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Pagan Kabbalah

To: alt.magick
From: Re O'Stat 
Subject: Re: Pagan Kabbalah
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 20:59:26 GMT

In article <3c11ae7b.47855089@trialnews.peoplepc.com>,
 Gnomedplume@aol.com (Gnome d Plume) wrote:
> the term "kabbalah" ... became "public domain" in the 17th and 18th centuries 

Well, maybe.
IMO, whether it is "public domain" or not really isn't relevant.
The concept that anybody can use it *shouldn't* mean anyone can use it 
incorrectly.
I say, "shouldn't" because, whether we like it or not, people usurp 
terms and change their meanings all the time.

There have been books on Greek Kabalah, Egyptian Kabalah, English 
Kabalah, etc., all of which have nothing to do with the Jewish Kabalah.

I've seen books on Tantra which claim to be ancient Egyptian and from 
the Pleiades. 

So although some may question the use of terms such as "Kabalah" for any 
purpose, legitimate or not, it is irrelevant. People will do it. It is 
useless to complain. 

Well, that's not completely true. If people use a term such as Kabalah 
in a non-traditional way without defining it, I do think that is unfair, 
illegitimate, and bordering on the deceptive. Note that in the instance 
of Poke's using the term, he clearly defines what he means by it, so I 
have no complaint at all.

The question really is, "Why do people think it is necessary to use a 
term in new way?" The answer, of course, is that they realize that words 
such as Kabalah and Tantra have a built-in audience so they can tap into 
that audience without doing and real work.

More power to them. Students should ask the sources of their teachers. 
If they don't , that's the student's problem and the teacher's karma.

In response to Cat's suggestion that another name which does not include 
the Jewish nature of the Kabalah be coined, that was done long ago. It's 
called "Neoplatonism."

Re

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