cabala

The Jewish Cabala and the Gnostics had much in common.

Canches was deeply versed in all the lore of the Cabala, and Flamel hung with delight on the words of wisdom that dropped from his eloquent lips.

It seems to have been a dim notion of this that was the origin of the Cabala and all the mathematical philosophy of the Pythagoreans, and also of the Chinese in Y-king.

The Cabala," says he, "was divided into two parts—the theoretical and the practical.

The doctrine of the Cabala set forth in this volume was derived from that mysterious personage.