Masonic, Occult and Esoteric Online Library
The Kabbalah
By Adolphe Franck
Index
Abraham, as the author of the Sefer Yetzirah note 9, p. 82; 83, 125
Abraham ben Dior (David), See Dior, Abraham ben
Abraham ibn Ezra lviii
Abravanel, Juda xxxviii
Action, World of 105
Adam Kadmon (Celestial Man Heavenly Man) 106, 138, 148, 152 190, 264, 279, 296
Adam, Terrestrial 190, 279
Agrippa, Cornelius xxviii, xxxvi
Aher 67, 68
Ahriman note 9, p. 287
Akiba, R. 64, 67
as probable author of the Sefer Yetzirah 84
Akko 299
Alexandrian Jews and Palestine 221
Alexandrian School and the Kabbalah 221 f
Al Gazzali 104
Ali lvi
Alphabet, celestial 182
changing letters of--, See Ath-Bash;
of R. Akiba, See Otiot
de Rabba Akiba;
Source of letters of--, 282
Amaraim 64
Ammonius Saccas 120
Ammonius, School of--and School of Simeon ben Yohai 177
Anatomy, modern in the Zohar 118
Ancient, the 158, 159
Ancient of Ancients 146, 159, 160
Androgyne of Plato 197
Angelology 187
Angels, names of--representing moral qualities 185
Subaltern 186
Philo's conception of 248, 251
Source of names of 282
Anthropomorphism in the Kabbalah 145, 148
in the Sephiroth 160
Avoided to the Septuagint 263
"Ari," see Luria, Isaac
Aristotelian Philosophy not found in the Zohar 97
Art, Great xxxi
Asceticism, as shown by Philo 252, 257
Asia, as the cradle of the Kabbalah 271
Assembly, the Great (Idra Rabba) 109, 145
the heavenly 268
the Lesser (Idra Zutah) 109, 145
Astrology, note 1 282
Astronomy, pronable source of--among Jews 282
Ath Bash, note 33, p. 75
Attributes, expansive 170
of resistance 171
Substantial 171
Avicena, note 41, p. 101;103
Av-Yathar (Avatar) 278
Awe and Love 202
Ayn Sof, note 33, p. 99, 159, 234
as the totality of the Sefiroth 155
and the theology of the Magi . 294
reason for calling 149
according to Plato 216
B
Babylonian Captivity, Effects of--upon the Jews 282
Bachye, Rabbi lviii
Balance, the 174
Bardesanes 101, 276
Bartolocci xxx
"Basis"--165
Basnage xvi, xxx
Baur xvii
"Beast" 187
Beauty, as the expression of all moral qualities 165, 167, 168, 193
Behesht, note 9, 287
"Beliefs and Opinions," note 8, LVIII
Beraitha, definition 65
Berger xvi
Bible, the--and its method of explaining the world 124
and contemporary philosophies xviii
Boehm, Jacob xxviii, 180
Botril, Moses, his commentary to the Sefer Yetzirah 83
his views on the Kabbalah 115
Brightness, Book of--See Zohar
Brucker xvi, xxx
Buddeus xvi, xvii, note 9, xxx
Bundehesh 288
Burnett xxx
C
"Canals" 171
Cardinal points, the four 131
Cause of Causes 178
Chaldean, Persians and the Kabbalah 215 f
Chariot, Heavenly, see Merkaba of Ezekiel, figures of 183
Chiits LV
Choice, free--according to Philo 254
Christianity, and the Kabbalah l, 213
dogmas of--according to Reuchlin xxxv
not mentioned in the Zohar 97, 114
sects in lv
Clement of Alexandria 101
Codex Nazareus 276
"Column," the middle 168
of Judgment 171
of mercy 171
right 171
left 171
centre 171
Completion, mutual 261
Concentration (Tsimtsum) 157
Copernic, theory of--in the Zohar 94, 116, 156
in the Talmud 117
known before his times 116
Cordovero, Moses, (Corduero) note 2, xxix, 96
his explanation of the 3 first Sefiroth 163
Cosmology of the Kabbalah, its principle 176
Creation
story of 64, 78, 100
world of
world of--as the seat of the chief angel 185
Cross, in the Old Testament, according to Reuchlin xxxv
