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Gilgul (also Gilgul neshamot or Gilgulei HaNeshamot; Heb. גלגול הנשמות, Plural: גלגולים Gilgulim) is a concept of reincarnation or "transmigration of souls"[1] in Kabbalistic esoteric mysticism. In Hebrew, the word gilgul means "cycle" or "wheel" and neshamot is the plural for "souls." Souls are seen to cycle through lives or incarnations, being attached to different human bodies over time. Which body they associate with depends on their particular task in the physical world, spiritual levels of the bodies of predecessors and so on. The concept relates to the wider processes of history in Kabbalah, involving cosmic Tikkun (Messianic rectification), and the historical dynamic of ascending Lights and descending Vessels from generation to generation.
The esoteric explanations of gilgul were articulated in Jewish mysticism by Isaac Luria in the 16th century, as part of the metaphysical purpose of Creation.
^Trachtenberg, Joshua (13 February 2004) [Originally published 1939]. "Glossary of Hebrew Terms". Jewish Magic and Superstition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press (published 2004). p. 333. ISBN 9780812218626.
Gilgul (also Gilgul neshamot or Gilgulei HaNeshamot; Heb. גלגול הנשמות, Plural: גלגולים Gilgulim) is a concept of reincarnation or "transmigration of...
Gilgulim (Gate of Reincarnations, שער הגלגולים) is a kabbalistic work on Gilgul, the concept of reincarnation put together by Rabbi Hayyim Vital who recorded...
is one of the transmigration forms of the soul and has similarities with Gilgul neshamot. Ibbur is always good or positive, while dybbuk (Yiddish: דיבוק)...
to... the light of the living' (Job 33:29, 30)." Reincarnation, called gilgul, became popular in folk belief, and is found in much Yiddish literature...
justice in contemporary society. The individual Tikun may or not also include Gilgul of reincarnation theology; this means that, whether or not it is contemplated...
apparently mispronounced it earlier that day as "met him pike hoses." Druze Gilgul Saṃsāra Yazidis Yaʽfuriyya Shia Zalmoxis Schopenhauer, A: "Parerga und Paralipomena"...
Gedaliahu G. Stroumsa, "Myth into Metaphor: The Case of Prometheus", in Gilgul: Essays on Transformation, Revolution and Permanence in the History of Religions...
endogamy, and both typically do not proselytize. Belief in reincarnation (Gilgul) exist in some strands of Judaism influenced by the Kabbalah, such as Hasidic...
reincarnates, how reincarnation occurs and what leads to liberation. Gilgul, Gilgul neshamot, or Gilgulei Ha Neshamot (Hebrew: גלגול הנשמות) is the concept...
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62. Gedaliahu G. Stroumsa, "Myth into Metaphor: The Case of Prometheus", Gilgul: Essays on Transformation, Revolution and Permanence in the History of Religions...
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which is bound to God. Kabbalah proposed a concept of reincarnation, the gilgul (nefesh habehamit – the "animal soul").[citation needed] Some Jewish traditions...
involvements include specification and implementation of the languages Gilgul and Lava, and the design and application of the JMangler framework for load-time...
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the Ramchal and Rabbi Akiva. Some believe that the Ramchal is actually a Gilgul (reincarnation) of Rabbi Akiva. Probably also because Kafr Yasif is now...
central esoteric tenet of Kabbalah from the Medieval period onwards, called Gilgul neshamot ("cycles of the soul"). The concept does not appear overtly in...
Partzufim Qlippoth Tohu and Tikun Sparks of holiness Messianic rectification Gilgul Kabbalistic astrology Gematria Notarikon Temurah Names of God in Judaism...
Partzufim Qlippoth Tohu and Tikun Sparks of holiness Messianic rectification Gilgul Kabbalistic astrology Gematria Notarikon Temurah Names of God in Judaism...
Partzufim Qlippoth Tohu and Tikun Sparks of holiness Messianic rectification Gilgul Kabbalistic astrology Gematria Notarikon Temurah Names of God in Judaism...
Partzufim Qlippoth Tohu and Tikun Sparks of holiness Messianic rectification Gilgul Kabbalistic astrology Gematria Notarikon Temurah Names of God in Judaism...
Partzufim Qlippoth Tohu and Tikun Sparks of holiness Messianic rectification Gilgul Kabbalistic astrology Gematria Notarikon Temurah Names of God in Judaism...
referring to the death of a soul after it has been reincarnated, i.e., after Gilgul Neshamot. The term "second death" occurs four times in the New Testament...
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alley and are greeted by Marrane inside, who discusses the Jewish belief of gilgul with Nikki before showing her a kitten that he claims is Ray. As they leave...
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hundred Holocaust survivors. In 1996 he released the CD Transmigrations/Gilgul on his own record label, Kame'a Media. On this record he presented traditional...
Poets. "The Twenty-seventh Man" "The Tumblers" "Reunion" "The Wig" "The Gilgul of Park Avenue" "Reb Kringle" "The Last One Way" "For the Relief of Unbearable...
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