Literary notes about Cabalist (AI summary)
The term "cabalist" frequently denotes a figure immersed in secret or mystical knowledge, often portrayed as a sage mastering esoteric wisdom or as a practitioner of magical arts. At times, the cabalist is depicted as a revered mentor endowed with the capacity to unveil hidden truths, as in the case of the great Cabalist summoned from the mountains [1] or the celebrated teacher in Wilna [2]. In other portrayals, the character is rendered with a peculiar blend of erudition and eccentricity, evident when a cabalist alternates between fiery inspiration and skeptical introspection [3][4]. Whether revered as a divine guide or critiqued for his mystical pursuits, the cabalist in literature emerges as a multifaceted figure whose involvement with ancient secrets and celestial wonders underscores both the allure and the ambiguity of arcane knowledge [5][6].
- ‘Tis said that Jabaster, the great Cabalist, has joined him from the mountains with ten thousand men.’
— from Alroy: The Prince of the Captivity by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield - In course of time I reached Wilna, where Rabbi Naphtali, the celebrated Cabalist, has a school.
— from The Jews of Barnow: Stories by Karl Emil Franzos - Raphael, another Greek beggar, rhapsodized interminably, and Bloch, a Cabalist from Germany, a meek, simple soul, had frenzies of fiery inspiration.
— from Dreamers of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill - yelled the liverish Cabalist, who had got half mad from having to watch Don Pasqualino.
— from The Land of Cockayne: A Novel by Matilde Serao - “Cupid is a casuist, A mystic, and a cabalist.
— from The Isle of Unrest by Henry Seton Merriman - About the same time a more serious propagandist of the Messianic idea appeared in the person of the Cabalist Hayyim Malakh.
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 1 [of 3] From the Beginning until the Death of Alexander I (1825) by Simon Dubnow
