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| kabbalah mathematics: The Mystery of the Aleph Amir D. Aczel, 2001-08-28 A compelling narrative that blends the story of infinity with the tragic tale of a tormented and brilliant mathematician. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences Ari Ben-Menahem, 2009-03-06 The 5800-page Encyclopedia surveys 100 generations of great thinkers, offering 2070 detailed biographies of scientists, engineers, explorers and inventors, who left their mark on the history of science and technology. This six-volume masterwork also includes 380 articles summarizing the time-line of ideas in the leading fields of science, technology, mathematics and philosophy, plus useful tables, figures and photos, and 20 ‘Science Progress Reports’ detailing scientific setbacks. Interspersed throughout are quotations, gathered from the wit and wisdom of sages, savants and scholars throughout the ages from antiquity to modern times. The Encyclopedia represents 20 years’ work by the sole author, Ari Ben-Menahem, of Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science |
| kabbalah mathematics: The Mathematical Imagination Matthew Handelman, 2019-03-05 This book offers an archeology of the undeveloped potential of mathematics for critical theory. As Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno first conceived of the critical project in the 1930s, critical theory steadfastly opposed the mathematization of thought. Mathematics flattened thought into a dangerous positivism that led reason to the barbarism of World War II. The Mathematical Imagination challenges this narrative, showing how for other German-Jewish thinkers, such as Gershom Scholem, Franz Rosenzweig, and Siegfried Kracauer, mathematics offered metaphors to negotiate the crises of modernity during the Weimar Republic. Influential theories of poetry, messianism, and cultural critique, Handelman shows, borrowed from the philosophy of mathematics, infinitesimal calculus, and geometry in order to refashion cultural and aesthetic discourse. Drawn to the austerity and muteness of mathematics, these friends and forerunners of the Frankfurt School found in mathematical approaches to negativity strategies to capture the marginalized experiences and perspectives of Jews in Germany. Their vocabulary, in which theory could be both mathematical and critical, is missing from the intellectual history of critical theory, whether in the work of second generation critical theorists such as Jürgen Habermas or in contemporary critiques of technology. The Mathematical Imagination shows how Scholem, Rosenzweig, and Kracauer’s engagement with mathematics uncovers a more capacious vision of the critical project, one with tools that can help us intervene in our digital and increasingly mathematical present. The Mathematical Imagination is available from the publisher on an open-access basis. |
| kabbalah mathematics: The Ever War Elder Conrad Jarrell, 2015-08-23 The King James Bible teaches that God created the entire universe in Six Days, that all the Holy Angels (for they all still were) sang together and shouted for joy, and that God saw that Everything that He had made was very Good (for it all still was). Then, the Seventh Day, Everything... changed-save only God, the Elect Holy Angels, and their heavenly Abode. This book is about Who, and What, and Why, and How those Changes were made. It is the Story of Life and Death, Holiness and Sin, Heaven and Hell, Angels and Demons, The Seed of The Woman and The The Seed of The Serpent. It is the Story of the single Throne of God and of many Unidentified Flying Objects. It is the Story of the Human Race...and of Another Race, which only looks human...and of still Others, which don't at all. It is the Story of an Innocent Man, Who died on a Cross and rose to be Lord on the Throne of Heaven...and of a Guilty Cherub, who fell from Glory and will rot forever in a Lake of Fire. This book is The Story of The Ever War. |
| kabbalah mathematics: The History of Mathematics Roger L. Cooke, 2011-02-14 This new edition brings the fascinating and intriguing history of mathematics to life The Second Edition of this internationally acclaimed text has been thoroughly revised, updated, and reorganized to give readers a fresh perspective on the evolution of mathematics. Written by one of the world's leading experts on the history of mathematics, the book details the key historical developments in the field, providing an understanding and appreciation of how mathematics influences today's science, art, music, literature, and society. In the first edition, each chapter was devoted to a single culture. This Second Edition is organized by subject matter: a general survey of mathematics in many cultures, arithmetic, geometry, algebra, analysis, and mathematical inference. This new organization enables students to focus on one complete topic and, at the same time, compare how different cultures approached each topic. Many new photographs and diagrams have been added to this edition to enhance the presentation. The text is divided into seven parts: The World of Mathematics and the Mathematics of the World, including the origin and prehistory of mathematics, cultural surveys, and women mathematicians Numbers, including counting, calculation, ancient number theory, and numbers and number theory in modern mathematics Color Plates, illustrating the impact of mathematics on civilizations from Egypt to Japan to Mexico to modern