What were the ancient mystery schools about or would we have to go out and guess to a degree? Maybe that's why they're called mystery schools LOL. I subscribed. THX. There's a gnostic Gospel, I'm really not sure if it's Christian or not tbh, titled The Gospel according to Thomas I believe. This book has some really mystical type belief systems. I have been looking through your library and I subscribed as I mentioned. Do you ever go over the book of Thomas? From what I understand, it's basically similar to pieces of Kabbalah. They seem to be teaching that the physical body and physical realm is polluted. I don't know if it's speaking about the original humans being of a spiritual or glorified type body and then after the initial form of disobedience that they then became somehow physical. Tbh, I have not read the book of Thomas. I really don't want to read it and form opinions until someone that is older than me and much more knowledgeable with mysticism could attempt to explain. I think it's called the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas or something to this effect. Thank you for your videos
Yesh, sometimes identified as Jehovah, YHVH, Allah, or simply God, is the Supreme Creator of the Abrahamic Religions, recognized as the one and only God in Christianity, Judaism and Islam, of whose Divine Presence all other divinities in alternate faiths and religions are nothing but pale shadows and who stands outside of Creation as its absolute ruler, enigmatic, ineffable and only ever manifesting through mere avatars of His being, such as the Jesus Christ, the Annointed One, who many believers recognize as the Son of God and the Good Sheperd who would guide humanity to the direction of its Creator, though even such avatars are still shaped entirely by the eyes of those who behold them, and thus their words ultimately reveal more about the person with whom they are communicating than about God Himself. Every single being that existed before the universe was made, and the universe along with the multiverse itself was created by His will.
Hey zevi, I just found your channel and love the production and content. How can I get in touch with you? As I mentioned, my brother and I have a podcast on Jewish hashkafa called Jewish Thoughtflow and there is much overlap in our interests. Please let me know how I can contact you please.
God is mostly inactive, but oversees the multiverse. It is extremely rare for Him to intervene in the affairs of other beings. His ways are also said to be highly mysterious, to the point where not even His angels are capable of understanding His way of operation unless He informs them Himself. It is believed that one could be rendered insane if they attempt to comprehend His motives and methods. Though He is an entity of pure goodness, God is ultimately a purely ontological force, being unknowable and inert, and remaining ever-distant from His creations, with most accounts of biblical and talmudic figures interacting with Him being actually interferences from His avatars like Yahweh, Shekhinah or Metatron, His Voice, or the Archangel Gabriel, the Messenger. In spite of this, He remains a central figure in the grand scheme of the narrative, with His influence subtly guiding all of existence towards a state where goodness outweighs evil, with every event that ever took place in the universe, regardless of how unfortunate, ultimately leading up to the day where the world will bloom into a state of pure harmony, in tune with its creator.
@@SeekersofUnity קודם לכן הייתי דרך הסמרטפון, הפעם אני דרך המחשב והתרגום לעברית אכן בנמצא. תודה על התוכן, זהו צעד משמעותי להנגשת הרמב"ם, נרשמתי לערוץ ואשתף אותו מעתה לכל
It is said that God is the creator of the deities as well, allowing them to oversee and control fragments of the universe itself and in the process, made His existence hidden for the time being until he sent Gabriel to reveal His nature and all other things that are connected to Him and the events that occurred before the time of man to humans whom would later be addressed as His Prophets. The Prophets themselves act as His messengers on Earth, with the task of spreading His existence and love throughout the globe. And they are also said to wield a fraction of His divine power. The many different conceptions of God, and competing claims as to God's characteristics, aims, and actions, have led to the development of ideas of omnitheism, pandeism, or a perennial philosophy, which postulates that there is one underlying theological truth, of which all religions express a partial understanding, and as to which: The devout in the various great world religions are in fact worshipping that one God, but through different, overlapping concepts or mental images of Him.
Abraham = (A)brahman, his wives Sarah (Saraswati) and Haggar are both rivers in India, and the origins of most of Judaism. Lots of Babylonian magic in Kabbalism. The Kof in hebrew means to or for, Ka - Baa l- ism... Judah or Yudda in Sanskrit means war. ... pieces of the puzzle my seeker friends.
Maimonides invented judaism. it's much younger cult than christianity, "5 books of moses" refers to Moshe Maimonides, except to those who believe the myths are historical, which is a requirement for abrahamic cults.
Mysticsm is the source of idol worship, paganism. attributing high power to something except the lord. Cursed you for bringing my rabbi's name in your heresy.
