Discuss Stanley Pembroke's answer to: How are kabbalistic ideas and practices related to the philosophical strand of Judaism?

Jewish philosophy antedates that seen in Athens by at least 2,500 years.  It also takes part in the mystical side of life, and has specific exercises on how to understand what is actually going on without being instructed. 

It is not an easy course of instruction but you will find it much more than rewarding as it is the direct link to Christianity