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200 Pages·2005·1.42 MB·English

Wondrous Wisdom
EVERYONE’S GUIDE
TO AUTHENTIC KABBALAH
By Michael R. Kellogg

Wondrous Wisdom
EVERYONE’S GUIDE
TO AUTHENTIC KABBALAH
UPPER LIGHT
PUBLISHING
By Michael R. Kellogg
Editor: Claire Gerus
Proofreading: Chaim Ratz
Layout: Baruch Khovov
THE WONDROUS WISDOM
OF KABBALAH
EVERYONE’S GUIDE
TO AUTHENTIC KABBALAH
Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL R. KELLOGG
All rights reserved
Published by Upper Light Publishing
Printed in Canada
No part of this book may be used or reproduced
in any manner without written permission of the publisher,
except in the case of brief quotations embodied
in critical articles or reviews.
ISBN: 0-9738268-1-9
FIRST EDITION: FEBRUARY 2006
Dedication
This book is dedicated to every person
with a point in the heart
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First, my sincerest thanks to my group of Kabbalah students and friends
in St. Louis, Missouri, who gave up many Sunday afternoons in order
to help edit this book. There is simply no way to express my gratitude to
these wonderful people: JoAnn Adams, Dee Berman, Marlene Bricker,
Maureen Burton, Fran Ebel, Judy Hobart, Sally Hori, Ed Magraw, Pam
Magraw, Gina Mason, Jim McClaren, David Monolo, Joyce Reese, and
Roger Zemen.
To my dear friend, Chaim Ratz, who spent a great deal of time
editing and verifying the accuracy of this work’s content according to the
strict standards of the Kabbalah group, Bnei Baruch in Tel Aviv, Israel.
This book would have been totally impossible without your efforts. To
Tony Kosinec and Igal Zahavi, my dear friends in the Toronto Bnei Ba-
ruch group, who supported me through the entire effort, and usually
several times a day!
To my editor, Claire Gerus, I offer my deepest gratitude for her
highly professional hard work in editing the book. Thanks to Uri Lait-
man, who managed the distribution of the book. And a special thanks
to my wife, Shari, who was so understanding on those countless nights
of late work at the office to complete this work. To my world group, the
entire haverim, I thank you all for your wonderful thoughts of encourage-
ment and strong intent.
Finally, to my Rav, Kabbalist Michael Laitman, PhD. It is impos-
sible to put into words how fortunate I feel to have a teacher so dedicated
to the spiritual growth of his students. Our initial personal relationship
began, of all places, in a hotel lobby, where for several hours I peppered
Dr. Laitman with questions regarding this wondrous wisdom. He pa-
tiently answered every single question, and in so doing, began a rela-
tionship that has now spanned years of classes, discussions, meetings,
complaints, e-mails, and study, all of which promptly challenged me to
delve deeper and deeper ever since.
The author, Mike Kellogg
can be contacted at
[email protected]

Wondrous Wisdom
EVERYONE’S GUIDE TO AUTHENTIC KABBALAH
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ...........................................................................................11
Chapter 1. Why Did I Pick Up This Book? ...........................................18
Chapter 2. Spirituality ..........................................................................22
Chapter 3. Desire – the Fuel that Drives Us ........................................33
Chapter 4. A Point in the Heart – the Soul .........................................39
Chapter 5. The Research Materials of Kabbalah .................................50
Chapter 6. Studying Kabbalah .............................................................55
Chapter 7. The Study Method of Kabbalah .........................................63
Chapter 8. Eight Beginning Lessons in Kabbalah ...............................80
Chapter 9. The Language of Kabbalah ...............................................146
Chapter 10. Perceiving the Spiritual ....................................................170
Chapter 11. Intention – Our Work .....................................................177
Chapter 12. Conclusions .....................................................................189
Detailed Table of Contents ................................................................195