The present work contains three principal books of the Zohar, the key to the Kabalistic system. The translation is principally taken from the Latin version of Knorr Von Rosenroth, but also collated with the original Chaldee and Hebrew text, and in many instances translated directly therefrom, especially whenever the Latin rendering seemed unreliable. From the Introduction: "The first questions which the non-qabalistical reader will probably ask are: What is the Qabalah? Who was its author? What are its sub-divisions? What are its general teachings? And why is a translation of it required at...