@@SeekersofUnity brother? in kingdom of priests and holy nation times i'd obey the lord and leave you to die in time of trouble. ולהלן דברי רבנו בהלכות עבודה-זרה (י, ב): "אבל מוֹסרי ישראל והמינים והאפיקורסים, מצוה לאבדן ביד ולהורידן לבאר שחת [בתקופת ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש בלבד], מפני שהן מצירין לישראל ומסירין את העם מאחרי ה', כישוע הנוצרי ותלמידיו [=כל תלמידיו בעלי ההגשמה למיניהם - הגויים והמינים], וצדוק ובייתוס ותלמידיהן [=כל מחריבי התורה-שבעל-פה למיניהם] 'שֵׁם רְשָׁעִים יִרְקָב' [מש' י, ז]". ואצרף גם את דברי רבנו בפירושו לחולין (א, ב): "ומינים אצל חכמים הם הכופרים מישראל [כלומר, שהם עובדי עבודה-זרה אך עדיין רואים את עצמם בגדר ישראל], [...] והם בני אדם אשר טמטמה הסכלות את חשיבתם, והחשיכו התאוות את נפשותם [...]. והכת הזו היא כת של ישוע הנוצרי [...] וכל ההולך בשיטתם - 'שֵׁם רְשָׁעִים יִרְקָב' [מש' י, ז]". וראוי לחתום תגובתי זו בברכת המינים שתיקן רבן גמליאל ובית דינו לאחר שהצרו לישראל כמעשיך הנכלוליים: "למשומדים אל תהי תקוה, כל המינים והמוסרים כרגע יאבדו, ומלכות זדון תעקור ותשבור מהרה בימינו. ברוך אתה יי, שובר אויבים ומכניע זדים".
This has been a phenomenal series. Bringing Judaism and it’s ideas to a wider audience is not just important but a holy task. Maimonides is truly a towering figure.
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so thrilled to have found this channel! please keep making videos, I wish these kinds of discussions were more accessible outside of strictly academic spaces
Good to see you defining some terms right out the gate. I had never heard of this bloke until I saw Dr Sledge's video on him, now because of you two I'm fascinated
Look up the following: Theo-Monistic mysticism by Michael Stoeber. A free PDF of the book is online. It’s an interesting compendium to the topic of mysticism in these regards. 🌸
I just found this channel through serendipity. I asked if he knows anything of an old old manuscript that is titled Gnostic Gospel of Thomas or something like this but I know for sure it's a gnostic manuscript and it's apparently written by Thomas. Regardless of who it was written by, it's of very mystical book. I haven't read it yet because I would prefer someone else who has read this manuscript to explain certain things in which I would probably not understand based on surface knowledge dealing with it. Are you familiar with this Gnostic manuscript? Basically I think it says that the physical world is a broken world. Fed everything that is tangible is not up to par or kosher if you will. I'm sure I could read it and form my own opinions but I'm holding off a bit until I can run across someone else that might be able to explain some things in case I have questions. Most especially someone that has studied mysticism as much as he has. Sorry this is so long but I was just using speech to text and speaking from a young guy's energetic passion.
Scholasticism is a form of pre-modern rationalist. But it’s most often associated with Christian thinkers. People like Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, Albertus Magnus, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas.
That is easy to answer. He has his own 13 principles of Jewish faith. Something that is in our prayer book that we say ever day and we even had Jews in the ghetto of the holocaust singing the 13 principles of faith while walking to the gas chamber. Just google rambam 13 principles and you will see them. They are very very famous.
Yesh, also known as God and YHWH (pronounced Yahweh or Yehowah), or simply Existence, among thousands of other names scattered throughout Creation, is the Monotheistic God of the three great Abrahamic religions known as Christianity, Judaism and Islam. He is both the creator and the ruler of the Megaverse, Heaven and Humanity along with being the 'Father' of Jesus Christ and the Angels. God is the all-powerful deity of all Creation, being a Pre-Existentital Entity and existing One with all existence, remaining immersed in His creation, being known by different names and titles, with all the other gods and deities of other religions spread across the Earth being just shadows of His unfathomable and ineffable self, with His most common name being The God of The Bible or Abrahamic God.
8:26 nononono, its the other way around. Ram Bam was a Mystic indeed, deep into it, he just took a different thought path to Mysticism than Kabbalist did, all emcompassed by Judaism. He went aristotelian instead of Zoharian (?).
