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"Elroy Willis" |
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26 Aug 2005 12:24:31 PM |
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Kabbalah = Cube of Allah? |
Is this just a linguistic coincidence?
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building in Mecca that the Muslims walk
around during their Hajj, and the Alah part of Kabbalah surely means
Allah, doesn't it?
I see a tie to words like "cabo" and "cabana" and "cabin" when I look
at the word Kaaba, and figure it derives from a square house or
enclosure.
Anybody been to Cabo San Lucas?
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Elroy Willis
www.elroysemporium.com
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| User: "James Ascher" |
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| Title: Re: Kabbalah = Cube of Allah? |
26 Aug 2005 08:37:20 PM |
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Elroy Willis wrote:
Is this just a linguistic coincidence?
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building in Mecca that the Muslims walk
around during their Hajj, and the Alah part of Kabbalah surely means
Allah, doesn't it?
I see a tie to words like "cabo" and "cabana" and "cabin" when I look
at the word Kaaba, and figure it derives from a square house or
enclosure.
Anybody been to Cabo San Lucas?
Cabo is Spanish for Cape. When you go to Cabo San Lucas, you go to Cape
St. Luke.
As for the Arabic/Hebrew similarities, it's likely just a similarity.
The Kabbalah isn't specifically Jewish. It's about numerology and
"reconciling" "creation" to the greater "powers" from which it came.
When I took Greek and learned that "potomos" meant horse, I immediately
thought that maybe the name, "Potomac" as in the river, was related.
Turns out Potomac is a Native American word unrelated to the Greek.
James
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Kabbalah = Cube of Allah? |
27 Aug 2005 01:11:02 AM |
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In article <pbiug1dgvkj5ov96amrhtonnc3b9toe6d5@4ax.com>,
Elroy Willis <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote:
Is this just a linguistic coincidence?
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building in Mecca that the Muslims walk
around during their Hajj, and the Alah part of Kabbalah surely means
Allah, doesn't it?
I see a tie to words like "cabo" and "cabana" and "cabin" when I look
at the word Kaaba, and figure it derives from a square house or
enclosure.
Anybody been to Cabo San Lucas?
No, but I heard from some friends who just got back that it's great.
(That's not when they are not having any hurricanes, that is.)
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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