History of Kabbalah: Adam

5768 years ago, one man felt what no otherbecause he was internally ripe for it.
human being had ever felt before-a desire toAdam is considered the author of the first
discover what lies beyond this world. In thoseKabbalistic book, called Raziel HaMalach (The Angel
days, people's major interests were securingRaziel). This short book contains descriptions of a
shelter, family and food, but this was far fromgeneral force called "angel," which governs the
being enough for that man-he had to know whyuniverse and consists of particular, lower-level
he existed and what makes the world go round.forces called "sub-angels."
His name was Adam, and 5768 years ago heEven though the book is ancient, it shows a
became the first man to discover the wisdom ofscientific approach that is characteristic of the
Kabbalah, a method enabling one to feel the partwisdom of Kabbalah. When reading it, we can see
of the universe that is hidden to our five senses.that Adam was a true scientist of the Upper
The name "Adam" might be associated with theWorld: His book outlines the structure of the
Biblical Adam, described as the first human beinghigher forces, their interactions, and how they
ever created. However, we are speaking about ainfluence our world. It even includes a few
different person - someone who, of all peopledrawings and tables.
living on earth for thousands of years, becameYet, since Adam wrote this book 5768 years
the first to feel the Upper Force.ago, it's written in an archaic language that is hard
Adam began to sense the laws and forces thatfor us, modern people, to understand. It uses
govern everything in our world, and his perceptionmany allegories and metaphors, but nevertheless,
penetrated through matter, into the hidden partit is clearly the first written Kabbalistic source. In
of reality. There, he felt a net of forces governingfact, it is deemed to be humanity's first literary
everything in perfect harmony, and joining into awork. Until Adam's book, people had created
single, all inclusive Upper Force.some texts and images on rocks, but Raziel
In Hebrew, Adam comes from the word DomehHaMalach could be truly called a book.
(similar), referring to his similarity to the UpperThus, 5768 years ago, the evolution of desires
Force. Kabbalah explains that the Upper Force iswithin humanity had come to a new level, when a
perceived through a principle called "equivalence ofnew, spiritual desire first appeared in a human
form." This means that one perceives the Upperbeing. The emergence of Adam marked
Force as soon as his qualities become similar tohumanity's first awakening toward the Upper
those of the Upper Force.Force. Since then, Kabbalah has gone through a
Adam was the first person to apply this principle:long evolution, as more and more people started
he found the way to gain new, spiritual qualitiesto feel the same aspiration as Adam had felt. And
that are similar to the Upper Force's qualities, andin our time, millions of people are asking the same
thus attained the Upper Force. But why him andquestion that Adam once did, "Why do I exist and
not others who lived before him? It's because hewhat makes the world go round?" This is exactly
was the first human being to feel an aspirationwhy the wisdom of Kabbalah is coming out
toward the Upper Force. Before, no one had suchpublicly: to help anyone who feels ready to
a desire. He was able to reveal the Upper Forceanswer this deep question.