Path: ultra.sonic.net!bug.rahul.net!wasp.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!newshub.sirius.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!206.172.150.11!news1.bellglobal.com!news21.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <369D6E67.1E1@sympatico.ca> From: richard sprigg Reply-To: kteis@sympatico.ca X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-SYMPA (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.magick,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.pagan.magick,alt.occult Subject: Re: QBL, Kabbalah and History (was English Qaballa and ....) References: <328.1.51@intuition.org> <368C0A71.144C@luckymojo.com> <76ku1i$1je@bolt.sonic.net> <368EB620.3983@luckymojo.com> <77jcth$nca$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 15 Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 23:11:19 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.172.251.221 X-Trace: news21.bellglobal.com 916286588 206.172.251.221 (Wed, 13 Jan 1999 23:03:08 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 23:03:08 EDT Organization: Bell Solutions Xref: ultra.sonic.net alt.magick:131553 alt.magick.tyagi:15307 alt.pagan.magick:13464 og2u@my-dejanews.com wrote: > > Though my interest in Kaballah is fairly recent I understand that most of it's teaching and wisdom was handed down verbally for centuries before being written down. Anecdotal evidence is a poor witness. The earliest known materials are fairly late in history. The tendency of individuals to claim "lineage" for their methods makes any such unsupported claim suspect. Also my sources (Halevi, Regardie and others) all write of the > "legend" of Abraham receiving the "Tree of Life" from Melchizedek, the High Priest of Salem. If this is true would it not indicate that the "Tree" and it's assosciated "systems" predate Judaism? There are mentions of Abraham in sources that predate extant hebrew sources. Whether these references predate judaism or are simply borrowed goods from the early history of judaism is a matter of debate that will likely never be resolved.