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