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Type Words
Synonyms cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah
Type of arcanum, secret
Derivation cabalistic
Type Words
Synonyms cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabbala, qabbalah
Type of theosophy

Examples of cabala

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Mia Farrow adds an otherworldliness to her character by reciting her lines as if they were cabala.
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Try a prayerful summons to the angel Baltazard, who, according to the Jewish cabala, has a special gift for such pranks.
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These works, and the other 74 tales in the collection, have become secular cabala, subject to endless sifting and interpretation.
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Soon, the girls are, for all practical purposes, off the grid, with Naomi devising a series of tikuns, cabala cleansing rites, to help Anouk purify herself before illness takes her.
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Kiefer's often enormous works address a complex range of ideas and images, including Nordic, Greek, Egyptian and early Christian mythology and the mystical Jewish cabala.
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  • An esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
  • Kabbalah: an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries
  • (also spelled Cabalah, Caballa, Caballah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Cabballa, Cabballah, and various spellings starting with the letters K or Q): A Jewish mystical tradition with roots in Palestine during the 1st century CE and which developed during the 12th century. ...
  • [f] [from Hebrew qabbalah 'tradition', the study and interpretation of the religious Jewish texts using hermetic techniques, and the mystic philosophy supporting them] a token of luck, a ritual action that must be performed or a thing that must be carried or worn to bring good luck to a person ...
  • Esoteric teachings that deal with mystical ideas of creation and concepts of a spiritual nature, based in the Hebrew/Gnostic scriptures. Cabala (Cabbala, Kabbalah, Qabbala, or other variant) features interpretations of the Tree of Life, the Zohar, numerical keys to the Bible etc.
  • Esoteric Jewish traditions that attempt to "decode" the writings of the Old Testament.
  • Also Kabbala(h) and Qabala. The ancient Hebrew magickal system.
  • A body of Jewish theological and philosophical learning commonly used as the basts for the Western Ceremonial Magick Tradition. Also spelled Kabbalah, and Quaballah.
  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and The Woman of Andros by Thornton Wilder