In this video, Rav Michael Laitman, PhD discusses the first Kabbalist, the first Kabbalistic book, and our role in relation to what is written there.
Kabbalists name the first man who wrote a book on the wisdom of Kabbalah, 5,000 years ago, Adam ha Rishon (Hebrew for “The First Man”). The book he wrote is called Raziel HaMelech (The Angel Raziel).
The nature of our world is juxtaposed with the nature of the higher world, both of which are sensed simultaneously by Kabbalists who reveal their properties to us. From his writings, we see that Adam was not a savage, but indeed a great Kabbalist with enormous insight into the nature of the higher world. He spoke of the souls which would follow from his soul, the paths they would take through the worlds to come, and their eventual ascent back to their roots. Watch the Video [03:15]