Europe Space, including measurement, Euclidean geometry, post-Euclidean geometry, and modern geometrics Algebra, including problems leading to algebra, equations and methods, and modern algebra Analysis, including the calculus, real, and complex analysis Mathematical Inference, including probability and statistics, and logic and set theory As readers progress through the text, they learn about the evolution of each topic, how different cultures devised their own solutions, and how these solutions enabled the cultures to develop and progress. In addition, readers will meet some of the greatest mathematicians of the ages, who helped lay the groundwork for today's science and technology. The book's lively approach makes it appropriate for anyone interested in learning how the field of mathematics came to be what it is today. It can also serve as a textbook for undergraduate or graduate-level courses. An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available upon request from the Wiley editorial department. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Experiencing Nature P. Theerman, Karen Hunger Parshall, 2013-03-11 This volume, honoring the renowned historian of science, Allen G Debus, explores ideas of science - `experiences of nature' - from within a historiographical tradition that Debus has done much to define. As his work shows, the sciences do not develop exclusively as a result of a progressive and inexorable logic of discovery. A wide variety of extra-scientific factors, deriving from changing intellectual contexts and differing social millieus, play crucial roles in the overall development of scientific thought. These essays represent case studies in a broad range of scientific settings - from sixteenth-century astronomy and medicine, through nineteenth-century biology and mathematics, to the social sciences in the twentieth-century - that show the impact of both social settings and the cross-fertilization of ideas on the formation of science. Aimed at a general audience interested in the history of science, this book closes with Debus's personal perspective on the development of the field. Audience: This book will appeal especially to historians of science, of chemistry, and of medicine. |
| kabbalah mathematics: The Mystery of the Aleph Amir D. Aczel, 2000 |
| kabbalah mathematics: Mathematical Reasoning Raymond Nickerson, 2011-02-25 The development of mathematical competence -- both by humans as a species over millennia and by individuals over their lifetimes -- is a fascinating aspect of human cognition. This book explores when and why the rudiments of mathematical capability first appeared among human beings, what its fundamental concepts are, and how and why it has grown into the richly branching complex of specialties that it is today. It discusses whether the ‘truths’ of mathematics are discoveries or inventions, and what prompts the emergence of concepts that appear to be descriptive of nothing in human experience. Also covered is the role of esthetics in mathematics: What exactly are mathematicians seeing when they describe a mathematical entity as ‘beautiful’? There is discussion of whether mathematical disability is distinguishable from a general cognitive deficit and whether the potential for mathematical reasoning is best developed through instruction. This volume is unique in the vast range of psychological questions it covers, as revealed in the work habits and products of numerous mathematicians. It provides fascinating reading for researchers and students with an interest in cognition in general and mathematical cognition in particular. Instructors of mathematics will also find the book’s insights illuminating. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Mathematics and the Divine Teun Koetsier, Luc Bergmans, 2004-12-09 Mathematics and the Divine seem to correspond to diametrically opposed tendencies of the human mind. Does the mathematician not seek what is precisely defined, and do the objects intended by the mystic and the theologian not lie beyond definition? Is mathematics not Man's search for a measure, and isn't the Divine that which is immeasurable ?The present book shows that the domains of mathematics and the Divine, which may seem so radically separated, have throughout history and across cultures, proved to be intimately related. Religious activities such as the building of temples, the telling of ritual stories or the drawing of enigmatic figures all display distinct mathematical features. Major philosophical systems dealing with the Absolute and theological speculations focussing on our knowledge of the Ultimate have been based on or inspired by mathematics. A series of chapters by an international team of experts highlighting key figures, schools and trains of thought is presented here. Chinese number mysticism, the views of Pythagoras and Plato and their followers, Nicholas of Cusa's theological geometry, Spinozism and intuitionism as a philosophy of mathematics are treated side by side among many other themes in an attempt at creating a global view on the relation of mathematics and Man's quest for the Absolute in the course of history.·Mathematics and man's quest for the Absolute·A selective history highlighting key figures, schools and trains of thought ·An international team of historians presenting specific new findings as well as general overviews·Confronting and uniting otherwise compartmentalized information |