Crown, the 157, 167, 168
Supreme note 33, p. 99
Customs, religious, among Jews and Parsecs 292
Cuzari, of Judah ha-Levi note 7, p. 126
D
Darwands note 11, p. 287
"De Arte Cabalistica" xxxiii
Death, angel of 207
not a curse 208
ordeals after 291
Dekas, cult of xxxiv
Delight, garden of. 67
Demiurge 234, 242
Demonology 184, 187, 288
Demons 176
Desire, good and bad 139, 185, 300
"De Verbo Mirifico" xxxii
Summary of Contents note 18, p. xxxiii
Devils, view of Talmud on 89
Devis, note 10, p. 287
Dian 299
"Dimyon," (Image) 149
Dionysius the Areopagite 272
Dior, Abraham ben note 17, p. xxxii
Doctrine, secret,
evidence of 72
Doctors, of Mishnah 112
of Kabbalah 112
Duzakh note 4, p. 287
Dyad, xxxiv
E
Earth, division of--according to the Zend Avesta 300
according to the Zohar 301
Ecclesiasticus 267
Eden, higher 101
celestial 193
Elements, the four 276
Elishah ben Abuah, see Aher
Elxai. 101; note 13, p. 274
Emanation, doctrine of among Arabs 102
in the Sefer Yetzirah, 131
world of 106, 166
"Egyptian Mysteries" 237
"Encyclical Science" 252
Enumeration, abstract 128
Essenes 223
Exile, Babylonian, its influence upon the Jews 282
Ezekiel, vision of--in relation to the Kabbalah 66
Ezra 63, 65
F
Face, in the Zohar 295
inner 203
outer 203
long 147, 159, 168
small 159
white 158
Faces 168, 279
Faith, according to Philo 254
"Faithful Shepherd," note 1, p. 78, 92
Fall and Rehabilitation, Idea of--in the Zohar 171
"Father," excellent 278
Feeling, world of 166
Fenelon and Simeon ben Yohai 205
"Ferouer" 297, 299
"Fetahil" 278
Formation, Book of--See Sefer Yetzirah
world of 105
world of--as the seat of the angels 185
"Foundation" 165
Fludd, Robert xxviii
Frank, Jacob 272
G
Gahanbars, the six 286
Gamaliel 228
"Garment" Gedaliah. R.
Author of "Chain of Tradition" his opinion on the authority of the Zohar 88
Gemara note 3, p. 64
period of 91
Gematriah, note 9, p. 143; note 11, p. 180
Genesis, story of--see Creation,
Gerson, his conception of Mysticism liv
Gestation 202
Gikatilla, Joseph. See Joseph of Castille
Gieseler xvi
"Glory" 165
Gnosticism and the elements of the Kabbalah 101
God,
as conceived by Philo 245, 246, 253
and the world, according to Philo 258
names of 69, 100, 126, 148, 150
development of the Kabbalistic view on the nature of 151
two ways of speaking of 145
as considered in the Sefer Yetzirah 137
Good and Evil 199
Good, the reversibility of--Philo 255
Gotatman note 11, p. 287
Grace 164
according to Philo 255
Grave, tortures of the 291
Greek learning, interdiction of 226
Greek Science, meaning of, note 37, p. 230
"Guide for the Perplexed," note 8, p. lviii
H
Haggadah XLV; note a, p. 124
Halakah XLV; note a, p. 124
Hamunah the Elder note 1, p. 78, 115
Harmony, in the Sefiroth 166
Head, the white 158, 217, 275
Heads of Captivity 285
Hegel, philosophy of--and the Kabbalah .139, 158
school of--and the Kabbalah xlix
Hell 187
"Hellenizing Jews" lviii
Helmont, Van 306
Herrera, Abraham Cohen note 10, p. xxx; xlii
Hillel, the Aged (Babylonian) 75, 222, 286
Hiya, Rabbi 65
Honover, the 294
Human Being, elements of 193
two halves of 197
Human nature, as the image of God 196
Huttingen xxx
I
"I AM'' 157, 162
"I AM THAT I AM" 162
and its Hindoo equivalent xviii
"Idea" of the body 193
Ideal, as expressed in the Sefiroth 166
Idra Rabba 109, 145
