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Jacob Frank now a mascot for Wikipedia sister project Wikiversity
Hi, I'm developing Jacob Frank (an 18th-century follower of Sabbatai Zevi and Kabbalist, who founded his own religion called Frankism) as a mascot for Wikipedia's sister project Wikiversity. Wikiversity aims to be an online open school and university, and was also created to host original research. Because of its nature, it's open to educational resources in almost any format. Wikiversity's mascots appear on User talk pages when new Users are welcomed. In my opinion, the Wikiversity mascots could be used more fully as an opportunity to teach. The previously developed Wikiversity mascots lack intrinsic educational value. For example, they include a jack-o-lantern, a goat and twin babies not noticeably tied to anything else. In contrast, Jacob Frank is tied to a chapter of history that is relatively little-known and is probably interesting to some people who might not have heard of him beforehand. I'm also hoping to use his professed ignorance in real life and his doctrine of "purification through transgression" to introduce the Wikiversity policies of "Be bold" and "Ignore all rules" (Wikipedia has very similar policies with the same names). I would appreciate your going over to Wikiversity to provide feedback on the pages about the mascot: v:User:JacobFrank and v:Template:JacobFrank. The Template is left on new Users' talk pages; the Userpage is linked from the template and provides more information about Jacob Frank. Also, any ideas for other Wikiversity mascots? Thanks. -- AFriedman  (talk)  04:01, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Gematria: Hebrew, Greek, English
One of the main aspects of any Kaballa(7 letters = 40) is gematria. Although Hebrew gematria is more commonly thought of by Kaballists, knowledge of Simple English Gematria (SEG) is growing! SEG is based on the key: A=1, B2...Z26. The only irregularity is O=15 or zerO, i.e. GOD=7_4. Simple=74, English=74, Gematria=74, the key=74, religion=74, Jewish=74, Jesus=74, Muhammad=74, etc.

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Sephiroth
FYI, the usage of Sephiroth is under discussion, see Talk:Sephiroth (Final Fantasy). 76.66.203.138 (talk) 05:47, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Request for input in discussion forum
Given the closely linked subjects of the various religion, mythology, and philosophy groups, it seems to me that we might benefit from having some sort of regular topical discussion forum to discuss the relevant content. I have put together the beginnings of an outline for such discussion at WikiProject Religion/2011 meeting, and would very much appreciate the input of any interested editors. I am thinking that it might run over two months, the first of which would be to bring forward and discuss the current state of the content, and the second for perhaps some more focused discussion on what, if any, specific efforts might be taken in the near future. Any and all input is more than welcome. John Carter (talk)

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Relevant content
I have recently starting reviewing the book The New Encyclopedia of the Occult, by John Michael Greer, with the intention of basically making lists of the relevant articles in that book for the use of individual projects here. So far, I have finished the articles which directly relate to Cabala in that book. They include the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and several of the smaller numbers, as well as:


 * Aareb Tzereq; Aatik Yamin; Ab; Abba; Abbadon; Abraham Abulafia; Adam (Adam Qadmon); Adamah; Adonai; Adonai ha-Aretz; Adonai Malak; Aesh; AGLA; Aima; Aima Elohim; Ain; Ain Soph; Ain Soph Aur; Aiq beker; Aleph; Ama; Angel; Araboth; Aral; Aralim; Archangel; Aretz; Ariel; Arikh Anpin; Arqa; Assiah; Astaroth; Atziluth; Auphanim;
 * Ba'al Shem Tov; Bahir; Bar Shechath; Belial; Beni Elohim; Beth; Binah; Boaz; Briah; Bride;
 * Cabala; Cassiel; Chaioth ha-Qodesh; Chashmalim; Chassan; Cheled; Chesed; Chiah; Chokmah; Cholem Yesodath; Christian cabala; Color scales; Cube of space;
 * Daath; Daleth; Din;
 * Elemental ruler; Eliphas Levi; Elohim; Eve;
 * Flaming Sword; Four Worlds; Frater Achad;
 * Ga'ashekelah; Gabriel; Gamaliel; Geburah; Gehenna; Gematria; Gia; Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; Golohab; Guph;
 * Haniel; Hermetic cabala; Hod; Hua;
 * Iggeret ha-Qodesh; Isaac Luria; Isaac the Blind; Ishim;
 * Jachin; Johannes Reuchlin; Joseph L. Greenstein;
 * Kamael; Kerub; Kerubim; Kether; Kokab;
 * Lightning Flash; Lilith; Lullian Art;
 * Ma'aseh Berashith; Ma'aseh Merkabah; Magic square; Mah; Makon; Malakim; Malkuth; Maon; Mazloth; Meditation; Metatron; Middle Pillar exercise;
 * Nachash; Nathan of Gaza; Nephesh; Neshamah; Neshiah; Netzach; Nogah; Notariqon;
 * Olam Yesodoth;
 * Pachad; Paroketh; Partzufim; Pentagrammaton; Phrath; Pison; Platonism;
 * Qesheth; Qlippoth;
 * Ramon Lull; Raphael; Raqia; Rashith ha-Gilgalim; Raziel; Reincarnation; Ruach; Ruach Elohim;
 * Sabaoth; Samael; Samuel Jacob Hayim Falk; Sandalphon; Satariel; Seg; Sepher Yetzirah; Sephiroth; Seraph; Seraphim; Seven Earths; Seven Heavens; Seven Hells; Shaare Moth; Shabbathai; Shechaqim; Shekinah; Shemhamphorash; Sheol; Shin;
 * Tagiriron; Tarshishim; Tebel; Temurah; Tetragrammaton; Tharsis; Thaumiel; Thirty-two Paths of Wisdom; Tiphareth; Tit ha-Yon; Tree of Knowledge; Tree of Life; Tzadkiel; Tzaphkiel; Tzelmoth;
 * Veil of the Sanctuary; Vilon;
 * Yachidah; Yesod; Yetzirah;
 * Zauir Anpin; Zebul; Zohar;

I am in no way saying that each of these articles should be necessarily created, because in some cases it may well make sense to make them redirects to something else. And some of them are probably still not necessarily the direct link to the subject. But, at the very least, these subjects should, probably, be discussed to at least some weight here. John Carter (talk) 16:10, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

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The usage of is under discussion, see Talk:Sephiroth_(Final_Fantasy) -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:42, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

"Sephirot" and "Sephiroth"
The usage of and  are under discussion at talk:Sephirot -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 12:28, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

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Ohr
Ohr contains a random German guy's MS Paint artwork, and it doesn't really seem to contribute to the article, so I figured I'd post about it here so someone more knowledgeable can decide whether or not to remove it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.223.93.246 (talk) 07:32, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Lilith
The subject of finding a suitable jpg has arisen again. In ictu oculi (talk) 18:22, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

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Roseanne Barr GAR
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22 (number)
Is 22 still within the scope of this project? I can't see any reference to the Kabbalah in the article. (Please ping me if you have something to say that requires a response. I see no reason each project cannot define its own scope, but I don't see anything about the Kabbalah here.)  Perhaps it's in 22 (disambiguation) or 22 (numerology)? — Arthur Rubin (talk) 00:50, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

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the diagram shows two paths I believe wrong; there is no path between sephiroth 2 and sephiroth 5 nor between 3 and 4 -only one path gimel crosses Daath... the correct missing paths are between 7 and 10 plus between 8 and 10 Sabastianblak (talk) 02:21, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

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Knowledge query
Does anybody here know the answer to this question: Who first applied the Celestial Hierarchy of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite to the 72-fold name? Skyerise (talk) 20:39, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

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