| kabbalah mathematics: John Dee: Interdisciplinary Studies in English Renaissance Thought Stephen Clucas, 2006-06-18 Intellectual History and the Identity of John Dee In April 1995, at Birkbeck College, University of London, an interdisciplinary colloquium was held so that scholars from diverse fields and areas of expertise could 1 exchange views on the life and work of John Dee. Working in a variety of fields – intellectual history, history of navigation, history of medicine, history of science, history of mathematics, bibliography and manuscript studies – we had all been drawn to Dee by particular aspects of his work, and participating in the colloquium was to c- front other narratives about Dee’s career: an experience which was both bewildering and instructive. Perhaps more than any other intellectual figure of the English Renaissance Dee has been fragmented and dispersed across numerous disciplines, and the various attempts to re-integrate his multiplied image by reference to a particular world-view or philosophical outlook have failed to bring him into focus. This volume records the diversity of scholarly approaches to John Dee which have emerged since the synthetic accounts of I. R. F. Calder, Frances Yates and Peter French. If these approaches have not succeeded in resolving the problematic multiplicity of Dee’s activities, they will at least deepen our understanding of specific and local areas of his intellectual life, and render them more historiographically legible. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Jews in Italy Under Fascist and Nazi Rule, 1922-1945 Joshua D. Zimmerman, 2005-06-27 Publisher Description |
| kabbalah mathematics: The Science of Monads Mike Hockney, 2015-07-31 Scientific materialism isn't the only type of science. Leibniz, the great German genius, was a champion of scientific idealism. The atoms in his system weren't physical, but mental, and he named them monads. A present-day Leibniz might say, All things are made from mental atoms, which are simple mathematical substances from which all compounds are mathematically derived via the laws of ontological mathematics. Monads are expressed through constant motion, and that mental motion is what we call thinking. Pure thinking takes place in an immaterial, mathematical frequency domain outside space and time. By virtue of Fourier mathematics, frequency functions can be represented in a spacetime domain, and this domain is what is known as the physical world of matter. It is just a certain mode of mental functionality. There is no such thing as scientific matter. There is only mind. A mind is a monad, and monads are all there are. Everything is an expression of monadic, mental mathematics. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Mathematicians and Their Gods Snezana Lawrence, Mark McCartney, 2015 This is a book on the relationship between mathematics and religious beliefs. This book shows that, throughout scientific history, mathematics has been used to make sense of the 'big' questions of life, and that religious beliefs sometimes drove mathematicians to do mathematics to help them make sense of the world |
| kabbalah mathematics: Pandora's Breeches Patricia Fara, 2011-01-18 'Had God intended Women merely as a finer sort of cattle, he would not have made them reasonable.' Writing in 1673, Bathsua Makin was one of the first women to insist that girls should receive a scientific education. Despite the efforts of Makin and her successors, women were excluded from universities until the end of the nineteenth century, yet they found other ways to participate in scientific projects. Taking a fresh look at history, Pandora's Breeches investigates how women contributed to scientific progress. As well as collaborating in home-based research, women corresponded with internationally-renowned scholars, hired tutors, published their own books and translated and simplified important texts, such as Newton's book on gravity. They played essential roles in work frequently attributed solely to their husbands, fathers or friends. |
| kabbalah mathematics: The Personality of Math Paul A. Wagner, Frank Fair, 2022-06-06 This book shows that engaging with the personality of math is an essential key to learning and teaching math. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Math for Mystics Renna Shesso, 2007-04-01 Much of math history comes to us from early astrologers who needed to be able to describe and record what they saw in the night sky. Whether you were the king’s court astrologer or a farmer marking the best time for planting, timekeeping and numbers really mattered. Mistake a numerical pattern of petals and you could be poisoned. Lose the rhythm of a sacred dance or the meter of a ritually told story and the intricately woven threads that hold life together were spoiled. Ignore the celestial clock of equinoxes and solstices, and you’d risk being caught short of food for the winter. Shesso’s friendly tone and clear grasp of the information make the math “go down easy” in this marvelous book. |
| kabbalah mathematics: My Passion V. Alexander Stefan, 2008 |
