaigaworth4401]

Merci.

[@valmarsiglia]

Cool, my great-grandfather is buried in a suburb of Girona, and I have relatives in the nearby town of Palafrugell.

[@mamadudjuldedjalo6202]

Wonderful job, please whenever you pass in Lisbon I would really like to know you

[@John_Lucky]

Interesting the "tree of life" you showed included "Keter" as the first sefirah and omitted "Da'at" which is Rabbi Moshe Cordoveros interpretation. Where Chassidic teachings based on Rabbi Isaac Luria (The AR"I) Keter is a higher level part of "Ein Sof" and Da'at is included in the Ten "Sefirot"

[@joseluisgomezsoler7601]

🙏❤ ...and the (primordial) future: "The Kedumah Experience: The Primordial Torah" & "The Path of Primordial Light: Ancient Wisdom for the Here and Now", Zvi Ish-Shalom

[@hamodalbatal464]

Very interesting I never knew this

[@joseluisgomezsoler7601]

"The Kabbalah of Light: Ancient Practices to Ignite the Imagination and Illuminate the Soul", Catherine Shainberg (This method, called the Kabbalah of Light, originated with Rabbi Isaac the Blind of Posquieres (1160-1235) and has been passed down by an ancient kabbalistic family, the Sheshet of Gerona, in an unbroken transmission spanning more than 800 years.). Hay traducción española.

[@sarrabouabdali1197]

I religiously watch your amazing videos every day (pun intended). I have always wondered if your profound intellect on mysticism has ever been accompanied by first-hand, ineffable experiences? Cheers

[@rosamorales729]

Pun intended

[@aurora3655]

It’s basically the Gnostic, which is the same thing as Buddhism, and also Socrate’s understand of “god.” Although Buddhism doesn’t utilize the term and concept of god. They utilize the concept of mind. It’s probably also akin to the ancient gospels before Christianity. What they’re talking about *then, was phenomenon.

[@qlippoth13]

I am glad I am not alone in this view. En Sof as the immortal realm of Barbelo

[@pranavbandhu3861]

Hey can you link the music used in this video?

[@kasturiswami784]

Vedas say that which is beyond words,from where words come back,meaning above description. As.j.kridhnna murty,the philosopher says the description is not the described.

[@creepr524]

Can you please discuss the balinese flavour of hinduism. There is a concept of the Hyang Widhi which means the one who shines knowledge. Its pretty similar to the concept of Ahura Mazda. Its VERY INTERESTING

[@naiman4535]

That's funny, Filip - there are those who maintain that the Zohar was first written in the third century AD - at least that's what I heard. But I also heard that the exact origins of Kabbalah are vague, nebulous and controversial. Like all esoteric teachings, it sprung forth from out of the great underground stream, and was probably born and reborn in different ages, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes.

[@DSAK55]

Is Zohar related to Zohan?

[@HypostaticFridge]

The birth of Kabbalah is controversial but not at all vague. It came out of what Muslim neoplatonists had been doing in the 10th-12th century. Beyond that, it underwent a big evolution from its birth in the 13th century to around the 19th century. The key moments in it's evolution were Sabbatai Zevi and Issac Luria (of whom set the standard people use today). Then popularized by Hasidics (and later basically just accepted as a part of Judaism in the 19th century.

[@NarasimhaDiyasena]

@@HypostaticFridgethe contents of the Kabbalah is neutral, and has its origins in Atlantis. Kabbalah became a core text to certain groups within the Jewish community, with Sabbatai being among them who established the Domne within Sufism that rules over Turkey, Frank continued the teaching with the backing of Nathan Meyer R_. The Lurraic interpretation became central to global happenings, and is why the ‘signs’ of judgment are being realized, for the Lurraic interpretation stipulates that one must not simply wait for prophecy to happen, but actively make it happen. This created a schism in the Jewish community, to which there are many.

[@HypostaticFridge]

@@NarasimhaDiyasena "Atlantis" no newage BS thank you

[@petemoss7704]

kabbalah is a rip off of qabalah and middle platonism but with ethnic supremacy

[@cesalonsomulder1990]

Hi !! A fan here I would like to ask you for a video about Cain and his tomb in Kabul. Could you please consider this petition ??

[@ayoubzahiri1918]

before sleep i do this transcendental meditation where i only focus in one word in a rhythmic way, in my mind i only repeat this one word until i start to transcend the body, every night, just pick a word that has no meaning or a certain name to god, for me is ALLAH, a do it!

[@lifeunderthemic]

Insane ritual. No different than those reading the Torah and bobbing back and forth. You have no primer of understanding and yet you've come surprisingly close. It must be something deeply ingrained but you're lacking a primer of basis to work from. ©Dan Winter

[@ayoubzahiri1918]

@@lifeunderthemic you have no idea what my experiences are nor what i have read so what are you talking about ? i studied many mystics from every spiritual tradition, had mystical experiences produced by substances, and ones without and i did read many books on transcendance

[@user-po3ko9yb5w]

Why do you feel the need to react so badly ti another person sharing their thoughts? All you all knowing and tasked with judging others by some authority? Peace be upon you

[@ayoubzahiri1918]

@@user-po3ko9yb5w i think its because i revealed the method for 'transcendental meditation' and they keep it secret to make money off it, through courses and retreats, when it's so simple, u focus on one word until your mind is empty from constant thoughts, that's it

[@lifeunderthemic]

@@ayoubzahiri1918 Mystics and transcendence... Oh, you read some books. Lovely. It's a good thing that what we read in books provide in great detail the knowledge we're always after. Your ignorance is Yours alone. Although there are other time-wasters like yourself making themselves known. I was pointing out the simple fact YOU stumbled onto something and clearly do not have any knowledge on the subject. You can go back to day dreaming as you have the answers from your sources. lol

[@manguntapa9041]

Salam dari cirebon Indonesia

[@tiggtiggs]

Philosophy is an ideological construst, used too define the nature of reality from within a larger social framework, Organized (traumatized, marginalized & malinformed) society. The mind is the matrix. Entelechy transcends intellect. "Know thyself" - Socrates.

[@sanjeevsikri3372]

What are the Jewish mysticism texts that you mentioned at 3:14

[@parmykumar8592]

Don't forget the question mark!

[@planespottermerijn]

The Sefer Yetzirah and Sefer Ha-Bahir, he talked about them a bit before I think but I don't remember exactly which video. Maybe the one on ecstatic jewish mysticism?