The betrayal of the Mysteries by the false Gnostics-for the Gnostics, that is, those who know, were the Initiates of primitive Christianity-caused the Gnosis to be rejected, and alienated the Church from the supreme truths of the kabbala, which contain all the secrets of transcendental theology....
"Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries"
Annie Besant
Apollodorus took upon himself to explain to him how far the Rabbi transcended all his fellow Hebrews in knowledge of the law and the interpretation of the kabbala, the oral and mystical traditions of their people, and how that Simeon Ben Jochai was superior to all the astrologers of his time.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
It was he who unlocked the mysteries of the kabbala to the Gentile world.
"German Culture Past and Present"
Ernest Belfort Bax