Kabbalah Steps in

Kabbalah became hidden about 2,000 years ago. TheIraq. Mesopotamia was not only the birthplace of
reason was simple—there was no demand for it.Kabbalah, but of all ancient teachings and mysticism. In
Since that time, humanity has occupied itself withthose days, people believed in many different
developing monotheistic religions, and later on, science.teachings, often following more than one teaching at a
Both were created to answer man’s mosttime. Astrology, fortune-telling, numerology, magic,
fundamental questions: “What is our place in thewitchcraft, spells, evil eye—all those and more were
world, in the universe?” What is the purpose of ourdeveloped and thrived in Mesopotamia, the cultural
existence?” In other words, “Why were wecenter of the ancient world.
born?”As long as people were happy with their beliefs, they
But today, more than ever before, many people feelfelt no need for change. People wanted to know that
that what has worked for 2,000 years no longertheir lives would be safe, and what they needed to do
meets their needs. The answers provided by religionto make them enjoyable. They were not asking about
and science no longer satisfy them. These people arethe origin of life, or most important, who or what had
looking elsewhere for answers to the most basiccreated the rules of life.
questions about the purpose of life. They turn toAt first, this may seem like a slight difference. But
Eastern teachings, fortune-telling, magic and mysticism.actually, the difference between asking about life, and
And some turn to Kabbalah. Because Kabbalah wasasking about the rules that shape life, is like the
formulated to answer these fundamental questions,difference between learning how to drive a car and
the answers it provides are directly related to them.learning how to make one. It’s a totally different
Kabbalah made its “debut” about 5,000 yearslevel of knowledge.
ago in Mesopotamia, an ancient country in today’s