| kabbalah mathematics: Transfinite Life Bruce Rosenstock, 2017-11-20 Oskar Goldberg was an important and controversial figure in Weimar Germany. He challenged the rising racial conception of the state and claimed that the Jewish people were on a metaphysical mission to defeat race-based statism. He attracted the attention of his contemporaries—Walter Benjamin, Gershom Scholem, Thomas Mann, and Carl Schmitt, among others—with the argument that ancient Israel's sacrificial rituals held the key to overcoming the tyranny of technology in the modern world. Bruce Rosenstock offers a sympathetic but critical philosophical portrait of Goldberg and puts him into conversation with Jewish and political figures that circulated in his cultural environment. Rosenstock reveals Goldberg as a deeply imaginative and broad-minded thinker who drew on biology, mathematics, Kabbalah, and his interests in ghost photography to account for the origin of the earth. Caricatured as a Jewish proto-fascist in his day, Goldberg's views of the tyranny of technology, biopolitics, and the new vitalism remain relevant to this day. |
| kabbalah mathematics: A Mathematician’s Search for Technologies of Understanding the Universe Helen Thrift, Yuri Stropovsvky, Francisco Bulnes, 2020-07-24 This book details the academic life of a mathematics researcher and nanotechnologist searching for modern technologies that can establish the survival of man in the universe. It discusses the struggles of academics to defend the scientific truth against the power and the interests of the wealthy. In doing so, it also considers diverse philosophical pronouncements realised from mathematical perspectives and their universal application in other sciences and engineering fields. |
| kabbalah mathematics: How I Created Doctor Faustef (Versus Lucifer in the Fight for Immortality of the Human Race) V. Alexander STEFAN, 2017-09-04 QUALB Provides: Any point on the surface of the Spherical-Time-Matrix contains the Qualb-Code. Every human in the 22 Sibling Universes has an immediate, (in time), and a direct, (in space), access to the Qualb-Code. This is known as QUALB provides. Qualb-Code, The: The Code of QUALB, according to which the whole Creation is being continuously created, unfolded, evolved, of QUALB’s own free will and the free will of the human race. The Qualb-Code is the “mediator” between the Time-world and the Timeless-world; the “mediator” between the living and nonliving human beings. The Qualb-Code is the substratum of the Spherical Time-Matrix. QUALB-Lucifer Clash: The clash ensued some 50 millennia ago. Lucifer suggested to QUALB the Giver, the SUPREME BEING, to switch Atlantis Universe to a completely free-will mode and offered self to be the sole guardian of such a free-willed Atlantis Universe. In such a universe, Lucifer would work independently from QUALB, so that QUALB could focus His work on other issues in Atlantis Universe. Satan and Belial, the human beings of the code-11 from Atlantis Continent, and Leviathan, a human of the code-11 from Lemuria Continent, seconded Lucifer’s proposal. As a result, QUALB down-codes Lucifer from the code-13 down to code-11, and revokes Lucifer’s post as the Master Guardian of the Creation. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Math Mystic's Guide to Creative Spirituality Sarah Voss, 2024-04-04 The Math Mystic’s Guide to Creative Spirituality is unique, provocative, engaging, and a masterpiece of philosophical and mystical exploration. It offers gourmet treats for those with spiritual hunger, a feast of innovative perspectives on building social collateral (trust, forgiveness, resilience . . .), and intellectual desserts for the mathematically inclined. User-friendly for the non-mathematician, the book also provides a smorgasbord of resources for those who want to know more about the math. Deeply personal but also scholarly, with an unprecedented use of mathematical metaphors, this book will appeal to mathematicians, scientists, teachers, philosophers, religious educators, and spiritual seekers of many persuasions. A math professor before becoming a Unitarian Universalist minister, the author has compiled herein a lifetime of creative study about the relationship between math and religion. She has pioneered ways to use mathematics to help clarify such spiritual ideas as God, fairness, equality, redemption, and the nature of things. In the process she coined the terms “matheology” and “mathaphor,” introduced the notion of math sermons, and has expanded the concept of moral math. This exciting collection of essays (with a little poetry as garnish) uses math as a language to nourish the spiritual heart of our global society. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Vladislav Alexander Stefan: The FAUSTEF TRILOGY (FAUSTEF: the MASTER GUARDIAN of the CREATION: the 22 SIBLING UNIVERSES) V. Alexander STEFAN, FICTION-FANTASY Physics, Physics-in-Fiction, Physics Fiction, and Metaphysics The story about Doctor Faustef from his youth years up to the times when he becomes an immortal human being of the code-13 and, subsequently, defeats Lucifer. QUALB the Giver, the Creator of all that there is, the Everlasting Human Being, gives Faustef the post of the Master Guardian of the Atlantis Universe and Her 21 Sibling Universes, the former post of Lucifer. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Torah & Rationalism Aaron Chaim HaLevi Zimmerman, 2020-04-01 Torah & Rationalism is presented for the two different readers. For the Torah Jew, this book will intellectually secure his mind by demonstrating the structure of Torah and Halachah in a rational way. And, for the person who lacks an understanding of Torah, but is seeking the truth. For this individual, this book will provide a unique system of thinking, and challenge the reader with a genuine test of their search. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Religion or Halakha Dov Schwartz, 2007-05-11 Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s philosophy plays a significant role in twentieth century Jewish thought. This book focuses on the first stages of Soloveitchik’s philosophy, through a systematic and detailed discussion of his essay Halakhic Man. Schwartz analyzes this essay at three main levels: first, he considers its complex writing style and relates it to Soloveitchik’s aims in the writing of this work. Second, the author compares Halakhic Man to other contemporary writings of Soloveitchik. Third, he lays out the essay’s philosophical background. Through this analysis, Schwartz successfully exposes hidden layers in Halakhic Man, which may not be immediately evident. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Religion Or Halakha Dov Shṿarts, 2007 This book focuses on the first stages of Soloveitchik's philosophy, through a systematic and detailed discussion of his essay Halakhic Man. Schwartz successfully exposes hidden layers in Halakhic Man, which may not be immediately evident. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Jewish Studies at the Turn of the Twentieth Century European Association for Jewish Studies. Congress, 1999 A cursed book. A missing professor. Some nefarious men in gray suits. And a dreamworld called the Troposphere? Ariel Manto has a fascination with nineteenth-century scientists—especially Thomas Lumas and The End of Mr. Y, a book no one alive has read. When she mysteriously uncovers a copy at a used bookstore, Ariel is launched into an adventure of science and faith, consciousness and death, space and time, and everything in between. Seeking answers, Ariel follows in Mr. Y’s footsteps: She swallows a tincture, stares into a black dot, and is transported into the Troposphere—a wonderland where she can travel through time and space using the thoughts of others. There she begins to understand all the mysteries surrounding the book, herself, and the universe. Or is it all just a hallucination? With The End of Mr. Y, Scarlett Thomas brings us another fast-paced mix of popular culture, love, mystery, and irresistible philosophical adventure. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Jewish Studies at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Angel Sáenz-Badillos, Judit Targarona Borrás, 2024-01-22 In July of 1998 the European Association for Jewish Studies celebrated its Sixth Congress in Toledo, with almost four hundred participants. In these Proceedings have been collected 169 papers and communications read during the conference. By and large, they offer a broad, realistic perspective on the advances, achievements and anxieties of Judaic Studies at the turn of the 20th century, on the eve of the new millennium. They represent the point of view of the European scholars, enriched with notable contributions by colleagues from other continents. One volume (ISBN 978-90-04-11554-5) includes papers dealing with Jewish studies on biblical, rabbinical and medieval times, as well as with some general subjects, such as Jewish languages and bibliography. A second volume (ISBN 978-90-04-11558-3) is dedicated to the Judaism of modern times, from the Renaissance to our days. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Brill's Companion to the Reception of Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Irene Caiazzo, Constantinos Macris, Aurélien Robert, 2021-11-22 A wide range of specialists provide a comprehensive overview of the reception of Pythagorean ideas in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, shedding new light especially on the understudied ‘Medieval Pythagoras’ of the Latin West. They also explore the survival of Pythagoreanism in the Arabic, Jewish, and Persian cultures, thus adopting a multicultural perspective. Their common concern is to detect the sources of this reception, and to follow their circulation in diverse linguistic areas. The reader can thus have a panoramic view of the major themes belonging to the Pythagorean heritage – number philosophy and the sciences of the quadrivium; ethics and way of life; theology, metaphysics and the soul – until the Early Modern times. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Score Stars Pasquale De Marco, 2025-05-23 In a world where math is often seen as a daunting and inaccessible subject, this book is a beacon of hope for students who want to conquer their fear of numbers and unlock their full potential. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book takes readers on a journey through the world of mathematics, revealing its beauty and power. With comprehensive coverage of all the essential math topics that students need to know for success in high school and beyond, this book is the perfect resource for students who want to build a strong foundation in the subject. From basic algebra to calculus, the book covers everything in a way that is easy to understand and apply. But this book is more than just a math textbook. It's also a guide to help students develop the mindset and skills they need to succeed in math class and beyond. With chapters on study skills, test-taking strategies, and math anxiety, this book provides students with the tools they need to overcome challenges and achieve their goals. Whether you're a student who is struggling with math or a parent who wants to help your child succeed, this book is for you. With its clear explanations, engaging examples, and helpful tips, this book will help you conquer your fear of math and achieve your full potential. This book is more than just a math textbook. It's a guide to help students understand and appreciate the beauty of mathematics. It's a book that will inspire students to pursue their dreams and achieve their full potential. In this book, you'll discover: * Clear and concise explanations of all the essential math topics * Engaging examples and practice problems to help you learn * Tips and strategies for overcoming math anxiety * Study skills and test-taking strategies to help you succeed in math class * A deeper understanding of the beauty and power of mathematics If you like this book, write a review on google books! |
