Synopses & Reviews
KABBALAH
This landmark work by an innovative modern kabbalist reveals the mathematical code at the base of the laws of all cosmic manifestation. The author presents a scientific model for kabbalistic cosmology and soul psychology derived from the kabbalistic diagram of the Tree of Life and her own Sabbath Star Diagram--a configuration of seven Star of David hexagrams. This geometric model begins with the four worlds of the classical Kabbalah and is then expanded to three higher enclosing worlds or levels of evolving consciousness. The Sabbath Star Diagram therefore accommodates both the emanationist cosmology of the earlier Zoharic Kabbalah and the future orientation of the later Kabbalah of Isaac Luria. The author takes us through the seven spiritual worlds of the Kabbalah and relates them to the conscious development of the soul. By showing the soul the way through these spiritual “worlds,” the author takes us to the final stage of the Kabbalah where the finite and infinite are united and the secret doctrine of the Kabbalah is revealed.
Not only does this work offer a new, inclusive model for the Kabbalah but it also provides a basis for complexity theory, with its final extrapolation to infinity. The universality of this model is further shown by its application in the domains of physics, sociology, linguistics, and human history. This universal model encodes the laws of all cosmic manifestation in terms that are particularly coherent with the formulations of the Kabbalah, giving a mathematical basis to many aspects of this mystical tradition and providing a new synthesis of science and spirituality for our time that may well write a new chapter to the Kabbalah.
LEONORA LEET (1929-2004) received her Ph.D. from Yale University and was a professor of English at St. John’s University who specialized in Renaissance literature, a field in which she published widely. She pursued her study of the Kabbalah and Jewish spirituality under noted kabbalist Aryeh Kaplan and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and found support for her work in scholars such as Stanley Krippner, Martin Samuel Cohen, Robert Zoller, Santosh Desai, John Anthony West, Joscelyn Godwin, and Robert Lawlor, with whom she studied Pythagorean geometry at Lindisfarne Institute.
Leet’s previous books on the Kabbalah are Renewing the Covenant, The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah, and The Kabbalah of the Soul.
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and#8220;Leet will become known to be among the greatest Kabbalists of this time.and#8221;
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and#8220;Makes available at great depth material that up to now was locked up in Hebrew texts. A seminal book for serious study that will become a classic.and#8221;
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“Leet will become known to be among the greatest Kabbalists of this time.”
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and#8220;andlt;Iandgt;The Universal Kabbalahandlt;/Iandgt; is a prodigious work of meticulous scholarship and creative instinct. Leet combines the usual text work done by kabbalah researchers with an exhaustive examination of the geometric keys to understanding our cosmos and the souland#8217;s journey through its levels, or worlds.and#8221;
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“Makes available at great depth material that up to now was locked up in Hebrew texts. A seminal book for serious study that will become a classic.” < b=""> Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi, <> leader of the Jewish Renewal Movement and coauthor of < i=""> From Age-ing to Sage-ing <>
Synopsis
Presents a new understanding of the laws of cosmic manifestation through the sacred geometry of the Sabbath Star diagramandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;and#8226; Explores three higher levels of consciousness above the four worlds of the classical Kabbalahandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;and#8226; Reveals the mathematical code of the laws of all cosmic manifestationandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;This landmark work by an innovative modern Kabbalist develops a scientific model for kabbalistic cosmology and soul psychology derived from the kabbalistic diagram of the Tree of Life and the author's own Sabbath Star diagram--a configuration of seven Star of David hexagrams. This geometric model begins with the four worlds of the classical Kabbalah, which bring us to the present time and birthright level of the soul, and is then expanded to three higher enclosing worlds or levels of evolving consciousness. The Sabbath Star diagram therefore accommodates both the emanationist cosmology of the earlier Zoharic Kabbalah and the future orientation of the later Kabbalah of Isaac Luria. The hexagram elements that construct each expansion of the Sabbath Star diagram configure the cosmic stages of each of its and#8220;worlds.and#8221; The matrix that is produced by these construction elements configures the level of the multi-dimensional soul that is correlated with each cosmic world. In its final stage, this model unites the finite and infinite halves of the Sabbatical world in a way that exemplifies the secret doctrine of the Kabbalah. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Not only does this work offer a new, inclusive model for the Kabbalah but it also provides a basis for complexity theory, with its final extrapolation to infinity. The universality of this model is further shown by its applicability to such other domains as physics, sociology, linguistics, and human history. This universal model encodes the laws of all cosmic manifestation in terms that are particularly coherent with the formulations of the Kabbalah, giving a mathematical basis to many aspects of this mystical tradition and providing a new synthesis of science and spirituality for our time that may well write a new chapter to the Kabbalah.
