From Occultist to Mystic: The Journey Beyond Mere Secrets to Divine Union

Just yesterday, I came across a video made around six months ago by Tucker Carlson titled, The Occult, Kabbalah, The Antichrist’s Newest Manifestation, & How To Avoid The Mark of The Beast. - Carlson was interviewing Conrad Flynn, Grandson to Robert Conrad who starred in the 70’s TV series Baa Baa Black Sheep. The origin of a Black Sheep comes from the Jewish Book of Leviticus. I was drawn to the 70s series Baa Baa Black Sheep for exactly that reason—something about that title resonated with me even before I fully understood why.

Conrad was discussing how Hollywood could be influencing us with occult knowledge by making Movies, TV shows, and AI that reinforce these ideas. Conrad’s claim is that a 16^th century Rabbi created a Golem, a clay like anthropomorphic man that the Rabbi invoked with letters of the 72-names of God. Now this could be true or not, it really doesn’t matter. The Rabbi could have used this sequence of letters for his community’s benefit. They lived in a Prague ghetto consistently threatened by attacks of antisemitism and pogroms. Whether this worked or not is another matter. Was this 16th century Rabbi, a kabbalist? Conrad is saying the invention of the AI, is a Golem.

The golem originally meant an unformed mass or embryo stated in Psalms 139: 16- "My unformed shape (or my embryo) your eyes did see." Most Jews in America are secular, now you are saying Hollywood’s elite Jewish community is tapping into deep spiritual Jewish wisdom? If Hollywood is indeed dipping its toes into deep spiritual waters, the adage that 'a little knowledge is dangerous' might apply here. And just kind of frame it as that gentle warning that dabbling without deeper understanding can be a bit risky. You must be well versed in the Torah to understand the deeper meaning. 

The ancient kabbalists would not let just anyone in their circle, if they sensed you were just out for greed, they would not accept you. In Judaism, there are different layers of reading the Torah, first being the literal meaning, last being the spiritual meaning. The literal meaning deals with life on earth, but the last meaning is the spiritual understanding relating to the upper world. So, with that said, there are two branches to a deeper understanding, one is where a little knowledge is dangerous, and the other is an understanding of the impersonal soul’s longing to merge with the infinite divine.

A mystic, A Kabbalist searches for the hidden, or as some might put it, the hidden finds the mystic who is seeking it.

The occultist seeks hidden truths just for personal gain. Examples would be a psychic medium, who I believe have honed their skills and are truly communicating with souls who have crossed to the other side. However, they are not honing their understanding to make a mystical union with their own self. Another example would be those people who claim to have met a spiritual connection with another person. These people talk about the talk but don’t walk the walk! Then of course you have your tarot cards readers. And astrology, if used correctly, is a tool to know yourself.

I call the occultist the lower form of the mystic-Because the mystic seeks those same hidden truths to find their wholeness in God. The Mystic spends years in devotion to their own soul, understanding their impersonal soul’s longing to merge with the Infinite divine. As it is said in the Qur’an…Moses said unto his servant: I will not give up until I reach the point where the two seas meet, though I spend years and years in travel. The Mystical traditions of all faiths are seeking oneness with God, and this includes the eastern religions. - Achieved after many years of devotion to Self-Knowledge, and not by taking a drug.

So, the mystics of Judaism before the common era, often referred to in the context of its foundational roots as Merkabah (Chariot) Mysticism and Hekhalot (Palaces) Literature, is an ancient form of Jewish spiritual understanding that flourished approximately around 400 BCE. The oral tradition started around 1300BCE with Moses as Moses is considered the first kabbalist.

While researching Moses de Leon, (the main author of the Zohar, one of the books that make up, the modern Kabbalah and lived in13th Century Spain). I came across a book, "Three Mystics Walk Into A Tavern," which I highly recommend. The authors do a wonderful job high lightening the deeper understanding of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, by incorporating the voices of Moses de Leon, Meister Eckhart, and Rumi. To quote the authors, "A mystic seeks and finds the hidden, or as some would state more aptly, the hidden finds the mystic, who is in search of the hidden." 

What is the hidden? - As the leading scholar of the Kabbalah Daniel Matt would state on page 132, "The spiritual seeker soon discovers that he or she is not exploring something "up there" but rather the beyond lies within, [another word the soul]. Letting go of the tradition notion of God and self can be both liberating and terrifying."

And when we awake to the notion that the beyond lies within, (remembering one’s soul)  and let go of a personal God, we strive to make the Unio Mystica - On page 131, "The shepherd thanks and blesses Moses for scolding him and "applying the whip" to his horse so that "it jumped out of itself" and the divine nature and my human nature came together." - The Mystical union. 

Mystical union is deeply personal, shaped by one’s own tradition and experiences. Still, while each encounter is unique, it carries a universal essence shared across humanity.

On page 145, the authors state, "Mystical union is distinctive and specific to one's own tradition and experience. Yet, while each experience is unique, it is also inherently universal."  

However, the journey to mystical union is not a straight line, as Daniel Matt states, “There is a fine line between mysticism and madness. Are you dissolving the ego into God, or are you claiming to be God? That’s why mysticism is so dangerous and some of the restrictions about studying kabbalah, I have a lot more respect for them now than I used to. You see people getting carried away, the ego doesn’t give up that easily. You could have a deep insight and claim it as proof that you are the greatest.”

 Gaining insight into the profound mysteries shared by various religions requires extensive study and is not something that can be grasped in just a handful of sentences.  Do you have the tenacity to go into the mystery of your own being, both on a psychological and spiritual level?

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