| kabbalah mathematics: The Book of Thought Dr. Thomas Stark, 2018-02-06 Thoughts can create worlds. Every time you dream, you make worlds out of your own thoughts. You do not make dreamworlds out of atoms, out of matter. How many people grasp the significance of this fact? A dream, in and of itself, proves that a mind can create what convincingly passes as a material world, even though the dreamworld emphatically isn't material, but is made of thoughts produced by the mind of the dreamer. Why don't we indulge in the boldest of thoughts? If one mind can build a dreamworld out of its own thoughts, what would happen if all minds dreamt together? What world might they create with their united effort, with their thoughts pulled together and operating as one? In fact, they would build the very world we are living in right now! This is a universe of thought, and nothing but mind matters. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Philosophers in the Technological Age Ulrich Richter Morales, 2023-04-26 Greek philosophers built great discussions about reality, which are still current in our times and still inspire today's great thinkers. From mathematical teachings by Pythagoras, encompassing Plato's and Aristotle's ideas, these great discussions have been essential for our present intelectual development. Today, however, this role has been adopted by a new class of visionaries. Brought together by this new Platonic Academy based in Stanford University; devoted to proving and making use of the supremacy of numbers and mathematics in the digital world; intent on finding the new Holy Grail embodied in the perfect algorithm, present time's entrepreneurs of new technologies have radically transformed, for good or otherwise, the world as we know it. Ulrich Richter Morales delves deep into the legacy – sometimes clear, sometimes mystical and esoteric – of the Pythagoreans in their diverse historical incarnations. He particularly emphasizes their dominant role in these digital times, while he introduces a debate regarding the sort of machines we ought to develop. Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, among others, are declared heirs of the Mathematician from Samos and, always engrossed in polemic discussions, they are inseparable from our concept of how the world works. Getting to know them as persons and as thinkers is a way to better understand modern day life and our role as citizens, in the unstable, volatile grounds we tread on today. |
| kabbalah mathematics: The Mystery of Numbers Marc-Alain Ouaknin, 2004 Combining scholarship with play, The Mystery of Numbers tackles--in a simple and educational manner--the history, symbolism, and philosophy of figures and numbers, revealing surprisingly spiritual answers at every turn. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Dictionary of Jewish Biography Dan Cohn-Sherbok, 2010-01-07 From Abraham to Saul Bellow, from Moses Maimonides to Woody Allen, from the Baal Shem Tov to Albert Einstein, this comprehensive dictionary of Jewish biographies provides a first point of entry into the fascinating richness of the Jewish heritage. Modelled on the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Christian Biography (Continuum 2001) and with the advice of leading Jewish scholars, the Dictionary of Jewish Biography provides a rapid reference to those Jewish men and women who have, over the last four thousand years, contributed to the life of the Jewish people and the history of the Jewish religion. This dictionary will prove essential for general readers interested in the evolution of Judaism from ancient times to the present day, a perfect study aid for students and teachers. Designed as an accessible reference tool, this volume is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the history of the Jewish people - the uninitiated will become initiated; the curious will become informed; the informed will now have a handy reference tool. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Magic and the Dignity of Man Brian P. Copenhaver, 2019-11-19 “This book is nothing less than the definitive study of a text long considered central to understanding the Renaissance and its place in Western culture.” —James Hankins, Harvard University Pico della Mirandola died in 1494 at the age of thirty-one. During his brief and extraordinary life, he invented Christian Kabbalah in a book that was banned by the Catholic Church after he offered to debate his ideas on religion and philosophy with anyone who challenged him. Today he is best known for a short speech, the Oration on the Dignity of Man, written in 1486 but never delivered. Sometimes called a “Manifesto of the Renaissance,” this text has been regarded as the foundation of humanism and a triumph of secular rationality over medieval mysticism. Brian Copenhaver upends our understanding of Pico’s masterwork by re-examining this key document of modernity. An eminent historian of philosophy, Copenhaver shows that the Oration is not about human dignity. In fact, Pico never wrote an Oration on the Dignity of Man and never heard of that title. Instead he promoted ascetic mysticism, insisting that Christians need help from Jews to find the path to heaven—a journey whose final stages are magic and Kabbalah. Through a rigorous philological reading of this much-studied text, Copenhaver transforms the history of the idea of dignity and reveals how Pico came to be misunderstood over the course of five centuries. Magic and the Dignity of Man is a seismic shift in the study of one of the most remarkable thinkers of the Renaissance. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Restoring Paradise Arthur Versluis, 2012-02-01 Focusing on how spiritual initiation takes place in Western esoteric religious, literary, and artistic traditions from antiquity to the present, Restoring Paradise provides an introduction to Western esotericism, including early modern esoteric movements like alchemy, Christian theosophy, and Rosicrucianism. The author argues that European and American literature and art often entail a written transmission of spiritual knowledge in which writing itself works to transmute consciousness, to generate, provoke, or convey spiritual awakening. He focuses on several important figures whose work has not received the attention it deserves, including American writer and Imagist poet H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) and British painter Cecil Collins, among others. While Arthur Versluis presents a new way of understanding Western esotericism in a contemporary light, above all he has crafted a book about knowing, and about how we come to know, and what knowing by way of literature and language actually means. |
| kabbalah mathematics: The Open World MANIFESTO V. Alexander STEFAN, 2009-12-21 V. Alexander STEFAN The Open World MANIFESTO Novus Ordo Scientifico-Technologicus. QUALB Coeptis New Order Scientific-Technological. QUALB Cooperates CONTENTS BOOK 1 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: A New Earth and a New Atlantis Universe: Our Very Own 393 BOOK 2 HUMAN BEINGS; OUR ID-NUMBERS; OUR CONSCIOUSNESS of TIME 558 BOOK 3 FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY, and PLURALISM: The Dawning of the Terrestrial Civilization 618 BOOK 4 THE AGE OF EDUCATION: CREATIVE EDUCATION versus DRILL EDUCATION 699 BOOK 5 HUMAN BEING and QUALB the GIVER, the SUPREME BEING: Science/Technology and Religion 754 |
| kabbalah mathematics: Doctor Faustef (versus Lucifer in the Fight for Immortality of the Human Race) (The 2nd book of the FAUSTEF TRILOGY) V. Alexander Stefan, 2005 A novel about Doctor Faustef in search for human immortality. He fights Lucifer and travels through time, meets the greats of the human race, achieves immortality. |
| kabbalah mathematics: John Dee's Natural Philosophy Nicholas Clulee, 2013-02-15 This is the definitive study of John Dee and his intellectual career. Originally published in 1988, this interpretation is far more detailed than any that came before and is an authoritative account for anyone interested in the history, literature and scientific developments of the Renaissance, or the occult. John Dee has fascinated successive generations. Mathematician, scientist, astrologer and magus at the court of Elizabeth I, he still provokes controversy. To some he is the genius whose contributions to navigation made possible the feats of Elizabethan explorers and colonists, to others an alchemist and charlatan. Thoroughly examining Dee’s natural philosophy, this book provides a balanced evaluation of his place, and the role of the occult, in sixteenth-century intellectual history. It brings together insights from a study of Dee’s writings, the available biographical material, and his sources as reflected in his extensive library and, more importantly, numerous surviving annotated volumes from it. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Magic - The Legacy of the Rosicrucians Elias Rubenstein, 2024-05-09 This book offers an entirely new approach to magic. On the solid foundation of the ancient mystery schools, it distances itself from false and outdated ideas about magic. For the first time it transfers the still valid knowledge into the Aquarian Age. It is probably the first book that answers the most common questions about magic and shows a safe way to true magic - as a continuous process of one's own development towards the higher self. |
| kabbalah mathematics: Introduction to Mathematical Thinking Keith J. Devlin, 2012 Mathematical thinking is not the same as 'doing math'--unless you are a professional mathematician. For most people, 'doing math' means the application of procedures and symbolic manipulations. Mathematical thinking, in contrast, is what the name reflects, a way of thinking about things in the world that humans have developed over three thousand years. It does not have to be about mathematics at all, which means that many people can benefit from learning this powerful way of thinking, not just mathematicians and scientists.--Back cover. |
Kabbalah - Wikipedia
Kabbalah or Qabalah (/ k ə ˈ b ɑː l ə, ˈ k æ b ə l ə / kə-BAH-lə, KAB-ə-lə; Hebrew: קַבָּלָה , romanized: Qabbālā, pronounced ⓘ; lit. ' reception, tradition ') [1] [a] is an esoteric method, …
What Is Kabbalah?
