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# 365 reviews, 4.8⭐ avg Top 150 in niche categories Deep Kabbalah insights The Bahir: Illumination

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> 🔮 Illuminate your mind with the ultimate Kabbalah guide — don’t miss the mystical revelation!

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## Key Features

- • **Cult Classic Status:** Ranked #116 in Kabbalah Texts, a must-have for serious mysticism enthusiasts.
- • **Masterful Commentary:** Kaplan’s expert analysis unlocks ancient mystical texts with clarity and depth.
- • **Esoteric Wisdom Decoded:** Explore cryptic Hebrew scripture and Qabalistic keys rarely understood by modern readers.
- • **Immersive Reading Experience:** Engage with layered text and commentary designed for meditative and intellectual exploration.
- • **Authentic Mystical Scholarship:** A rare, respected edition that transcends New Age dilution with genuine scholarly rigor.

## Overview

The Bahir: Illumination Revised Edition by Aryeh Kaplan is a critically acclaimed, deeply insightful exploration of Jewish mystical scripture. Featuring Kaplan’s extensive commentary, it decodes complex esoteric concepts and Hebrew hieroglyphics, making it a top-ranked, essential read for scholars and spiritual seekers alike.

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Review: Very good edition - The best edition
Review: Another superb Kaplan volume. - Of course, the text of the Bahir itself is not the work of Rabbi Kaplan, but more than half of this book consists of his analyses of the text and guide notes thereon. After reading the introduction I found myself actually reading a large portion of the commentary before realising that I had barely touched upon the text itself. The text is a beautiful treat of esoteric writing which would be understood by very few, the commentary itself attempts to elucidate this cryptic writing and for the most seems perfectly on point. It would be best read as intended, to take in the text on its own and see what can be understood through exploring the writing in a meditative state, The commentary can almost be read as a book in itself if you already have a form of understanding what is being explained, but even the commentary is of course speaking of concepts which require some form of mystical work and vision to truly understand. As someone who is most closely a Hermetist, it is fascinating to read into this area and see the way that the Jewish mystics have interpreted the universal workings and relationship to the Divine and also to explore the beautiful hieroglyphic language of Hebrew and the joyous coding of the Hebrew scripture. I am exploring this alongside study of the Zohar and Sepher Yetzirah, and though the concepts of Divinity may already be understood it is just beautiful to see it stated in such a way and fascinating to see it all stated in such an expansive manner and to learn more about such misunderstood Hebrew scripture which has been so unfortunately rejected by the so called "rationalists" in our world. Perhaps if these people were able to understand the Qabalistic keys then they would not so blindly reject the notion of "God" as can even in this sense be explained through modern science as it finally catches up with the truths of the Ancients. It is plain to see, even more so from his work with the Sepher Yetzirah, that Rabbi Kaplan has truly been raised to the Greater Mind and he is one of the only writers on the subject of Qabalah with whose writing I can really connect. This is a subject which has been greatly diluted and profaned by the New Age movements even since the writers on the Golden Dawn. Many write on Qabalah, many hold the concepts in theory, but it seems that very few writers truly understand.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 580,347 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 278 in Kabbalah Texts 292 in Kabbalah 952 in Mysticism (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (367) |
| Dimensions  | 14.61 x 1.57 x 22.86 cm |
| Edition  | Revised ed. |
| ISBN-10  | 0877286183 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0877286189 |
| Item weight  | 210 g |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 296 pages |
| Publication date  | 1 April 1980 |
| Publisher  | Weiser Books |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good edition
*by G***I on 9 November 2025*

The best edition

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another superb Kaplan volume.
*by G***H on 26 February 2014*

Of course, the text of the Bahir itself is not the work of Rabbi Kaplan, but more than half of this book consists of his analyses of the text and guide notes thereon. After reading the introduction I found myself actually reading a large portion of the commentary before realising that I had barely touched upon the text itself. The text is a beautiful treat of esoteric writing which would be understood by very few, the commentary itself attempts to elucidate this cryptic writing and for the most seems perfectly on point. It would be best read as intended, to take in the text on its own and see what can be understood through exploring the writing in a meditative state, The commentary can almost be read as a book in itself if you already have a form of understanding what is being explained, but even the commentary is of course speaking of concepts which require some form of mystical work and vision to truly understand. As someone who is most closely a Hermetist, it is fascinating to read into this area and see the way that the Jewish mystics have interpreted the universal workings and relationship to the Divine and also to explore the beautiful hieroglyphic language of Hebrew and the joyous coding of the Hebrew scripture. I am exploring this alongside study of the Zohar and Sepher Yetzirah, and though the concepts of Divinity may already be understood it is just beautiful to see it stated in such a way and fascinating to see it all stated in such an expansive manner and to learn more about such misunderstood Hebrew scripture which has been so unfortunately rejected by the so called "rationalists" in our world. Perhaps if these people were able to understand the Qabalistic keys then they would not so blindly reject the notion of "God" as can even in this sense be explained through modern science as it finally catches up with the truths of the Ancients. It is plain to see, even more so from his work with the Sepher Yetzirah, that Rabbi Kaplan has truly been raised to the Greater Mind and he is one of the only writers on the subject of Qabalah with whose writing I can really connect. This is a subject which has been greatly diluted and profaned by the New Age movements even since the writers on the Golden Dawn. Many write on Qabalah, many hold the concepts in theory, but it seems that very few writers truly understand.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommend
*by A***S on 22 February 2019*

Fantastic read highly recommend

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