According to both Vishnu and Shiva, it is extremely rare and impossible for God to possess negative feelings, yet according to Michael, Gabriel, Metatron, Lucifer and Azazel, God's divine wrath is describe to be an unspeakable and frighteningly endless force of storm that cannot be calm, once it was unleash. However, as God is a deity of pure love and benevolence, He is unable to destroy anything - not because He cannot, but because it would hurt His Heart - so to execute His punishments, God uses His alter egos to manifest His wrath, for example, Yahweh, whom he used to carry out his great punishments, such as the Great Flood, or order the death of Egypt's firstborn, making Yahweh seen as a tyrannical God of the Hebrews.
Though a deity of sheer power and known to all mankind, God is largely unknown in a personal way, with very little known about Him and His family, with all accounts of His appearances to Biblical and Talmudic figures actually being manifestations of His shards and avatars, the most famous of which being Yehoshu'a Hamashia, the Anointed One. God is truly the Godhead, that is, He is the essential aspect of the Most Holy Trinity, as well as the Tree of Sefirot, the Ein Sof and the Monad. He is the "transcendent mind" or "unlimited unconsciousness" of existence that exists guiding the entire narrative of the universe silently, like an author writing a story, guiding each ant, each bacteria, each human, each angel, aeon, djinn, demon, avatar or primordial.
It is accurate to say almost all beings, are, in some way "children" of God, as he is responsible for the creation of all beings. He is the creator of the universe and almost everything in it, including angels. Arguably the most powerful being of all, he is known for creating Heaven, the universe and all that resides in it, and claiming benevolent dominion over it. The exceptions to this rule are Khaos and Azathoth, who with whom, and their creations: the Primordials and the Outer Gods, as well as the lesser beings, pagan gods and Great Old Ones that followed them. God is also usually defined as a non-corporeal being without any human biological gender, but His role as a creator has caused some religions to give Him the metaphorical name of "Father". Because God is conceived as not being a corporeal being, He cannot (some say should not) be portrayed in a literal visual image; some religious groups use a man to symbolize God because of His role as the "father" of the universe and His deed of creating man's mind in the image of His own. God has been conceived as being incorporeal (immaterial), a personal being, the source of all moral obligation, and the "greatest conceivable existent".
interesting stuff, I was always under the impression that Kabbalah _was_ Jewish mysticism and judging by the thumbnail at 1:37 I'm now guessing that Sufism isn't all I'd thought there was to Islamic mysticism!
I really wish that you tube talking heads, (especially it seems, U.S. ones), would not do anything like so much waving their hands around. I acknowledge, that use of hands can be useful, even necessary, in adding emphasis. And I like to do it myself. But such devotion to a form, surely inhibits "rational" delivery of any message
Watching while flying to NYC - solid stuff, brother !
Thank you Dr. J. Was great hanging with you last night. Have fun at the fair. Leave some books for the others. Travel safe. A gutten 😘
May great books find you at à great price.
Best Maimonides videos on UA-cam.
Awe. Thanks friend :)
What were the ancient mystery schools about or would we have to go out and guess to a degree? Maybe that's why they're called mystery schools LOL. I subscribed. THX. There's a gnostic Gospel, I'm really not sure if it's Christian or not tbh, titled The Gospel according to Thomas I believe. This book has some really mystical type belief systems. I have been looking through your library and I subscribed as I mentioned. Do you ever go over the book of Thomas? From what I understand, it's basically similar to pieces of Kabbalah. They seem to be teaching that the physical body and physical realm is polluted. I don't know if it's speaking about the original humans being of a spiritual or glorified type body and then after the initial form of disobedience that they then became somehow physical. Tbh, I have not read the book of Thomas. I really don't want to read it and form opinions until someone that is older than me and much more knowledgeable with mysticism could attempt to explain. I think it's called the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas or something to this effect. Thank you for your videos
You're most welcome. We haven't addressed that text yet. Perhaps we'll get there.
Yesh, sometimes identified as Jehovah, YHVH, Allah, or simply God, is the Supreme Creator of the Abrahamic Religions, recognized as the one and only God in Christianity, Judaism and Islam, of whose Divine Presence all other divinities in alternate faiths and religions are nothing but pale shadows and who stands outside of Creation as its absolute ruler, enigmatic, ineffable and only ever manifesting through mere avatars of His being, such as the Jesus Christ, the Annointed One, who many believers recognize as the Son of God and the Good Sheperd who would guide humanity to the direction of its Creator, though even such avatars are still shaped entirely by the eyes of those who behold them, and thus their words ultimately reveal more about the person with whom they are communicating than about God Himself. Every single being that existed before the universe was made, and the universe along with the multiverse itself was created by His will.
