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by MiriamSPia » 27 Nov 2010, 20:09
I heard of kabalah for the first time many years ago. I even pulled a book about it off a shelf at my father's. He told me that he had looked into it, but he didn't get much out of it. It isn't real in every sense. It is Medeival Jewish Mysticism. Nevertheless, as a system it is known to be quite valuable and useful for many people of various religions.
I am not sure that qabbalah has a legitimate place in druidry, but I'm sure it can be used by people who also study druidry. I think the most important thing about qabbalah for druidry is that it is also nicknamed 'the tree of life'. The tree of life, to me, is an idea which resonates much better with druidry as trees have a much more pronounced role in druidry than in Judaism - to the best of my knowledge.
I think one of most overlooked points of significance in our training is the use of the tree, in the general sense. We do some rites which help immensely but others do not. The roots of the trees are easily overlooked and I think as humans, except for the arborists, there is a tendency to misunderstand some of what is going on. Trees both help one another and compete with each other, for instance. Some dislike humans, some cannot make a real connection for whatever reasons and others seem able to connect, to even befriend or support humans and to be able to relate.
Here is another idea: it occurred to me at some point - what if the animals and plants who befriend some human druid type are just as special amongst their own species for being able to relate to us, as any of us is to be able to connect so well with that individual? Say, only the especially spiritual squirrel or the one with the right personality can even confront the idea of relating to a human. this may seem far off, but where I went to university for 2 of the years of my course there were squirrels in trees along one part of the campus that literally would huck half eaten nuts down at passing humans. Seriously! Yet, I read a newspaper article about an old woman who has troops of the little beasts at her place because they found out that she rescues some of them and is a bit of a naturopathic doctor. Nothing like a leg splint and a safe warm place with food when you're an injured animal!
My apologies if that wandered a bit much. I think kabalah isn't a druid thing at all, but many people in druidry have heard of it and may have chatted with people who love the kabalah.