Kabbalah Research Paper

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1. What is Kabbalah? 2. Is it a spiritual offshoot of Judaism or an earthly cult? 3. How is it related with freemasonry? 4. Is there any proof for Hollywood-Kabbalah links? 5. What is behind Hollywood fascination with Kabbalah? 6. Philip Berg, Madonna, Britney Spears, Demi Moore, Paris Hilton, Ashton Kutcher, how are these people related to each other? 7. Why is it now almost impossible to open a newspaper without seeing a celebrity sporting the telltale red string of Kabbalah? 8. How are Kaballah ideologies reflected and even promoted by the Hollywood blockbusters? Intro Most people don't have a clue what the Kabbalah is, though they may be aware it has something to do with a parade of stars -- from Madonna to Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher to Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton -- wearing red strings on their wrists. Kabbalah is an archaic word and …show more content…

from 2010, while a remake of the animated Disney film of the same name, held true to this same series where Cage played Balthazar Blake, a sorcerer trained by Merlin who’s magic is more akin to Alchemy and the power of the mind, a theme prevalent in many Rosicrucian circles and similar to the idea of the Kabbalah, that everything is mental – the power of the mind. A strong theme in the film links the ideas of magic to modern physics and the science behind energy. In the national treasure released in 2004, viewers find Cage playing amateur historian and treasure hunter Benjamin Gates who after deciphering a secret code on the back of the U.S. constitution, stumbles on to the lost treasure of the Knights Templars, protected in modern times by the Freemasons, who we meet in agent Sandusky as played by Harvey Keitel. The director, Jon Turteltaub, implies that Freemasonry is the essential element in the formation of the United States. He shows that this cult is a priceless, holy notion that can lead people to