Hey zevi, I just found your channel and love the production and content. How can I get in touch with you? As I mentioned, my brother and I have a podcast on Jewish hashkafa called Jewish Thoughtflow and there is much overlap in our interests. Please let me know how I can contact you please.
Hey Mottie. I’m glad you’re enjoying it. Thank you. Feel free to email us at seekersofu@gmail.com
God is mostly inactive, but oversees the multiverse. It is extremely rare for Him to intervene in the affairs of other beings. His ways are also said to be highly mysterious, to the point where not even His angels are capable of understanding His way of operation unless He informs them Himself. It is believed that one could be rendered insane if they attempt to comprehend His motives and methods.
Though He is an entity of pure goodness, God is ultimately a purely ontological force, being unknowable and inert, and remaining ever-distant from His creations, with most accounts of biblical and talmudic figures interacting with Him being actually interferences from His avatars like Yahweh, Shekhinah or Metatron, His Voice, or the Archangel Gabriel, the Messenger. In spite of this, He remains a central figure in the grand scheme of the narrative, with His influence subtly guiding all of existence towards a state where goodness outweighs evil, with every event that ever took place in the universe, regardless of how unfortunate, ultimately leading up to the day where the world will bloom into a state of pure harmony, in tune with its creator.
יש אפשרות לכתוביות בשפות נוספות, עברית למשל?
There should be auto-translated subtitles. Let us know if they work.
@@SeekersofUnity היי תודה אך אין אפשרות כזו בעברית
Ah, sorry to hear that.
Try again now. I was able to see Hebrew from my side.
@@SeekersofUnity קודם לכן הייתי דרך הסמרטפון, הפעם אני דרך המחשב והתרגום לעברית אכן בנמצא.
תודה על התוכן, זהו צעד משמעותי להנגשת הרמב"ם, נרשמתי לערוץ ואשתף אותו מעתה לכל
It is said that God is the creator of the deities as well, allowing them to oversee and control fragments of the universe itself and in the process, made His existence hidden for the time being until he sent Gabriel to reveal His nature and all other things that are connected to Him and the events that occurred before the time of man to humans whom would later be addressed as His Prophets. The Prophets themselves act as His messengers on Earth, with the task of spreading His existence and love throughout the globe. And they are also said to wield a fraction of His divine power.
The many different conceptions of God, and competing claims as to God's characteristics, aims, and actions, have led to the development of ideas of omnitheism, pandeism, or a perennial philosophy, which postulates that there is one underlying theological truth, of which all religions express a partial understanding, and as to which:
The devout in the various great world religions are in fact worshipping that one God, but through different, overlapping concepts or mental images of Him.
Abraham = (A)brahman, his wives Sarah (Saraswati) and Haggar are both rivers in India, and the origins of most of Judaism. Lots of Babylonian magic in Kabbalism. The Kof in hebrew means to or for, Ka - Baa l- ism... Judah or Yudda in Sanskrit means war.
... pieces of the puzzle my seeker friends.
This is interesting
Maimonides invented judaism.
it's much younger cult than christianity,
"5 books of moses" refers to Moshe Maimonides,
except to those who believe the myths are historical,
which is a requirement for abrahamic cults.
😱
@@SeekersofUnity don't be too shocked, at least its interesting, unless such a truth for you is too harsh
Mysticsm is the source of idol worship, paganism. attributing high power to something except the lord. Cursed you for bringing my rabbi's name in your heresy.
I appreciate your passion. Thank you brother ☺️
@@SeekersofUnity
brother? in kingdom of priests and holy nation times i'd obey the lord and leave you to die in time of trouble.
ולהלן דברי רבנו בהלכות עבודה-זרה (י, ב):
"אבל מוֹסרי ישראל והמינים והאפיקורסים, מצוה לאבדן ביד ולהורידן לבאר שחת [בתקופת ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש בלבד], מפני שהן מצירין לישראל ומסירין את העם מאחרי ה', כישוע הנוצרי ותלמידיו [=כל תלמידיו בעלי ההגשמה למיניהם - הגויים והמינים], וצדוק ובייתוס ותלמידיהן [=כל מחריבי התורה-שבעל-פה למיניהם] 'שֵׁם רְשָׁעִים יִרְקָב' [מש' י, ז]".
