The origins of the Kabbalah are hotly disputed between followers of the tradition and secular scholars. While followers of the Kabbalah claim its roots extend back to the first century, scholastic sources label it as beginning in the 12th century with a man called Isaac the Blind who drew together many trains of Jewish mystic and Gnostic thought into what is now known as the Kabbalah. The next most influential characters in the development of the

The other atypical divine structure is the Torah itself, which is comprised not only of the written scriptures of Judaism, but is equally comprised of the oral traditions that form the Kabbalah. A consciousness in itself, the Torah has existed since before the creation of Earth, and was an advisor to God in His doings. Therefore to grasp a sum understanding of the Torah, it is necessary for a Kabbalist to study the traditional scriptures and traditions, as well as the clandestine oral traditions. Although the personification, or deification, of a book granting it properties generally not attributed to writing is not unique to Kabbalism, the belief that it was on a dimension capable of conferring with, and advising to God, is a distinguishing feature of Kabbalism that is not shared by any other mainstream religious train of thought.

Kabbalism never fell into abandonment, nor disuse, although for several hundred years it seemed to stagnate. In recent years, the adoption and interest of high-profile celebrities into Kabbalism have breathed a

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