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Body, Mind, and Soul The Teachings of Kabbalah Series by Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh The Hebrew Letters Channels of Creative Consciousness The Mystery of Marriage How to Find True Love and Happiness in Married Life Awakening the Spark Within Five Dynamics of Leadership that can Change the World Transforming Darkness into Light Kabbalah and Psychology Rectifying the State of Israel A Political Platform based on Kabbalah Living in Divine Space Kabbalah and Meditation Body, Mind, and Soul Kabbalah on Human Physiology, Disease, and Healing Consciousness & Choice Finding Your Soulmate The Art of Education Internalizing Ever-New Horizons What You Need to Know About Kabbalah Kabbalah and Meditation for the Nations Anatomy of the Soul A Sense of the Supernatural Interpretation of Dreams and Paranormal Experiences THE TEACHINGS OF KABBALAH SERIES Body, Mind, and Soul Kabbalah on Human Physiology, Disease, and Healing Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh Gal Einai Jerusalem (cid:138) New York (cid:138) Los Angeles Body, Mind and Soul Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh Printed in the United States of America and Israel First Edition Copyright © 5764 (2004) by GAL EINAI All rights reserved. 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ISBN: 978-965-7146-08-8 . cover design: Shmuel Kaffe THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO OUR BELOVED FAMILY IN ISRAEL MAY THE ALMIGHTY BRING THE TRUE AND COMPLETE REDEMPTION WITH THE COMING OF MOSHIACH TO ISRAEL AND THE ENTIRE WORLD SPEEDILY IN OUR DAYS BILL, EILEEN, AND PHILIP WELLS. "...החלצהל הכרבב .רפס תרוצב רמולש םירועישה בותכיש ןוכנ..." “...It would be proper to publish your classes in book form. With blessings for success...” — from a letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe to the author, Elul 5741 Table of Contents Preface 1 PART ONE: HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 9 1. Soul and Body 11 In the Image of God.............................................................................................11 The Sefirot................................................................................................................13 The Four Letters of God’s Name.......................................................................20 Powers of the Soul and Human Anatomy.........................................................23 Spiritual Holism.....................................................................................................26 Building Blocks of Creation.................................................................................27 In Summary............................................................................................................31 2. Mystical Anatomy 33 The Eye..................................................................................................................33 Fingers—Tongue; Toes—Brit.............................................................................41 The Principle of Balance......................................................................................41 “Five Opposite Five”—from Mind to Toes..........................................................43 How the Sefirot divide into “Five opposite Five”...................................................45 The Tablets of the Covenant.................................................................................47 Procreation..........................................................................................................48 The Sense of Touch and the Higher and Lower Unions........................................50 Two Levels of Da’at............................................................................................54 Three Stages of Spiritual Growth........................................................................56 Higher and Lower Worlds...................................................................................58 The Mouth.............................................................................................................65 3. Mystical Physiology 69 The Vision of Ezekiel...........................................................................................69 The Physiological Systems of the Body.............................................................73 vii viii Body, Mind, and Soul PART TWO: KABBALISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF DISEASE 89 4. Origins of Disease 91 Evil, Disease, and Fear.........................................................................................91 The Three Primal Fears......................................................................................92 Fear of the Wolf....................................................................................................98 Fear of the Lion...................................................................................................109 Fear of the Snake.................................................................................................113 Gold, Silver, and Copper....................................................................................118 5. Understanding Illness 123 Allostasis and Disease.........................................................................................123 The Transforming Power of Disease...............................................................127 Illness as Spiritual Lack......................................................................................138 Illness as Spiritual Estrangement......................................................................142 Malfunctions of the Immune System...............................................................147 6. Lupus 151 The Dimensions of the Disease........................................................................151 Collagen Disease..................................................................................................154 Fatigue and Perseverance...................................................................................155 Treatments of Lupus..........................................................................................157 An Ancient Remedy..........................................................................................158 Remission..........................................................................................................159 Meditation, Positive Thinking, and Support.......................................................160 PART THREE: KABBALISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF HEALING 163 7. Methods of Healing 165 The Power of the Physician...............................................................................165 The Physician’s Eyes.........................................................................................165 The Physician’s Hands......................................................................................168 The Physician’s Mouth......................................................................................174 Table of Contents ix Eyes, Hands, and Mouth..................................................................................176 Contemporary Medical Practice........................................................................178 1. Homeopathy..................................................................................................179 2. Allopathy (conventional medicine)..................................................................179 3. Osteopathy....................................................................................................180 4. Naturopathy.................................................................................................180 Four Methods as One........................................................................................183 Healing and the Soul...........................................................................................184 1. Healing at the level of Nefesh.........................................................................185 2. Healing at the level of Ruach.........................................................................187 3. Healing at the level of Neshamah...................................................................189 4. Healing at the level of Chayah.......................................................................190 5. Healing at the level of Yechidah.....................................................................192 6. Healing at the level of Etzem HaNeshamah..................................................192 8. The Healing Power of Prayer 195 Drawing Down Healing Power.........................................................................195 The Prayer of the Sick Person............................................................................196 The Prayer of a Wise Man................................................................................197 The Thought of a Tzadik..................................................................................198 The Priestly Blessing..........................................................................................199 Infinite Patience.................................................................................................202 Forms of Prayer...................................................................................................203 The Healing Power of Teshuvah.........................................................................205 Supplementary Essays 209 1. Right and Left..................................................................................................211 2. Three Planes....................................................................................................213 3. Six......................................................................................................................215 4. Basic Colors.....................................................................................................217 5. Sight and Shabbat............................................................................................220 6. Implications of Nakedness............................................................................222 x Body, Mind, and Soul 7. The Thirty-two Pathways...............................................................................225 8. The Five Fingers.............................................................................................228 9. Partzufim and Contact Points.........................................................................231 10. Contraction and Relaxation.........................................................................235 11. Light, Water, Firmament..............................................................................237 12. Spirituality and Reproduction......................................................................240 13. Regularity and Health...................................................................................242 14. Six Permutations...........................................................................................247 15. Death and Life...............................................................................................249 16. Expert Healing..............................................................................................251 17. Healing and the Torah.................................................................................253 18. The Indestructible Bone..............................................................................257 Endnotes 259 Glossary 313 Index 333
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