TO RECEIVE...
Hebrew is an ancient language that was dormant, like sleeping beauty, cocooning for two thousand years, and therefore does not have as rich a vocabulary as "younger" idioms like English or Spanish. According to some estimates while English boasts over 1 million words, Hebrew has only about 100,000. However, every imperfection hides a perfection, Hebrew's limited vocabulary becomes an asset to those who seek an entrance to the unseen mystical reality. When objects share the same Hebrew word or same root, Kabbalists assert that they have an energetic link, they drink from the same spring and therefore, have a similar denotation.
Kabbalah, in Hebrew, means to receive, but it also means acceptance, reception, receipt, and tradition. In Kabbalah, Light (Or in Hebrew) is the highest currency of divine manifestation that we can grasp (emptiness or Ain is higher but we cannot phantom it). Kabbalists are therefore, light - workers as they seek to channel it, create with it, distribute it, and share it with creation.
Putting it all together Kabbalah is defines as a traditional system of mysticism that gives you the tools to accept yourself so you can receive light in order to share it with others. In other words, Kabbalah helps you become a (K)cable, one side connected to the above, the other to the below. It affords you the ability to mimic God and ignite the divine spark in you. Kabbalah helps you create, follow God's footsteps.
IS IT MAGIC?
Yes. no. Kabbalah as we saw earlier, helps us accept our situation and by doing so, opens the channels for change. Kabbalah believes that you must first accept your limitation so you can then receive the light needed to transform your life for the better. In that manner, Kabbalah is a system of magic and an agent of healing.
You can use Kabbalah to lose weigh but for that to happen you first have to accept your body and improve your self-worth. Then the magic of losing the extra-pound will commence effortlessly.
The first book in Kabbalah, Sefer Yetzirah, attributed to the patriarch Abraham, details how God created the universe using the Tree of Life and Hebrew letters. It is a practical self-help manual, a "How to" book that reminds the readers of their innate divine ability of creativity, aiding us in the process of mimicking God. In the Talmud, a text of Rabbinical Judaism of bible commentaries and laws, there is a story about Rabbi Haninah and Rabbi Oshea, who using Sefer Yetzirah, created a calf every Friday night, which they ate on the Sabbath (Sanhedrin 65b). The message affirms the old alchemist's axiom of "As Above so Below," we can use spiritual technologies to improves our day to day life in very practical ways. Yet I do think it is better to eat less red meat and more salads.
CAN IT HELP ME?
From the 13th century in Jewish circles we begin to hear the wide use of the word Kabbalist as more and more elite members of the rabbinical scholars became involved in Kabbalah. However, only after the tragic expulsion of Jews (and Muslims) from Spain (1492 CE), Kabbalah spreads around the Ottoman empire and becomes more popular. My theory is that from the 16th century, Kabbalah spread like mushrooms after rain, because it begun to fulfill its mission.
As its divine DNA activated, it started helping devastated uprooted refugees who lost their home to accept their situation so they could receive hope, light and energy to rebuild their life elsewhere. Kabbalah started to work her magic and during the 16th and 17th century, with Safed being it's center, Kabbalah thrived as it helped rebuild the soul of a nation.
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