What Is Mosaic Kabbalah?

There are numerous proposed theories of ASCs (altered states of consciousness) and mystical phenomena. These range from psychological perspectives (psychoanalysis, transpersonal psychology) and neurophysiology, to cognitive neurosciences, bioneurology, and beyond. [For a review of approaches, see the BLOG section [link to: “Explanatory Mechanisms of Altered States of Consciousness: A Critical Overview”] Mosaic Kabbalah, while entailing…

Does the would-be Mosaic Kabbalah initiate experience the rising of Kundalini-like energy, the so-called Kundalini awakening, as it is described in Kundalini yoga? The answer to this question is a conditional “yes.” The crucial difference between the two traditions is that the ancient Hebraic system is not involved with the efforts to achieve “Kundalini awakening,”…

There are seven initiatory levels in Mosaic Kabbalah. One cannot and must not go from zero speed to a speed of light in one go; this would instantly crush the experiencer. The aim here is being in the presence of the living God—it’s a terrifying and potentially-lethal or damaging experience for one unsuitable or unprepared…

Crucially—as it was in ancient times of the First Temple priests—Mosaic Kabbalah is the only mystical-initiatory system the world has known that is entirely focused on achieving access to and establishing a relationship with the Mysterium Tremendum—the “Wholly Other”—a.k.a. the God of Israel. No other praxis can or does claim the same, including all other…

What was the Kabbalah at the earliest beginnings of Jewish history? What was the Kabbalah in its “Mosaic”—or the original, foundational—form? It is—in accordance with the Sôd Hypothesis—the nearly-lost initiatory system of Moses himself, the legendary adept and servant of the God of Israel. In spite of the built-in dominant exoteric (or outward, external) elements…

“Meditation refers to mental strategies whose purpose is to effect transcendent states of consciousness. . . . Whereas the intention of meditation in Asia has been the cultivation of radical transformations of consciousness with soteriological [e.g., salvational] consequences, it has been used in the West largely to enhance physical and psychological well-being. . .”¹ Yes,…

When a Seeker attends a typical Kabbalah workshop or class, perhaps one should ask the following question. Had the Hebrew slaves in Egypt employed the meditations and/or spiritual exercises that you’ve just been taught in a class; or perhaps they listened to the wonderful Hassidic stories of beggars and rich people; or kept uttering the…

Mosaic Kabbalah is the heretofore-undiscovered, nearly lost ancient Israelite mystical and esoteric lore, the kabbalistic system of Moses, the legendary adept and servant of YHWH the God of Israel. In accordance with the Sôd Hypothesis, this system was the very initiatory praxis of the First Temple priestly hierarchy, which zealously guarded this precious inner knowledge…

The mystical-initiatory Mosaic Kabbalah system of spiritual transformations (exclusively taught at iAiS-MaKoM Spiritual Retreat Center’s training programs) is different from other, later or subsequent Kabbalahs, such as the Merkabah (or “Chariot”) school, or the Abulafian, Zoharic, Lurianic, and Hassidic systems—let alone modern-day pop-Kabbalahs. Mosaic Kabbalah enables the Liberation of Limitless Light (Ain-Sof-Aur) from Within and…