Idra Zutah 109, note 1, p. 145, 152, 158
Imams lvi
Immortality, not definitely mentioned in the Old Testament note 1, p. 189
Impregnation 202
Infinite, see Ayn Sof
Intellect, in relation to religion and dogma liii
Intelligence 99, 159
world of 166, 274
Intuition and Reflection 204
Irenaeus 101
Isaac de Lattes 86
Isaiah, as the source of the mythological system . 123
"I WHO AM" 162
J
Jeba, the Elder note 1, p. 78, 115
Jehovah, as understood by the Zohar 162
Reuchlin's analysis of the word xxxiv
Jesus, Reuchlin's Kabbalistic interpretation of the word xxv, xxxvi
Jesus, ben Sirach 267
Job, Book of--as the source of the mythological system of the Kabbalah 123, 283
Jonathan ben Uziel, translation of 75
Jose the Elder, note 1, p. 78
Joseph of Castille xxxi, xxxviii
Josephus 76, 224, 225
Juda-ha-Levi, his opinion on the Sefer Yetzirah 125
Juda ha-Nassi, editor of the Mishnah lvii, 64, 119
Judaism, sects in lvii
rabbinical--and Parseeism 288
Judgment---164, 193
according to Philo 250
column of 171
K
"Kabbala Denudata, (Kabbalah Unveiled) xx, xxxvi, xli
Budde's opinion of the xli
review of the xlii
Kabbalah,
and conception of Ahriman 300
and Gnosticism 101, 272
and Masorah note 1, p. xxvii
and Neoplatonism 220, 233
and Pythagorean Doctrine--xxxiii
and the Philosophy of the Arabs 101, 103
and Arabic Mysticism 104
and the Talmud 303
and the Zend Avesta 301, 302, 303
antiquity of the 63, 72
antiquity of the 63, 72
as the heart and life of Judaism 302
p. 322
Christian xxiv, xxxvi
Difficulty in studying the xxviii
and other great philosophies and religious systems 139
development of the 113, 116
doctrine of the--and doctrine of the Nazarenes 101, 277
doctrine of the--uniting Plato and Spinoza 163
elements of the 209
etymology and orthography of the word note 1, p. xxvii
final conclusions on the 306
and Gnosticism 111
influence of the xxviii
introduction of the into Europe xxi, 108, 305
method of studying the 67
Oriental wisdom and 104
practical 79, 170
principles of--antedate Christianity 271
reasons for the study of xxvii
relation of the--to the philosophy of Plato 213f
relation of the--to the doctrine of Philo 239 f, 259, 305
relation of the--to the religion of the Chaldeans
and Persians 282 f, 306
relation of the--to Christianity 271 f
relation of the--to the School of Alexandria 220f
sources of the xvi, xlvii
symbolica xvii
systems resembling the 213 f
secrecy of the--its cause xix
"Kabbalism and Pantheism" xlix
Kabbalistic Books 78
general Character of 123
schools xxiv, xxxi
systems, sources drawn by writers of philosophy xx
system, an oral as well as a written tradition 116
Kabbalistic
system did not originate in Platonism 214, 219
system, and the dogmas of the Nazarenes 276
tradition in the Septuagint 265
tree note 70, p. 170, 171
Kabbalists
and Essenes 76
who converted themselves to Christianity 271
Karaites lvii
Karmates lvi
Kedars 299
"King, the" 168, 172
"Kings, Ancient" 172
"Kingdom" 166, 167. 192
Kirchner xxxvi
his view on the Kabbalah xl
"Kisses of God" 205
Kleuker xvi
Knowledge, four kinds of, note 8, p. lviii
or Science in the Sefiroth 160 note 8, p. lviii
Kruspedai, Rabbi note 1, p. 78
L
Lang, Joachim xvi
Letters, the 22, and numbers as the foundation of the Universe 133
their division into 3 classes 134
Liberty
personal 199, 200
according to Philo. 254
