Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Kabbalah/Archive 2

I would like to see this image added
Hello, I'm new.

I think this deserves attention.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Godislove.png

It is a modified version of: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Tree_of_life_kircher_hebrew.png

God Bless.

--TaylorOliphant (talk) 12:33, 7 February 2008 (UTC)


 * The title "Godislove" is problematic. Is there any source that this is what the image means?  Jon513 (talk) 12:40, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure. Should I change it? I'm new, sorry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TaylorOliphant (talk • contribs) 14:33, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It's been what I would consider spammed onto quite a few talk pages, so I would ignore it, especially if it's a user-modified picture. MSJapan (talk) 23:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Suggested Merger
WikiProject Occult
 * Seeing as how the QBLH is a very limiting or rather limited subject, and is in fact a sub cat of the occult, why not combined forces and work under one project? This way everyone can work together to achieve the same end. Just a thought. SynergeticMaggot (talk) 10:07, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Having studied Kabbalah in the Western Tradition for the past 25 years, I have seen that any system of mysticism, occultism or religious belief can be placed on the Tree of Life. For example, if we look at the 'thorny' subject of Wicca (commonly known as witchcraft), the main deities can be placed in the supernal triad, and the lesser deities on the Sephiroth below it. Melchior68 (talk) 10:51, 12 September 2008 (UTC) [Melchior68 12 Sept. 2008]

Ein Sof?!
Can somone who is fluent in Hebrew take a look at the Ain Soph article please? Someone has posted the spelling of it has either Ein Sof or Ain Suph? Are these variations acceptable? And if so why? Is wikipedia allowing Hebrew to be bastardised now?--Redblossom (talk) 19:49, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, several pages use "Ein Sof" as an alternate spelling, as indicated by google here, particularly in connection with the Kabbalah. "Ain Suph" isn't used as often, as shown here, but is used as well. John Carter (talk) 19:56, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Would it not make life easier if a Rabbi or a fluent Hebrew speaker was solicited to go over all the Kabbalah articles to ensure proper spelling is accorded and used within proper context? It would ensure that the articles were seen has a reasonable piece of academia and not someones internet hobby on the side? Can we have a decision on this?--Redblossom (talk) 21:09, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The one question I have, and this might be just me, is whether the proper Hebrew spelling as thought today would necessarily be the most appropriate to the article. In some cases, I have seen where what is technically an improper spelling, but the more recognized form of a term within that particular context, is the one used for a title, largely because that better known spelling makes it preferable according to WP:NAME. Having said that, it might not be a bad idea to create a user subpage listing the various spellings by choice and letting some of the more active members of the project look it over to determine which one should be chosen as the article's title. John Carter (talk) 21:26, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

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Requested move discussion at Kabbalah
There is a move discussion in process at Talk:Kabbalah. Bob (QaBob) 14:07, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Template:Sefirot
Template:Sefirot, as of this post, uses [[Media:Ktreewnames.png]]. It seems an inappropriate/unrepresentative image. The transliterations are non-standard, as is the representation of Daath in the way it is right now. Also, the visual texturing clashes slightly.

There's all of http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cabalism that one could use.

The existing imagemap might even work as-is. YhnMzw (talk) 22:55, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

User:YhnMzw/Template:Sefirot Fixed. YhnMzw (talk) 00:05, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

I like one of the templates they had before, which also has the Hebrew letters in it. I don't know why Hebrew letters are so sparse in the Kabbalah articles - it adds to the "feel" of the article if you include more of the original Hebrew terms (in Hebrew). As for transliterations, since Wikipedia is an encylopedia, the Kabbalah articles should follow the transliteration standards set by the modern encyclopedic researchers of Kabbalah (who, by the way, all know Hebrew, so don't make mistakes), ie. Gershom Scholem, and the Encyclopdia Judaica articles, for starters.Jimhoward72 (talk) 15:54, 7 January 2009 (UTC)