On the Art of the Kabbalah

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The soul's ascent into God through three regions, and as many states of abstraction . . . . . . . . 4. M
Adam, moved by natural light, said: "This now is bone of my bones" Genesis 2:23 . . . . . . . . 9. M
One Adam is of the earth, earthy; and the other is from heaven, heavenly 1 Corinthians 15:47 . . . . . . 10. R
Restoration by the revelation of angels through the tree of salvation, and the condition of the savior . . . . . . . . 11. S
Concerning Adam, how it is to be understood that he is said to have also fathered demons A reference to Jewish Midrashic traditions regarding Adam's life after the Fall . . . . . . 11. X
Abraham and Sarah were sterile before the change of their names . . . . . . 12. A
Angels, and how they appear to us in various ways . . . . . . . . . 65. Q
Division of the Cabalistic art into its parts, and an explanation of the distinct divisions . . . . . . 71. Z
Entrance to the Cabalistic art after those things which are called unartful original: atechna; a Greek rhetorical term for "non-technical" proofs such as laws or witnesses . . . . . . 72. C
Byzantium, Constantinople, New Rome—one city . . . . . 2. A
The Bible, that is, the Twenty-Four original: Essrim Varba, from the Hebrew Esrim Arba, referring to the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible and the Torah Torah: the first five books of the Bible, also known as the Law of Moses, that is, the Law of God; and the power of sacred scripture . . . . . . . . . 22. H
Lust and passion corrupt the desires for contemplation . . . . . 5. Q
The four causes of things . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. Z
The name Kabbalah, how it is to be interpreted . . . . . . . . 7. E
Definition of Kabbalah. Who are the Kabbalists, Kabbalaeans, and Kabbalah-practitioners The author uses three Latin variations—Cabalici, Cabalæi, and Cabalistæ—to categorize different levels of study . . . . . 8. G
The unlearned have erred regarding the name of Kabbalah . . . . . . . . 8. K
Kabbalah is founded in the third region of knowledge; thus it is acquired neither through the senses nor through logic . . . . . . . . 8. L
The first Kabbalah was a divine revelation after the ruin of universal salvation Refers to the Fall of Man . . . . . . 9. M
The first Kabbalah was this: "Lest he now reach out his hand and take from the tree of life" Genesis 3:22 . . . . . . 9. Q
Who the heads of the fathers were . . . . . . . . . . . 14. N
Kabbalah, how it passed from one person to another, and the names of the Kabbalists mentioned there . . . . . . . . 14. O
Kabbalists are sometimes counted among the Talmudists Talmudists: scholars of the Talmud, the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law, and vice versa . . . . . 15. P
Who first brought the name of Kabbalah and the Kabbalists to the Latin world . . . . . 15. Q
Cabalistic matters are like apples of gold in settings of silver A reference to Proverbs 25:11 . . . . . . 16. V
Kabbalah differs from the Cabalistic art . . . . . . . . 16. X
Kabbalah precedes the Cabalistic art . . . . . . . . 16. Y
Kabbalists and Talmudists agree on this: that there are two worlds . . . . . 17. B
There are two faculties of the Kabbalists and the Talmudists, flowing from a single source . . . . . . . . . 17. C
The Kabbalist reaches for higher things; the Talmudist remains with the lower . . . . 17. D