Christian Kabbalah
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| - | :Apart from several special, unclassified volumes, modern or dateless, certain works on the [[Cabbala]], medicine and botany, certain odd tomes containing undiscoverable [[Christian poetry]], and the anthology of the minor Latin poets of [[Wernsdorf]]; apart from [[Meursius]], the [[manual of classical erotology]] of [[Forberg]], and the [[diaconal]]s used by confessors, which he dusted at rare intervals, his Latin library ended at the beginning of the tenth century. | ||
| - | :And, in fact, the curiosity, the complicated naïveté of the Christian language had also foundered. The [[balderdash]] of philosophers and scholars, the [[logomachy]] of the Middle Ages, thenceforth held absolute sway. The sooty mass of chronicles and historical books and cartularies accumulated, and the stammering grace, the often exquisite awkwardness of the monks, placing the poetic remains of antiquity in a ragout, were dead. The fabrications of verbs and purified essences, of substantives breathing of incense, of bizarre adjectives, coarsely carved from gold, with the barbarous and charming taste of Gothic jewels, were destroyed. The old editions, beloved by [[Des Esseintes]], here ended; and with a formidable leap of centuries, the books on his shelves went straight to the French language of the present century. | + | The [[Renaissance]] saw the birth of '''Christian Kabbalah''' (also Christian Cabbala, Christian Cabala). Interest grew among some Christian scholars in what they saw to be the mystical aspects of Judaic [[Kabbalah]], which was compatible with Christian mystical thought. Although somewhat obscure, the tradition of Christian Kabbalah or Catholic Kabbalah still persists today. |
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The Renaissance saw the birth of Christian Kabbalah (also Christian Cabbala, Christian Cabala). Interest grew among some Christian scholars in what they saw to be the mystical aspects of Judaic Kabbalah, which was compatible with Christian mystical thought. Although somewhat obscure, the tradition of Christian Kabbalah or Catholic Kabbalah still persists today.
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