ואצרף גם את דברי רבנו בפירושו לחולין (א, ב): "ומינים אצל חכמים הם הכופרים מישראל [כלומר, שהם עובדי עבודה-זרה אך עדיין רואים את עצמם בגדר ישראל], [...] והם בני אדם אשר טמטמה הסכלות את חשיבתם, והחשיכו התאוות את נפשותם [...]. והכת הזו היא כת של ישוע הנוצרי [...] וכל ההולך בשיטתם - 'שֵׁם רְשָׁעִים יִרְקָב' [מש' י, ז]".
וראוי לחתום תגובתי זו בברכת המינים שתיקן רבן גמליאל ובית דינו לאחר שהצרו לישראל כמעשיך הנכלוליים:
"למשומדים אל תהי תקוה, כל המינים והמוסרים כרגע יאבדו, ומלכות זדון תעקור ותשבור מהרה בימינו. ברוך אתה יי, שובר אויבים ומכניע זדים".
I love it. You gotta really love someone if you’d leave them to die. You’re on fire. Keep it up 😘
@@SeekersofUnity
"הוֹי הָאֹמְרִים לָרַע טוֹב וְלַטּוֹב רָע שָׂמִים חֹשֶׁךְ לְאוֹר וְאוֹר לְחֹשֶׁךְ שָׂמִים מַר לְמָתוֹק וּמָתוֹק לְמָר. הוֹי חֲכָמִים בְּעֵינֵיהֶם וְנֶגֶד פְּנֵיהֶם נְבֹנִים. [...] מַצְדִּיקֵי רָשָׁע עֵקֶב שֹׁחַד [=הצדקת את דרכי הרשעים עקב רצונך לאהדה] וְצִדְקַת צַדִּיקִים יָסִירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ [את איש האמת הרמב"ם השפלת]. לָכֵן כֶּאֱכֹל קַשׁ לְשׁוֹן אֵשׁ וַחֲשַׁשׁ לֶהָבָה יִרְפֶּה שָׁרְשָׁם כַּמָּק יִהְיֶה וּפִרְחָם כָּאָבָק יַעֲלֶה כִּי מָאֲסוּ אֵת תּוֹרַת יְי צְבָאוֹת וְאֵת אִמְרַת קְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל נִאֵצוּ" (יש' ה, כ--כד).
This has been a phenomenal series. Bringing Judaism and it’s ideas to a wider audience is not just important but a holy task. Maimonides is truly a towering figure.
too bad he was a rabid racist.
Thank you friend. We couldn’t agree more. Be sure to share it 😉
Coming over from Filip at Let's Talk Religion. 🙂
Thanks for coming over 😉 Hope you enjoy what you find.
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Great series, thank you.
You’re most welcome. Thank you 🙏🏼
so thrilled to have found this channel! please keep making videos, I wish these kinds of discussions were more accessible outside of strictly academic spaces
Thank you so much Ariel. We hope to continue ;) May G d give us the strength. Thank you for joining us.
Definitely gotta make a vid on rabbeinu ibn gabirol zy”a. Gut yonif/moshiach
You bet 😉 Ah gutten 😘
Good to see you defining some terms right out the gate. I had never heard of this bloke until I saw Dr Sledge's video on him, now because of you two I'm fascinated
Yes. Good conversation needs clear terms. Glad you found him.
Look up the following: Theo-Monistic mysticism by Michael Stoeber. A free PDF of the book is online. It’s an interesting compendium to the topic of mysticism in these regards. 🌸
I just found this channel through serendipity. I asked if he knows anything of an old old manuscript that is titled Gnostic Gospel of Thomas or something like this but I know for sure it's a gnostic manuscript and it's apparently written by Thomas. Regardless of who it was written by, it's of very mystical book. I haven't read it yet because I would prefer someone else who has read this manuscript to explain certain things in which I would probably not understand based on surface knowledge dealing with it. Are you familiar with this Gnostic manuscript? Basically I think it says that the physical world is a broken world. Fed everything that is tangible is not up to par or kosher if you will. I'm sure I could read it and form my own opinions but I'm holding off a bit until I can run across someone else that might be able to explain some things in case I have questions. Most especially someone that has studied mysticism as much as he has. Sorry this is so long but I was just using speech to text and speaking from a young guy's energetic passion.
Isn't pre modern rationalism classified as scholasticism
Scholasticism is a form of pre-modern rationalist. But it’s most often associated with Christian thinkers. People like Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, Albertus Magnus, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas.
