Kabbalah in Western Esotericism - Seminar

This exciting lecture/seminar explores Jewish Kabbalah and how it came to be a core feature, in variant form, of Western esotericism. In Renaissance, Christian thinkers co-opted it and fused it with other esoteric currents, the result of which was Christian Cabala, and from that point onward, it had an enormous impact on emerging esoteric movements down the following centuries.  Dr Sasha Chaitow outlines key philosophical and theological concepts in early Kabbalistic thought, highlights key figures in the Jewish Kabbalistic tradition, then traces its development into Christian Cabala. She traces the alterations,  twists and turns of its journey through to the French Occult Revival, and  -- from there --  metamorphosis into Qabalah in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

How it works. Before the seminar date (17 May) you will listen to Dr Sasha Chaitow's pre-recorded lecture and read through some source texts, both of which will be emailed to…