false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181003154m/1102373.jpg 1102373 1 Kabbalah, often defined as a Jewish mystical tradition, actually encompasses "the spiritual heritage of all mankind," according to Rav P.S. Berg in <I>The Essential Zohar</I>. Berg, the dean of the Kabbalah Centre (whose members include celebrities such as Madonna and Mick Jagger), has concentrated a core of teachings from the central kabbalistic text, the Zohar, in a single volume that makes kabbalistic wisdom accessible to readers of all religious traditions. The Zohar, which dates back to the second century B.C.E., offers tools for doing the work of kabbalah: "transforming chaos and fragmentation into unity and completion." The Zohar's biblical commentaries and rabbinical stories of apparently "surprise happenings, sudden insights, and full-blown epiphanies" are intended to help readers open themselves to similar revelations. And Berg explains that all of the Zohar's rarified spiritual stories have potential for practical application, to help readers "replace doubt with certainty and darkness with Light." <I>--Michael Joseph Gross</I> 1089286 26 3 2002 The Essential Zohar: The Source of Kabbalistic Wisdom total:4|5:1|4:2|3:1| 4 16 11 0 0 0 true false Tue Nov 24 19:34:51 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 19:35:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 14:39:52 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 14:39:52 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 17 14:25:40 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 14:25:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 04 20:48:03 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 20:48:03 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:59:10 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 00:59:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 18 19:53:50 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 19:53:50 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 29 06:14:37 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 05:53:40 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 06:14:37 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Aug 28 16:39:55 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 16:39:55 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Aug 12 21:02:30 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 21:02:30 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jun 25 16:57:08 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 16:57:08 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Mar 21 11:09:37 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 11:09:37 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1102373