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INDEX

A

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

p. 320

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

p. 321

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

p. 323

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

p. 324

   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 (‏ראב״ד‎)

   see Abraham ben Dior

Rabban, title,

   definition of note 38, p. 231

Ramban (‏רמב״ן‎)

   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

p. 325

   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

p. 326

   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