Although its origins are rooted in deep antiquity, from the time of ancient Babylon, the science of Kabbalah has remained virtually hidden from humanity since it appeared more than four thousand years ago...
Kabbalists define the purpose of studying Kabbalah as the purpose of why we have been created: to reach equivalence of form with the Upper Force. All the work in Kabbalah is aimed only at this purpose.
The science of Kabbalah is unique in the way it talks about you and me, about all of us. It doesn’t deal with anything abstract, only with the way we are created and how we function at higher levels of existence...
Just as this world cannot exist without rules, the Higher World follows rules that affect us, too, even if we’re unaware of them.
Who is permitted to study? What are the prohibitions on the study? Does one require prior knowledge? What should one focus on during the study? What is the relationship between a spiritual guide and a student?
The Zohar was written for people with very high spiritual attainment. It contains the spiritual depictions of Rabbi Shimon (Rashbi), who attained all 125 degrees of spiritual attainment. He expressed the entire spiritual path and titled it “ Zohar” ( Zohar is the Hebrew word for “radiance”).