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==Jewish mysticism== | ==Jewish mysticism== | ||
[[File:Kircher Tree of Life.png|350px|thumb|The Kabbalistic Tree of Life]] | [[File:Kircher Tree of Life.png|350px|thumb|The Kabbalistic [[Tree of Life]]]] | ||
Although there is an esoteric tradition in Judaism ([[Kabbalah]]), Rabbinic scholar Max Kadushin has characterized normative Judaism as "normal mysticism," because it involves everyday personal experiences of God through ways or modes that are common to all Jews. | Although there is an esoteric tradition in Judaism ([[Kabbalah]]), Rabbinic scholar Max Kadushin has characterized normative Judaism as "normal mysticism," because it involves everyday personal experiences of God through ways or modes that are common to all Jews. | ||
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The Kabbalistic form of Jewish mysticism itself is divided into three general streams: | The Kabbalistic form of Jewish mysticism itself is divided into three general streams: | ||
* Theosophical/Speculative Kabbalah (seeking to understand and describe the divine realm) | * [[Theosophy|Theosophical]]/Speculative Kabbalah (seeking to understand and describe the divine realm) | ||
* Meditative/Ecstatic Kabbalah (seeking to achieve a mystical union with God) | * Meditative/Ecstatic Kabbalah (seeking to achieve a mystical union with God) | ||
* Practical Kabbalah (seeking to theurgically alter the divine realms and the World). | * Practical Kabbalah (seeking to theurgically alter the divine realms and the World). | ||