CHAPTER ONE THE FOUNDATIONS OF KABBALISTIC THOUGHT

From Lurianic Kabbalah To Hasidism 12 is that of a being which is transcendental to this world, that – is, separate from it in his very essence and in the truth of his existence and entirely separate from it . It is true that God reveals himself personally in this world, intervenes in its conduct and attempts to lead it in the way of righteousness according to the commands of his will . Nevertheless, in the substantial sense, there is no link between the transcendental God and the created world, and no essential connection exists between them . The mystic, following the basic interests which drive his spirit, attempts to build a bridge over this abyss between God’s being and the non - divine world ; to discover the hidden way of the spirit, to rise in the ladder of spiritual perfection, to return his soul to its divine root, to cleave to this root, from which his soul has been derived, and even to become part of it and to be absorbed into its hidden recesses . The basic assumption of t...  אל הספר
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