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Z'EV BEN SHIMON HALEVI way the of KABBALAH Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 http://www.archive.org/details/wayofkabbalahOObens / way the of KABBALAH By the same author Adam and the Kabbalistic Tree The Anatomy of Fate Kabbalah and Exodus Kabbalah and Psychology A Kabbalistic Universe School of Kabbalah Tree of Life: An Introduction to Cabala As Warren Kenton Astrobgy: The Celestial Mirror way the of KABBALAH Z'EV BEN SHIMON HALEVI E SAMUEL WEISER, INC. York Beach, Maine First published in 1976 by Samuel Weiser, Inc. Box 612 York Beach, Maine 03910 This edition, 1991 © Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi, 1976 All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may bereproduced ortransmittedin anyform orbyanymeans,electronicormechani- cal, including photocopy, without permission in writing from Samuel Weiser, Inc. Reviewers may quote briefpassages. ISBN 0-87728-305-2 BJ Cover art is entided "The Teacher," from Cod. Hebr. XXXVII Moreh Nevukhim (Guidetothe Perplexed) by Moses Maimonides. Salamanca, Barcelona, 1348.UsedbykindpermissionofTheRoyal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark. Printed in the United States ofAmerica For Yoshua ben Shimon Hakham Halevi mygrandfather andfirst link. Preface Everyone is searching for something. Some pursue security, others pleasureorpower.Yetotherslookfordreams,ortheyknownotwhat. Thereare, however, those who know what they seek butcannotfind itinthenaturalworld. Forthesesearchersmanyclueshavebeenlaidby those who have gone before. The traces are everywhere, although only those with eyes to see or ears to hear perceive them. When the significance ofthese signs is seriously acted upon, Providence opens a door out ofthe natural into the supernatural to reveal a ladder from thetransienttotheEternal. HewhodarestheascententerstheWayof Kabbalah. Spring5734 Contents Preface 6 n Introduction i The Tradition 15 2 Language 22 3 The GreatTree ofAzilut 27 4 The Work ofCreation 37 5 Natural Adam: The Body 44 6 Natural Adam: The Psyche 50 7 SlavesinEgypt 59 8 The PromisedLand 64 9 Jacob andEsau 69 10 The Zadek 74 11 Kabbalah 80 12 Objective Knowledge 87 13 Groups 94 14 Group Structure 99 8 Contents 15 Group Dynamics 105 16 Meeting in 17 Out ofEgypt 117 18 Preparation 124 19 Literal 128 20 Allegorical 135 21 Metaphysical 142 22 Will 151 23 Minorand Major States 159 24 Neshamah: Soul 165 25 Kawanah: Intention 175 26 Preparation 180 27 The Approach ofAction 188 28 The Approach ofDevotion 195 29 The Approach ofContemplation 202 30 Ascension 209 Editorial Note 217 Glossary ofTerms 219 Index 221