Leon the Hebrew, see Abravanel, Judah Rife,
Life
as considered by Philo 256, 260
as reviewed by the Kabbalah 195, 260
Light,
according to Proclus 237
and Sarkcess 304
direct 302
reflected 202
supreme 203
Lilith note 32, p. 187; note 32, p. 292
Logos, see "Word"
Love
as the link of the higher and lower degrees . 204
as medium of union between soul and God 204
kisses of 205
place of 205
Lullus, Raymond xxxi, 306
and the Schools of Luria and Cordovera XXI
Luria, Isaac note 3, p. xxix, xlii, 156
M
Macrocosm and Microcosm 134
Magus, Simon
see Simon the Magician
Magi 283
Maimonides, Moses lviii, 239
his view on a secret doctrine 66
his view on the names of God 70
his works note 27, p. 71
Man
as the microcosm 134, 190
as understood by Philo 251
celestial--as prototype of Terrestrial 152, 190
fall of 206
heavenly, see Adam Kadmon
higher 153
lower 153
opinion of Zohar on 190
threefold nature of 192
moral nature of 199
Marriage
perfect 197
as considered by Philo. 258, 260
as considered by the Kabbalah. 261
Masorah, definition of note 1, p. xxvii
Massuet xvii
"Memra," see "Word"
Mercy 164, 193
according to Philo 250
column of 171
Merkabah
story of 64, 78
when permitted to divulge 65
Meshia note 9, p. 287
Meshiana note 9, p. 287
Metaphysics in the Kabbalah 69, 163, 201
Metatron 65, 185
Metempsychosis 175
purpose of 200
necessity for 209
Mirandola, Pico de la xv, xxviii, xxxi his method of study xxxii
Mirror
luminous and non-luminous note 29, p. 203
Mishnah
as secret doctrine 73
when edited 72
Mohammedanism, sects in lv
Molitor
criticism on his "Philosophy of History" xxx
Moon, blessing of the 292
Months, names of 282
Morality, foundation of according to Philo 256 f
Morus, Henry xxviii, xlii
Moses hen Nachman,
See Nachmanides
Moses de Leon as probable author of the Zohar note 17, p. xxxii, xliii
as author of another Kabbalistic book 96
not the author of the Zohar 95, 108
"Mothers," three 134
Motecallemim lvi
Mutazilas lvi
Mystery, book of 109, 145, 172
Mystery of Mysteries 146
Mysticism,
Arabic--and the Zohar 104
Symbolical lv, 140
Mystics, how recognized liv
Mythology,
supplanted by Metaphysics 307
N
Nachmanides, Moses ben Nachman (Ramban) xliii
Sefer Yetzirah 85
Names
as commentator to the ten mystical of St. Jerome 100
Natura naturans 166
Nazarenes, sect of 276
Nefesh 192, 297
as used in the Sefer Yetzirah Note 3, p. 86
Nehardea, academy at 286
Neo-Hassidim 303
Non-Being 106
North, the
excluded from the name of God note 11, p. 180
Notarikon note 9, p. 143
No-Thing 99, 158, 161
meaning of . 178
N’shamah note 3, p. 80, 145, 192, 297
primitive 178
Numbers and Ideas
theory of--in the Septuagint 264
O
Olam
Atzilus 166
Bree-oh 185
Hamutbah 166
Murgosh 166
Muskol 166
Yetzirah 185
Onkelos
Translation of 73
Ophanim (Celestial Wheels) 90
Origen
his views similar to those found in the Zohar 142
Ormuzd note 9, p. 287
Osiander xvi
Otiot de Rabba Akiba note a, p. 180, 275
P
Pagan Philosophy and the Kabbalah 221
Palestinian Teachers did not draw from Greek civilization 237
Paracelsus xxviii
Paradise note 12, p. 67
Pentateuch
Aramaic translation of 73
Persians, influence of--upon the Jews xviii, 286
Person, Moral, see Roo-ah
Philo LVIII
and the doctrine of
classification of his writings 240
distinct from the Kabbalists lviii, 252
