the Law is not always for an apparant reason but because these are tracks of the movement of things above as reflected here and are to be followed in effect not because they are the "right way or the wrong way but the army way"...this adherance to the paths of the supernal is for the Jew and not for all...
Yes, this point is not lost on me -- especially since I understand that this is often the way a spiritual or mystical point has to be taught to someone who hasn't learned yet to view things with a certain kind of, how to put it, perspective.
The approach hinted at with a distinction between "religious" vs. "ethical" law makes Judaism, for all intents and purposes, a form of esoterica. I am not opposed to this -- how could I be? Except to note that esotericism is distinct from religion and cannot successfully present itself as such...
Re: Jewish concept of Law
the Law is not always for an apparant reason
but because these are tracks of the movement of things
above as reflected here and are to be followed in
effect not because they are the "right way or the wrong
way but the army way"...this adherance to the paths
of the supernal is for the Jew and not for all...
Yes, this point is not lost on me -- especially since I understand that this is often the way a spiritual or mystical point has to be taught to someone who hasn't learned yet to view things with a certain kind of, how to put it, perspective.
The approach hinted at with a distinction between "religious" vs. "ethical" law makes Judaism, for all intents and purposes, a form of esoterica. I am not opposed to this -- how could I be? Except to note that esotericism is distinct from religion and cannot successfully present itself as such...