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In a Nutshell
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The Creation according to Kabbalah consists of five phases.
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Adam was the first Kabbalist and is said to have authored the book The Angel of God’s Secret.
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Abraham started the first “Kabbalah group” through his teaching and wrote The Book of Creation.
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Moses is the force that pulls us out of egoism and into spirituality. He wrote the Torah (Pentateuch).
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The Book of Zohar, the seminal book in Kabbalah, predicted its own reemergence at the end of time. Kabbalists say that the end of time is our time.
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The Ari created the scientific method of teaching Kabbalah that is the predominant teaching method today. The book he is most famed for is The Tree of Life.