The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah: Recovering the Key to Hebraic Sacred Science

by Leonora Leet

A vast reconstruction of the knowledge of the ancient Jewish priest-scientists, with vital implications for contemporary spirituality and science.

• Reveals an ancient science that used geometry, sound, and number to link the finite world of human experience with the infinite realm of the divine.

• Uses teachings extending back thousands of years to explicate key concepts of quantum physics and quantum cosmology.

For centuries the Kabbalah has fascinated devotees of mysticism while its origins have remained obscure. Now, in her brilliant new work, Leonora Leet reveals that the Kabbalah was the product of a sophisticated, though largely forgotten, Hebraic sacred science that was the rival of any in Egypt or Greece. Not only does Leet reconstruct the secret teachings of the priest-scientists of the Hebrew temple, she also shows them to be the key to understanding both biblical and kabbalistic cosmology.

Unlike previous purely historical explorations of the Jewish esoteric tradition, The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah resurrects this ancient body of knowledge to reveal eternal truths that can have a profound and positive impact on contemporary spirituality. New experimental methods of practicing Hebraic sacred science are explored that explain as never before the meaning of the central cosmological diagram of the entire Western esoteric tradition--the kabbalistic Tree of Life. Leet shows that the Kabbalah and its central diagram enshrine a key to the purpose of the cosmos, a key that has vast implications for modern physics and cosmology.

In a final synthesis, she envisions a culmination in which the universe and its divine child, perfected humanity, achieve that unification of the finite and infinite which has ever been the secret doctrine of the Kabbalah.

480 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1999

Reviews

[Travis Shores · Rating 5 out of 5]

Though academically written and deeply cerebral in most parts, this examination of the kaballah is unmatched in my view and presents fresh and immediately applicable concepts that have implications felt in numerous religious traditions without the need for sensationalism. From the concepts of musical solfege as applied to sacred geometry to that of the 'son of man' philosophy, Leet goes beyond many conventional dissections while still thoroughly illuminating layer upon layer of ancient wisdom.

[Christine Deadsea · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is my favourite in regards to the Kabbalah. The author has a way of bridging the relationship of geometry (shape), sound, and numbers to higher dimensions of language. Through the use of vibrational cymatics to scientific quantum cosmology, the reader is given insight into a side of the kabbalah that can't be found in any new age section of a bookstore.
This insight is so deep and profound that you can't help but to see how it applies to you personally on a metaphysical level.

[Eli · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the most rigorous modern interpretations of Kabbalah and the 'sacred geometry' milieu outside of one of the established traditions. Very thought provoking; provides a compelling argument for a non-messianic interpretation of the doctrine of the Son of Man.

[Luc Vors · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a tough read. REALLY tough. But deeply satisfying. I will be referencing this book in a project I've been working on concerning the topic of human consciousness.