his doctrines and the doctrine of the Kabbalah note 10, p. lviii, 240 f, 259
his view on God 240, 253
his view on man. 251
Physiognomies 182
Pistorius xxxvi, 323
his works xxxvii
"Place," the 99
Planets
names of the seven--in the Sefer Yetzirah note 4, p. 80
Plato
and the Kabbalah . 163, 213
his theory of Ideas compared with the theory of the Sefiroth 215
his philosophy and the 22 letters of the Sefer Yetzirah 133
Pleroma 276, note 31, p. 280
Plotinus 220
and the Kabbalah 233, 240, 243, note 35, p. 281
"Point," the 157
Primitive 157
Indivisible 177
Pompadita
Academy of 286
Porphyrius 220, 243
Postel xxxvi
his translation of the Sefer Yetzirah xxxvii
Predestination, moral 199
Pre-existence
dogma of 99, 198
"Pregnancy" note 49, p. 251
Primitive air 157
Principle
animal 193
individual 194
male and female 175, 196
vital 298
Psychology of the Kabbalah
its principle 176
and that of the Parsees 298
Pythagoras
Tetractys of xxxiv
in the writings of Philo 265
Q
"Queen," the 172
R
Rabad (?????)
see Abraham ben Dior
Rabban, title,
definition of note 38, p. 231
Ramban (?????)
see Nachmanides
Rashi 229
Recante, Menahem note 26, p. 155
Reflection 204
Religions
in their conception of revelation lv
Religion or Revelation liii
Reminiscence
doctrine of 198
Responsibility
personal--, according to Philo 254
Resurrection 287
Reuchlin
and the Kabbalah xv, xxxi
his method of study xxxii
his explanation of the different names of God note 16, p. xxxiii
Revelation
three ways of conceiving liii
Reversibility
dogma of 170
Ricci, Paul xxxviii
his works xxxix, 271
Rittangel 271, 272
Roe note 48, p. 299
Roo-ah 192, 292
Rosenroth, Baron Knorr von xli, 272
Rouan note 48, p. 299
Ru-ah (same as Roo-ah) note 17, p. 130
S
Saadia xlii, lviii, 82, 98, 239
his "Belief and Opinions" note 8, p. lviii
Sabbathai Zebi 303
Saducees lvii
Samael (Sama-ayl) note 11, p. 180; 187, 300
Satan 187
Scribe note 32, p. 74
Sefer note 8, p. 127
Sefer ha-Bahir note 1, p. 78
Sefer Yetzirah
analysis of 78 f, 123 f
authenticity of the 78
authorship of the 83
comparison of the two editions 82
its method of explaining the world and its phenomena 123
its aspect of God 137
Postel's translation of the xxxvii
Sefiroth
and the doctrine of the Nazarenes 276
active and passive principles in the 159
as an abstract enumeration 128
as attributes of God 152
character of 129
considered as a whole 154
definition of . note 12, p. 128
diagramatic representation of the front page
division of the 157, 170, 216, 279
"Father" and "Mother" principle in the 159, 216
evolution of the 149
genesis of the 148
in the Old Testament 153
in the Mishnah 153
male and female principles in the 159
names of 100, 149
number of 128
of construction 164
reason for existence of the 154
"son" principle in the 160
Trinity in the 105, 160, 164
Unity in the 166
Self-completion
mutual 206
Self-consciousness 195, 200
Septuagint note 10, p 222
as source in Philo's mysticism 263
inaccuracies in the translation of the note 77, p. 261
known in the Talmud 263
Kabbalistic traditions in the 265
anthropomorphism avoided in the 263
Seraphim 131
Seven Doubles 134, 135
Sexual differentiation 174
S’far note 8, p. 127
"Shalsheleth ha-Kabbalah,"
see Tradition, chairs of
Shekinah 168
"Shells" 176, 186, 279, 300
Shem-hamforesh, see
Tetragrammaton
Simeon ben Yohai, see
Yohai, Simeon, ben
Simon, Richard xvi, xxx
