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An explosion of interest worldwide in Kabbalah has helped fuel an all-out media frenzy. The involvement in Kabbalah of high-profile celebrities like Madonna and Demi Moore has stirred the pot of controversy, with many conflicting ideas about Kabbalah circulating on the internet, in books, and in the mass media. Beyond all of the glitz and the hype, what's Kabbalah really all about? Is it a religion? Is it mysticism? What exactly is it?
"Kabbalah is not a self-help process, a mysticism, a philosophy or a religion," says Michael R. Kellogg, author of Wondrous Wisdom: Everyone's Guide to the Study of Authentic Kabbalah (Upper Light Publishing, 2006). "The current media and public have no idea what authentic Kabbalah really is and would be stunned to find out what it really offers us. Constantly comparing Kabbalah to religions or philosophies only creates misunderstanding. Kabbalah is a process, not a religion or philosophy."
Like other students of Kabbalah worldwide, Kellogg is dismayed by the media's portrayal of Kabbalah and seeks to set the record straight. "The very word 'Kabbalah' is seen everywhere on TV and in the mass media, but is completely and totally misrepresented," says Kellogg. "From the perspective of the Kabbalist, Kabbalah is a science, a way to research the spiritual, which is what is outside of us."
Kellogg explains that Kabbalah is a method that allows a person to experience and research the spiritual. Kabbalah can help people who are striving to reach spiritual fulfillment. "Our entire life is made up of seeking one form of pleasure or another. Kabbalah is the process that enables a person to reach the ultimate permanent pleasure that cannot be fulfilled or even found in this world," he explains. "The only thing keeping humanity out of touch with the general laws of the universe is our complete and unending desire to serve ourselves."
He stresses that Kabbalah can be thought of as a process of investigation and discovery. It allows people to experience and research the spiritual. "Through this process, one discovers and reaches many different degrees and states of inner capability and wisdom," Kellogg says. "It enables a person and humanity as a whole to stop making mistakes."
As a Kabbalah teacher and lecturer in the United States, Kellogg shares what he has learned with others who are hungry for knowledge. His own education in Kabbalah has been handed down directly from a Kabbalist who remains loyal to the original, authentic concepts that have been passed down from one Kabbalist to another throughout the generations. He currently teaches at Bnei Baruch - the Kabbalah Research and Education Institute, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to enhancing the worldwide knowledge of Kabbalah.
With his book, Wondrous Wisdom, it is Kellogg's sincere hope that people learn what Kabbalah is really all about. "The time has come to answer humanity's need and reveal this wisdom to all who truly desire to know," he says.
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