jewish mysticism

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...Just like the bible there is both STS and STO offered. That can be said of most if not all spiritual traditions...

that is true, but that is because the sts parts are results of efforts to dim out the sto light and pervert it to serve sts agenda.


so, can someone educated elaborate what's the relationship between judaism and kabbalah then? judaism is distorted strongly towards sts, while kabbalah is not sts, then it is sto, how do these 2 coexist? why did kabbalah followers didn't object when their fellows wanted to crucify Christ?
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What makes you think that Judaism is so distorted?

Kabbalah is a STO oriented mystical tradition, but it also formed the basis for many STS rituals like the Abramelin operation and Goetic rituals. If the rubric works in one direction, then logically it should also work in the other. What people miss is that the early tradition had very strict rules on who could be taught. This along with the periodic disasters experienced by the Jewish people led to the tradition almost being lost multiple times. When the rules were relaxed to ensure survival, and just by fate over thousands of years, there have certainly been people who used the rubric of Kabbalah to polarize negatively. That should not be surprising though as the Ra material is possibly the most effective primer for the negative path in existence, as well as the positive path.

All mystical traditions existed mostly under the radar. Kabbalah was not widely known of even in the Jewish community until the last 100 years, particularly the last 30 with the internet and more books on the subject. It was also only taught to Rabbi who exhibited outstanding moral character and devotion and were usually a minimum of 40 years old. Those who were studying Kabbalah did not discuss it with others even if they were Jewish.

As to why they didn't object to Jesus crucifixion? Well, when a man goes around talking about how he will be killed for weeks or months before and then stops his own disciples from defending him what are you to do? Also remember that in Jesus time the Temple was corrupt. There likely was not anyone who taught Kabbalah there. It is not an uncommon belief that Jesus learned Kabbalah at a young age and quickly mastered the subject before he ever left on his travels.