the Just 221
the Magician (Magus) 101, 273
Sin, original 208
Sippur note 8, p. 127
"Son" 216
Sons of God note 99, p. 206
Soul
as conceived by the Zohar 169, 189f
elements of--according to Philo 252
union of--and spirit 197
during sleep note 29, p. 292
seat of according to Philo 252
source of 193
transmigration of 99, 200
male and female principle in the 196
Souls
the three 280, 297, note 48, p. 299
Space, absolute--(Mokaum) 294
Spinoza xxviii
and the Kabbalah xliv, 163
Spirit (Ru-ah) note 17, p. 130
holy 275
proper 192
source of 193
vital 192, 194
Spirits, evil 288
Sumah lv
Sunnis lv
Sura, academy of lviii, 286
Swedenborg, Church of--and the Kabbalah xxv
T
Tabernacles, the seven 187, 206
Talmud 64
evidence of a secret doctrine in the 72
Tannaim 64
Temurah note 9, p. 143
Tennemann note 11, p. xxxi, xlix
Tetragrammaton,
according to Reuchlin xxxiv, 69
Theosophy, and the Kabbalah xxiii
Semitic xxiv
Tholuck xvi, xlix
refutation of his theory 102
Thought
as understood in the Kabbalah 162
"Three Mothers" 134
Tiedemann xlix
Time
according to Plato 243
according to Philo 243
Tohu Ubohu note 28, p. 186
"Tradition, Chain of" note 29, p. 72
Tradition, Jewish and Zend Avesta 288
Transmigration 99, 200
Trinity
Demiurgic 235
in the Sefiroth as opposed to in relation to God, Nature
the Platonic trinity 216
and Human Soul . 196
in the Sefiroth 105, 160, 164
Platonic 234
Supreme 192
in the Sepher Yetzirah 134
"Triumph" 165
Tsimtsum
meaning of 157
"Twelve Simples" 134, 135
U
Unity
absolute--as basis of the Kabbalistic system, substituted for dualism 137
according to Philo 247
Unknown of the Unknown 146
V
Valentine 101
Van Helmont xxviii
Vessels 156, 157, 260
"Virtues" 166
Vital, Chaim note 3. p. xxix
Voysin, Joseph xxxvi, xxxix
W
Wachter, George xvi
his book "Spinozaism in Judaism" xliv
"White Head" 217
Will
expansion and contraction of 164
Wisdom 99, 159
in Ecclesiastes 268
in the same class as Kabbalah note 39, p. 231
Supreme 245, 246
the 32 marvelous path of 81, 126
Oriental--and the Kabbalah 104
Wolf xvi, xxx
"Word," the 74
theory of the--in the Sefer Yetzirah 132, 137, 153, 267, 273, 274
according to Philo 245
conception of--by Simon Magus 273
doctrine of--in Ecclesiastes 267
Kabbalistic--and the Honover of Zoroaster 294
World
Intelligible 166
natural 166
of emanation
of feeling 166
view of the Kabbalists on the 177 f, 246
Worlds
the four 105 and note 54; 166, 280
pre-existence of 173, 181
Y
Yohai
Simeon, ben 64
his doctrine as basis of the Zohar 107
not the originator of the Kabbalistic science 114
story of his death 116
not the author of the Zohar 93
Yohanan ben Zakkai 231, 286
Z
Zacuto, Solomon
his opinion on the authorship of the Zohar 88
Zend Avesta and Jewish tradition 283 f, 288
Zerah, Rabbi 65
Zerdustians
sect of 104, note 41, p. 296, 300
Zervanites
sect of 294
Zion
as the seat of Wisdom 268
Zippori, Rabbi Joseph of 73
Zohar 79
analysis of opinions on the authorship of the 89 f
and the doctrine of Philo 246
and the Sefer Yetzirah 138
basis of its doctrine 138
characteristics of the 87
gradual development 113
its introduction into Europe 114
language of the 95
origin of the 87 f
Zoharites, sect of 272, 303
Zomah, ben 67
influence of the religion of Zoroaster 282, 284
upon the Jews . 284 f
Zoroastrism in the Old Testament 286
and the Kabbalah xix
