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Title: Bahir by Aryeh Kaplan ISBN: 0-87728-618-3 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: September, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Bahir for Adeptus Major 6=5 and Adeptus Exemptus 7=4
Comment: This is the only English version of the Sefer Bahir that is available to Gentiles. The original manuscripts are all in the original Hebrew.
Aryeh Kaplan was an Adept of the Jewish Qabalah and there are many essential "keys" revealed within the pages of his translation of this scroll. These "keys" are hermetically sealed, however, and only with the help of an Adept might an Initiate discover them and utilize them.
This Scroll requires a deep and penetrating knowledge of Judaica: The Torah, Neviim, Kesuvim, Midrash Rabbah, and Mishneh-Talmud. It also requires a deep and penetrating knowledge of Hebrew. One should also be familiar with the Sefer Yetzirah and the essential basics of Lurianic Qabalah.
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Within "Chavurah Nogah - Guild of Venus" (copyright), my own version of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Bahir is the Primary Text used for the Grades of Adeptus Major 6=5 and Adeptus Exemptus 7=4.
Each of these Grades consists of 100 Lectures from the Bahir, since the Bahir consists of 200 Midrashim. And every Adept of the "Chavurah Nogah" must purchase for themselves a copy of the Sefer Bahir by Aryeh Kaplan, as well as having access to my own Lectures on the matter.
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Shalom - Soror Samhain
Rating: 3
Summary: Early Kabbalistic Literature
Comment: As far as the study of Kabbalah is concerned, this book is necessary and the only English version I'm aware of. This is certainly not light reading and very esoteric in nature. Without the commentary of Mr. Kaplan, this text would be incomprehensible to all but the very elite of the Kabbalistic scholars, which I'm not. Extreme patience and focus is required when reading and I highly recommend that one read the commentary for each of the 200 points as you go. Of course this makes for lots of page turning, but much easier comprehension. With that said, one can find many gemstones within the pages of this book that are largely allegorical in nature. Although I find the gematria a bit of a stretch at times, I certainly can't definitively discount the exegesis either. The work along the sefirot and the meditative implications I thought were the most useful of the teachings in these pages, but not intended for the beginner. The commentary on the levels of the soul and universes I also thought were particulary interesting and useful for understanding some of the Hebraic connotations of the Bible.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very insightful
Comment: Two things to keep in mind about this book; 1) it is ancient and 2) there were more than one sect of jewish Qabbalists running around at the time. This may not have some of the principle beliefs that most modern Qabbalists have via the Golden Dawn, but it is this growth that lets us learn about ourselves and the universe. Keep in mind that some corresponances may not be the same as the ones you have been studying, thus it is open for experimentation.
About the book itself...It is an astounding work that many early Qabbalists used as a reference before the Zohar became translated (only 35% of it). If you read and thought upon the things said on each page or section for one week, you may understand it, because it goes back and forth. What was not revealed before is later, so thus you must backtrack and make the connection yourself. This is a definite study book. You must STUDY this book to truly glean the maximum amount of knowledge from it.
This is not an easy read and it has no spells or magickal workings in it. It is a discussion between rabbi's about the Bible, Qabbalah, and other modes of Jewish thought and religion. This pertains mostly to the dogmatic Qabbalah that so many of us hear about, but really don't see or study.
It is well worth the money to buy this book if you are at all interested in the Qabbalah, the Bible, or Jewish teachings. It will reveal things for you if you have the patience and the tenacity.
Seek and ye shall find. <- It's not just an empty saying.
One of the best books to study dogmatic Qabbalah, and I would recommend this book to anyone who was a Magickal student, or someone who was merely interested in cultural religion. A MUST READ by all senses of the word. You are missing out on a lot of revealations if you don't buy this.
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Title: Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation by Aryeh Kaplan ISBN: 0877288550 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Meditation and Kabbalah by Aryeh Kaplan ISBN: 0877286167 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: May, 1989 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Essential Zohar : The Source of Kabbalistic Wisdom by Rav P.S. Berg ISBN: 0609609270 Publisher: Harmony/Bell Tower Pub. Date: 26 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The 72 Names of God: Technology for the Soul by Yehudah Berg, Yehuda Berg, Rav Berg ISBN: 1571891358 Publisher: Kabbalah Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Zohar by Moshe Miller ISBN: 0970089406 Publisher: Fiftieth Gate Publications Pub. Date: 25 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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