Be prepared for a different history of the Kaballah . It is also one that I find interesting even if I do not believe it entirely. According to this work the Kaballah was created by the Canaanite Phoenicians. The person who wrote the Kabbalah or brought the tradition to mankind as Enoch. It was a mystery school that was founded before events in the Bible took place. It was shortly after the flood.
Enoch was given a tradition and he set off to Mount Hermon to set up a 9 chamber temple. From their the Phoenicians would spread their word. This differs from the standard Judaic view. The Phoenicians or the sect of Asayas believe in one god but did not have the same laws the Israelites did. The Israelite version of god seems to want more animal sacrifices while the Phoenician version wants agricultural sacrifice.
The book also presents an alternate way of looking at history. Since the Bible does not have much archaeological proof behind it, there are many who think that it is inaccurate. The belief here is that the Kingdoms of Judea and Israel were not in existence and the the mythology only came to life during the Babylonian exile. The nation of Judea or Israel was an invention of Persian and Babylonian priesthood when they did this they changed their Kaballah and even the god names.
The Phoenicians called their high god El, which was adapted by the Hebrew Israelites. THe Hebrew god was called Yahweh who was a minor water god or a Kenite god. Yahweh is connected to Enki or Ea of the Sumerian pantheons. Yahweh worked with water to save the Israelites.
He was also the god that created the world that trapped human souls. It is our objective to break free of this material. Prison. There were early sects of Christianity who believed that the God of the Old Testament is not the same as the god of the New Testamanet . The Old Testament god was evil and created this world.
The book draws heavily to from Freemasonry, Theosophy and Helena Blavatsky. THe author believes that Enoch along with the great white brotherhood was tasked with enlightening people to break away from the material prison.
THe book also relies upon Unverified Personal Gnosis. The author meditates on the Sphirote and the Phoenicians letters and he conveys the meaning of his mediations.
Jewish theology and history mesh with Canaanite/ Phoenician theology and history. Abraham was the first Jew yet Noah and Enoch are credited with opening institutes of spiritual learning by Jews no less. Paleo Hebrew letters are identical to Canaanite letters. Many of the God names come from Canaanite lexography. Hiram Abiff helped Solomon build his temple. Northern Israel was strongly influenced by Phoenician architecture. This book proves to be an interesting read
No comments:
Post a Comment