About the Author
Leonora Leet (1929andndash;2004) received her Ph.D. from Yale University and was a professor of English at St. Johnandrsquo;s University, specializing in Renaissance English literature. Her previous books on the Kabbalah are andlt;Iandgt;Renewing the Covenant,andlt;/Iandgt; andlt;Iandgt;The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah,andlt;/Iandgt; and andlt;Iandgt;The Kabbalah of the Soul.andlt;/Iandgt;
Table of Contents
andlt;Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Foreword by Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Note from the Publisher andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Preface andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;PART ONE andlt;BRandgt;Introducing a New Model for the Kabbalahandlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;1 The Star and the Tree andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Hebraic and Pythagorean Sacred Science andlt;BRandgt;The Hexagram and Hebraic Sacred Science andlt;BRandgt;The Hexagram: An Esoteric Key to Genesis and the Zohar andlt;BRandgt;The Hexagram of Creation andlt;BRandgt;A Further Study of Jewish Cosmology andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;2 The Sabbath Star Diagram andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Discovering the Geometric Source of the Tree of Life Diagram andlt;BRandgt;The Science of Expressive Form andlt;BRandgt;A General Preview andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;PART TWO andlt;BRandgt;A New Model for Kabbalistic Cosmologyandlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;3 Generation of the Fourth-World Diagram andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;A Summary Introduction to the Fourth-World Diagram andlt;BRandgt;Generating the Fourth-World Diagram andlt;BRandgt;The Fourth-World Diagram and the Fall andlt;BRandgt;The Fourth-World Diagram and the Transformative Moment andlt;BRandgt;The Sabbatical Model of Redemption andlt;BRandgt;The Trivalent Logic of the Sabbath Star Diagram andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;4 The Evolution of the Fourth World andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Preliminary Definition of the Sabbath Stars andlt;BRandgt;The Sabbath Stars of Yetzirah andlt;BRandgt;The First Sabbath Star of Asiyah and the Minerals andlt;BRandgt;The Second Sabbath Star of Asiyah and the Plants andlt;BRandgt;The Third Sabbath Star of Asiyah and the Animals andlt;BRandgt;The Fourth Sabbath Star of Asiyah and Man andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;5 The Fifth-World Diagram and the Messianic Age andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Introduction to the Fifth World Diagram andlt;BRandgt;The Fifth-World Sabbath Stars and the Messianic Age andlt;BRandgt;Stages of Ruach Consciousness andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;6 The Sixth-World Diagram and the World to Come andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;A Manual for Sixth-World Diagram Construction andlt;BRandgt;The Laws of Diagram Construction and Number Theory andlt;BRandgt;The Construction Elements and Gender andlt;BRandgt;The Construction Elements and the Partzufim andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;7 The Culminating Diagram of the Cosmic Octave andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Construction Elements of the Octave Diagram andlt;BRandgt;The Unification of the Name andlt;BRandgt;The Working of the Chariot andlt;BRandgt;The Octave Diagram and the Tzimtzum andlt;BRandgt;The Angels of Aravot andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;PART THREE andlt;BRandgt;A New Model for Kabbalistic Soul Psychologyandlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;8 The Fourth-World Matrix Model of the Nefesh Soul andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Understanding the Hexagram Matrix andlt;BRandgt;The Dual Spiral Matrix in Its Unfallen and Fallen Forms andlt;BRandgt;Temptations beyond the Matrix Border andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;9 The Fifth-World Matrix Model of the Ruach Soul andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Primary Definition of the Fifth-World Matrix andlt;BRandgt;The Ruach Matrix Model of Meditation andlt;BRandgt;The Levels of Ruach Master Power andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;10 The Sixth-World Matrix Model of the Neshamah Soul andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;The Completed Pattern of the Spiral Tree andlt;BRandgt;The Matrix Partzufim andlt;BRandgt;The Sefirot and the Path of the Soul andlt;BRandgt;The Spiral Tree as Psychological Model andlt;BRandgt;The Fourth- and Fifth-World Matrix Models of the Nefesh and Ruach Souls andlt;BRandgt;The Sixth-World Matrix Model of the Neshamah Heart andlt;BRandgt;The Sixth-World Matrix Model of the Neshamah Mind andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;11 Forbidden Crossings and the Illusion of Knowledge andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Introduction: Tohu or Tikkun? andlt;BRandgt;Beyond the Fourth-World Matrix Borders andlt;BRandgt;Beyond the Fifth-World Matrix Border andlt;BRandgt;Beyond the Sixth-World Matrix Border andlt;BRandgt;Light Units and the Illusion of Knowledge andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;12 The Octave Matrix of the Chayah Soul andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Cherubs and Trees andlt;BRandgt;The Double Spiral Tree: Redemption through the Other Side andlt;BRandgt;The Sixfold Cherub Tree and the Measure of the Body andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;PART FOUR andlt;BRandgt;A New Model for the Infiniteandlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;13 Exploring the Geometry of the Infinite beyond the Cosmic Circle andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;The Seventh World andlt;BRandgt;The Eighth World andlt;BRandgt;The Ninth World andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;14 Charting the Infinite Future andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Extrapolating the Matrix to Infinity andlt;BRandgt;The Relationship of Construction and Matrix Elements andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;15 The Final Model of Infinity: The Sabbath Star System andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt;The Periodic Decimal Sequence andlt;BRandgt;The Converging Decimal Sequence andlt;BRandgt;Convergence and the Law of Complex Magnitudes andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;APPENDICES andlt;BRandgt;A New Universal Model andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Aandnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp; Scientific Implications of the Hexagram Matrix andlt;BRandgt;Bandnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp; A Systems Model of Sociology andlt;BRandgt;Candnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp; Systematic Linguistics andlt;BRandgt;Dandnbsp;andnbsp;andnbsp; A Gender Model of Human History andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Notes andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Index andlt;/Bandgt;