12-17-2006, 12:00 AM
""some more advanced stage
of being, not the final goal.""
Well, that is a goal isn't it?
And the furthest you can advance is the Final goal.
Whether you it while still in this body or after you leave it is irrelevant.
I would prefer to find out as much as I can before my body wears out. If I can go further after that point, Great.
""I never read Qabala and I'm wondering what their belief system
is concerning what happens after we die ? do they
too believe in reincarnation or the heaven/hell stuff ?""
Some believe in reincarnation and some don't. Those who don't, feel that our only chance for spiritual progression is this lifetime, in this body.
Heaven and Hell is a strange concept that most people already have a strange understanding of.
In the shortest way of explaination; Qabalists study the "Tree of Life". It is a map of the Universe, so to speak. A map that encompasses alll the realms of body, soul, spirit and divine. Along with mapping out the appropriate powers in their appropriate shperes of operation.
So, yes, Qabalalists believe in manmy Heavens and many Hells that can be visited here and now while in this body of flesh.
And the plane that we live in,..that is, everyday normal existence called "The Gate", is smack-dab in the middle between the Realms of life and the lower, or "infernal" realms.
The sorcerer's world in qabalistic terms would be "right next door", or just outside of where we live. A good start on spiritual progression, but not really very different that "this world" that we live in.
The realms known to a "Man of Knowledge", on the other hand, those show some real progress.
Though the realms above "this World", or "The Gate" as I have called it, are ruled by certain heirarchys of angels arch-angels etc., The Gate is presided over by an hierarchy of demons and arch-demons.
Just how accurate that is I cannot tell., Btu it does illustrate to me the importance of spiritual progression in my life and also, what a fine "razors edge" we walk in this life.
The importance to me of the study of the Qabala is that it adds a bit of order and direction to an otherwise chaotic Universe.Bob
of being, not the final goal.""
Well, that is a goal isn't it?
And the furthest you can advance is the Final goal.
Whether you it while still in this body or after you leave it is irrelevant.
I would prefer to find out as much as I can before my body wears out. If I can go further after that point, Great.
""I never read Qabala and I'm wondering what their belief system
is concerning what happens after we die ? do they
too believe in reincarnation or the heaven/hell stuff ?""
Some believe in reincarnation and some don't. Those who don't, feel that our only chance for spiritual progression is this lifetime, in this body.
Heaven and Hell is a strange concept that most people already have a strange understanding of.
In the shortest way of explaination; Qabalists study the "Tree of Life". It is a map of the Universe, so to speak. A map that encompasses alll the realms of body, soul, spirit and divine. Along with mapping out the appropriate powers in their appropriate shperes of operation.
So, yes, Qabalalists believe in manmy Heavens and many Hells that can be visited here and now while in this body of flesh.
And the plane that we live in,..that is, everyday normal existence called "The Gate", is smack-dab in the middle between the Realms of life and the lower, or "infernal" realms.
The sorcerer's world in qabalistic terms would be "right next door", or just outside of where we live. A good start on spiritual progression, but not really very different that "this world" that we live in.
The realms known to a "Man of Knowledge", on the other hand, those show some real progress.
Though the realms above "this World", or "The Gate" as I have called it, are ruled by certain heirarchys of angels arch-angels etc., The Gate is presided over by an hierarchy of demons and arch-demons.
Just how accurate that is I cannot tell., Btu it does illustrate to me the importance of spiritual progression in my life and also, what a fine "razors edge" we walk in this life.
The importance to me of the study of the Qabala is that it adds a bit of order and direction to an otherwise chaotic Universe.Bob