By far the clearest voice in Jewish thought today.
Great
could you please get to the point. What we're some of Maimonides basic tenets?
That is easy to answer. He has his own 13 principles of Jewish faith. Something that is in our prayer book that we say ever day and we even had Jews in the ghetto of the holocaust singing the 13 principles of faith while walking to the gas chamber.
Just google rambam 13 principles and you will see them. They are very very famous.
Yesh, also known as God and YHWH (pronounced Yahweh or Yehowah), or simply Existence, among thousands of other names scattered throughout Creation, is the Monotheistic God of the three great Abrahamic religions known as Christianity, Judaism and Islam. He is both the creator and the ruler of the Megaverse, Heaven and Humanity along with being the 'Father' of Jesus Christ and the
Angels.
God is the all-powerful deity of all Creation, being a Pre-Existentital Entity and existing One with all existence, remaining immersed in His creation, being known by different names and titles, with all the other gods and deities of other religions spread across the Earth being just shadows of His unfathomable and ineffable self, with His most common name being The God of The Bible or Abrahamic God.
8:26 nononono, its the other way around. Ram Bam was a Mystic indeed, deep into it, he just took a different thought path to Mysticism than Kabbalist did, all emcompassed by Judaism. He went aristotelian instead of Zoharian (?).
According to both Vishnu and Shiva, it is extremely rare and impossible for God to possess negative feelings, yet according to Michael, Gabriel, Metatron, Lucifer and Azazel, God's divine wrath is describe to be an unspeakable and frighteningly endless force of storm that cannot be calm, once it was unleash. However, as God is a deity of pure love and benevolence, He is unable to destroy anything - not because He cannot, but because it would hurt His Heart - so to execute His punishments, God uses His alter egos to manifest His wrath, for example, Yahweh, whom he used to carry out his great punishments, such as the Great Flood, or order the death of Egypt's firstborn, making Yahweh seen as a tyrannical God of the Hebrews.
Though a deity of sheer power and known to all mankind, God is largely unknown in a personal way, with very little known about Him and His family, with all accounts of His appearances to Biblical and Talmudic figures actually being manifestations of His shards and avatars, the most famous of which being Yehoshu'a Hamashia, the Anointed One.
God is truly the Godhead, that is, He is the essential aspect of the Most Holy Trinity, as well as the Tree of Sefirot, the Ein Sof and the Monad. He is the "transcendent mind" or "unlimited unconsciousness" of existence that exists guiding the entire narrative of the universe silently, like an author writing a story, guiding each ant, each bacteria, each human, each angel, aeon, djinn, demon, avatar or primordial.
It is accurate to say almost all beings, are, in some way "children" of God, as he is responsible for the creation of all beings. He is the creator of the universe and almost everything in it, including angels. Arguably the most powerful being of all, he is known for creating Heaven, the universe and all that resides in it, and claiming benevolent dominion over it. The exceptions to this rule are Khaos and Azathoth, who with whom, and their creations: the Primordials and the Outer Gods, as well as the lesser beings, pagan gods and Great Old Ones that followed them.
God is also usually defined as a non-corporeal being without any human biological gender, but His role as a creator has caused some religions to give Him the metaphorical name of "Father". Because God is conceived as not being a corporeal being, He cannot (some say should not) be portrayed in a literal visual image; some religious groups use a man to symbolize God because of His role as the "father" of the universe and His deed of creating man's mind in the image of His own. God has been conceived as being incorporeal (immaterial), a personal being, the source of all moral obligation, and the "greatest conceivable existent".
Preach!
Good to see you bro :)
how to i tie that type of Rambam turban?
The million-dollar question
interesting stuff, I was always under the impression that Kabbalah _was_ Jewish mysticism and judging by the thumbnail at 1:37 I'm now guessing that Sufism isn't all I'd thought there was to Islamic mysticism!
Yup. Correct ;)
What does that actually mean?
can you speak on Maimonides racist ideas?
We’ll mention it briefly but we try focusing on the positive here. Life’s too short.
*Anticipation building
G d willing, we will deliver. But not until we get some good suspense going ;)
I really wish that you tube talking heads, (especially it seems, U.S. ones), would not do anything like so much waving their hands around.
I acknowledge, that use of hands can be useful, even necessary, in adding emphasis. And I like to do it myself. But such devotion to a form, surely inhibits "rational" delivery of any message