text: explain the cabbala to me? i know nothing about it except that it is mentioned in wicca books.  can someone give me an overview? kabbalah is jewish mysticism. it's a radically different interpretation of the hebrew bible.  for instance "god said, 'let there be light" ... kabbalah => "and man was given a consciousness to perceive god."  another example is god made a flood because noah did not argue, he just listened and made an ark to save himself.  kabbalah is completely spiritual, and does not interpret scripture literally.  kabbalah = jewish mysticism gnosticism = christian mysticism sufism = islamic mysticism