The practice, study, or system of beliefs associated with the Cabbala and its mystical interpretations of sacred texts.
Formed from cabbala plus the suffix '-ism' (meaning a practice, system, or ideology), following the English pattern of creating abstract nouns describing philosophical or religious movements.
Cabbalism became fashionable among European intellectuals during the Renaissance because they thought it was an ancient secret science that could bridge Christian theology and hidden wisdom—scholars like Pico della Mirandola spent fortunes collecting Cabbalistic manuscripts, turning Jewish mysticism into a Renaissance status symbol.
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