The History of Kabbalah The history of Kabbalah dates back about 6,000 years. It starts with the first man, called Adam, who revealed the laws of nature and described them in the book called “Raziel HaMalach” (“The Angel Raziel”). About 3,800 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, atop of the great crisis of the Tower of Babel, Abraham, the son of the oracle priest Terach, revealed that the world is operated by one single force which manifests in two opposites: the positive force (integration, love)