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Cargando... Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford: Dilettante's Guide to What You Do and Do Not Know to Become a Qabalist (2001 original; edición 2001)por Lon Milo DuQuette (Autor)
Información de la obraThe Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford: Dilettante's Guide to What You Do and Do Not Need to Know to Become a Qabalist por Lon Milo DuQuette (2001)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I don't know what made me get this book but now my brain feels funny. I find Baba Lon's 'trickster' attitude a bit annoying, like it's more of a defense mechanism than a actual sense of humor. I also find his whole "Rabbi Lamed" persona and "Chicken Qabalah" vaguely culturally insensitive and again, defensive. That said the man is a scholar and impressive practitioner who tries his very best to lay some heavy concepts down. I always get something important out of his books. I decided to read this book for a number of reasons. I'm currently learning the Hebrew alphabet and beginning the study of Qabalah. So, as an into book I decided to read Lon DuQuette's book on the subject. Lon is one of my favorite occult writers and also one of the most knowledgeable occultists in the world. He takes very complex subjects (like this one) and makes them understandable though humor. One can surmise that right from the title. It's much appreciated in a genre where writers tend to take themselves a bit too seriously. Fortunately for me, I seem to learn quicker when subjects are presented in a humorous way, so this book was a perfect fit. The book itself was really an eye-opener. Prior to this, I really didn't have much understanding of what Qabalah is. I knew it had to deal with the "Tree of Life" and numerology, but that's about it. I had no idea how profoundly complex, yet elegant, it is. It's both a puzzle and a context in which to view the world around us. In fact, it's what all Western magick is based on. Without going into details, I'll just say it's some pretty profound stuff -- quite mind-boggling actually. It's really changed the way I few the nature of reality. Another great book by Lon. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
A unique and humorous and also practical approach to the increasingly popular study of Qabalah. This is a seriously funny book Traditional Qabalistic (or Cabalistic, or, indeed, Kabbalistic read this book to find out what the difference is...we know you've always wondered) sources tend to be a bit, er, dry. DuQuette spices up the Qabalah and makes it come alive, restoring the joy of learning the fundamentals of this admittedly arcane system by using simple, amusing anecdotes and metaphors. This account, written psuedepigraphically (fictitiously attributed to a supposed authority), allows DuQuette as Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford to soar to outrageous heights and, when necessary, stand apart from the silliness to highlight the golden eggs of Qabalistic wisdom nested therein. Sure to be a revelation to those who think that learning about the Qabalah needs to be tedious and serious, DuQuette shows that great truths can be transmitted through the medium of laughter. It's s Dilettante's Guide to What You Do and Do Not Need to Know to Become a Qabalist. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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