I would like information about the Kaballah: basic premise, date of
origin (pre-Abrahamic? Pre- or ante-deluvian?),  etc.

Hello infernos,

As you probably know, Kabbalah is a very large topic.  (A smart woman
like Madonna has studied it for years, and I'm sure she'd say she has
a lot more to learn.)  Moreover, there are many points of view about
the Kabbalah: for instance, Orthodox Jewish perspectives, and views of
Kabbalah as a body of spiritual knowledge that does not require Jewish
practice.

The following introductions provide information about the basic
premise (which I suppose can be summarized as that God and creation,
including human beings, are connected in profound ways), date of
origin (depends on how you look at it: Abraham, Roman times, or as
late as the 13th century), and other aspects of Kabbalah.

"25 Questions & Answers about Kabbalah"
Azamra
http://www.barmitzva.org/Kabbalah/FAQanswers1.htm

"An Introduction to the Kabbalah"
Byzant Kabbalah
http://www.byzant.com/kabbalah/introduction.asp

"Kabbalah FAQ", by Colin Low (Version: 3.0 Release Date: February 1996)
Hermetic Kabbalah
http://www.digital-brilliance.com/kab/faq.htm

For more information, see the web sites in the following Google
category, as well as the two related categories to which it links:

"Society > Religion and Spirituality > Judaism > Mysticism"
Google Directory
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Judaism/Mysticism/?il=1

- justaskscott


I used the following search terms, individually and in combinations, on Google:

kabbala
kabbalah
zohar
faq

He referred me to three different web sites,one was a very brief
overview; o0ne was VERY lengthy and detailed, and one was somewhere in
between.  It was "The Threee Bears" version of an answerr!