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   From: odysseus1479-at@yahoo-dot.ca   
      
   Dirk Thierbach wrote:   
   >   
   > Larry Caldwell  wrote:   
   >   
   > > That is a modification of the Zohar, the "Book of Light"  or "Book of   
   > > Splendor" that is one of the most important books on QBL.   
   >   
   > Could anybody explain the context of "the Zohar" in a few words,   
   > please? Is this a religion? And what does QBL stand for?   
   >   
      
   Mediaeval Jewish mysticism. (Does two count as "a few"?) Speculation   
   within a specific religious tradition certainly, but not a religion   
   in itself. _QBL_ (_qoph_, _beth_, _lamed_) is a Semitic root meaning   
   "to receive" (as an oral tradition); it's sometimes used as shorthand   
   for its derivative _Qabalah_ or _Kabbala_ (&c., cf. the English word   
   "cabalistic") -- see answer #1.   
      
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