Kabbalah

Gita, Veden

Eden (sumerian word - plain): Grapes were known to be the fruits of gods.

The four rivers of Eden: Nile, Tigris, Euphrates and Indus or Ganges

The river that goes forth from the Garden of Eden represents the central one of three columns on the kabbalistic Tree of Life. Eden is viewed as the principle of the Supernal Mother, and the central column represents

the presence of the Divine on earth. The water is the nurturing (nährende) force for the entire earth (garden).

The four major Emanations of the Divine: lovingkindness (archangel Michael), strength (archangel Gabriel), triumph (archangel Uriel), grandeur (Größe, Würde - archangel Raphael).

Kabbalah's aim: Bringing the upper and lower together, is the driving force of the process of creation, the process of our lives.

Kabbalistic teaching: Awaken! Enlighten! Transform darkness into light!

Coming of Mind: Adam and Eve achieved a higher state of consciousness.

Pralaya: One of the earlier kabbalistic texts says that seven specific letters of the Hebrew alphabet symbolize seven universes and seven firmaments. These are universes that were created and destroyed, but there are differences of opinion as to which universe we currently inhabit.

Torah: Five books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy)
Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, etc.)
Holy Writing

Talmud: Collection of commentary of the Torah

Universe: Whereas the physical universe is measured in time and distance, the mystical universe is measured in terms of levels of awareness. These levels should not be viewed as separate boundaries, for awareness is a continuum.