Madonna is p.o.’d that the press keeps bagging on Kabbalah, urging naysayers to do their research before dissing on the faddish heights of her new “religion.”
Says Queen Quasi-Jew: “If they did that, then they’d have a completely different view. I wonder if they’d be less irritated if I was studying existentialism. Maybe they would.”
Of course, because existentialism and that whole “G-d is dead” pile of nonsense is just soo unsexy; but why IS everyone on her case? Even though we think the Kabbalah Center has turned a complex ancient wisdom into a farcical self-help empire, there must be a seed of truth in there somewhere. And it doesn’t hurt the Jewish population of the world to have hordes of gentile seekers coming to learn about a previously veiled part of Judaism that has made its way into the mainstream. Perhaps the press and the bloggers help cheapen Kabbalah by reducing it to red strings and high-priced healing water instead of examining the material.
But, durn, that sounds boring. Go out and recruit some more celebrity skanks for us, Madge!