Kabbalah is an ancient spiritual wisdom that is over 4,000 years old, and it is meant for absolutely everyone. No matter what your country of origin, gender, religion, or culture, Kabbalah offers …
What Is Kabbalah? - Jewish Mysticism - Chabad.org
Kabbalah (קבלה, sometimes spelled qabalah or cabala) means “received.” In common use today, Kabbalah refers to the received wisdom of theology of Jewish practice built upon teachings …
Kabbala | Definition, Beliefs, & Facts | Britannica
May 24, 2025 · Kabbala, esoteric Jewish mysticism as it appeared in the 12th and following centuries. Kabbala has always been essentially an oral tradition in that initiation into its …
Kabbalah: An Overview - Jewish Virtual Library
Kabbalah is the name applied to the whole range of Jewish mystical activity. While codes of Jewish law focus on what it is God wants from man, kabbalah tries to penetrate deeper, to …
What is Kabbalah? An Intro to Kabbalah in Judaism | Aish
Dec 10, 2023 · Kabbalah, from the Hebrew word, mekabel (מקבל), is received knowledge or wisdom. It is the study of how to understand and relate to God, and is vital to comprehending …
Kabbalah - Sefaria
Kabbalah is the primary genre of Jewish mysticism, with esoteric works ranging from ancient to contemporary that aim to shed light on God’s essence, the relationship between God’s …
The Kabbalah Centre
Connect 1:1 with Kabbalah teachers with expertise in a range of focus areas to close the gap between where you are, and where you want to be. Choose from sessions such as Dream …
14 Facts You Should Know About Kabbalah - Chabad.org
Kabbalah is Jewish mysticism, an ancient tradition that offers deep insights into the nature of G‑d, His interaction with the world, and the purpose of Creation.
Kabbalah and Mysticism 101 - My Jewish Learning
Kabbalah and Hasidism. Kabbalah is the most famous form of Jewish mysticism. It flowered in 13th century Spain with the writing of the Zohar, which was originally attributed to the 2nd …
Kabbalah - Wikipedia
Kabbalah or Qabalah (/ k ə ˈ b ɑː l ə, ˈ k æ b ə l ə / kə-BAH-lə, KAB-ə-lə; Hebrew: קַבָּלָה , romanized: Qabbālā, pronounced ⓘ; lit. ' reception, tradition ') [1] [a] is an esoteric method, …
What Is Kabbalah?
Kabbalah is an ancient spiritual wisdom that is over 4,000 years old, and it is meant for absolutely everyone. No matter what your country of origin, gender, religion, or culture, Kabbalah offers …
What Is Kabbalah? - Jewish Mysticism - Chabad.org
Kabbalah (קבלה, sometimes spelled qabalah or cabala) means “received.” In common use today, Kabbalah refers to the received wisdom of theology of Jewish practice built upon teachings …
Kabbala | Definition, Beliefs, & Facts | Britannica
May 24, 2025 · Kabbala, esoteric Jewish mysticism as it appeared in the 12th and following centuries. Kabbala has always been essentially an oral tradition in that initiation into its …
Kabbalah: An Overview - Jewish Virtual Library
Kabbalah is the name applied to the whole range of Jewish mystical activity. While codes of Jewish law focus on what it is God wants from man, kabbalah tries to penetrate deeper, to …
What is Kabbalah? An Intro to Kabbalah in Judaism | Aish
Dec 10, 2023 · Kabbalah, from the Hebrew word, mekabel (מקבל), is received knowledge or wisdom. It is the study of how to understand and relate to God, and is vital to comprehending …
Kabbalah - Sefaria
Kabbalah is the primary genre of Jewish mysticism, with esoteric works ranging from ancient to contemporary that aim to shed light on God’s essence, the relationship between God’s …
The Kabbalah Centre
Connect 1:1 with Kabbalah teachers with expertise in a range of focus areas to close the gap between where you are, and where you want to be. Choose from sessions such as Dream …
14 Facts You Should Know About Kabbalah - Chabad.org
Kabbalah is Jewish mysticism, an ancient tradition that offers deep insights into the nature of G‑d, His interaction with the world, and the purpose of Creation.
Kabbalah and Mysticism 101 - My Jewish Learning
Kabbalah and Hasidism. Kabbalah is the most famous form of Jewish mysticism. It flowered in 13th century Spain with the writing of the Zohar, which was originally attributed to the 2nd …
