XXL Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Madonna and Kabbalah: has 'the Light' finally gone out? Madge was absent from Philip Berg's funeral this week. Was it because she wouldn't be the headline act – or something more profound? http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2013/sep/19/madonna-kabbala-philip-bergs-funeral All things must pass, according to my £289 copy of Kabbalah's holy book, but has there been a cooling between the faux-Jewish set and its most famous devotee? Lost in Showbiz is moved to ask after Madonnawas nowhere to be seen in photos taken at this week's funeral of its founder, the erstwhile insurance salesman Philip Berg. On one level, the singer's absence might be expected. With the obvious exception of their own sendoffs, a funeral is an event at which attendees are merely on the bill, as opposed to headlining. And it may very well be that Madonna simply declined to part of an ensemble piece. Or maybe she couldn't join the likes of Ashton Kutcher in managing to get to Israel to see Berg entombed in the huge mausoleum that had been purpose-built for him. On another, this is the man who brought her into the sect, and at whose Shabat table she was given a VIP place whenever she was in town. This is the man for whom she lobbied Downing Street, claiming that Kabbalah water had removed all radioactivity from a lake in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, and was the answer to the global problem of nuclear waste. This is the man whose wife she reportedly took pride of place next to at Kabbalah services, and whose merchandise – $26 bit of red string, anyone? – she allowed to be sold alongside her own on world tours. A stroke confined him to a wheelchair some years ago, but this is the man whose guidance she continued to seek even after his wife and sons took the reins of the Kabbalah Center. Who knows, perhaps Madonna's absence from the Rav's funeral forms a companion piece with the 2011 document that shows how she cut all Kabbalah's ties with her charity, Raising Malawi, following the damning audit that revealed $3.8m had been spent on a project that was never realised. Either way, it is to be hoped she will take the earliest interview opportunity to put the confusion to bed. Is madam still seeing what Kabbalah calls "the Light", or has she seen the other kind of light? Inquiring minds want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Not4Pussies Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 she still studies and visits the kabbalah center in ny but she definitely has cut her ties with the Bergs and i am glad she snapped out of it. 2002-2005 was hardcore kabbalah times selling the red string at RIT was pushing it divorcing Ritchie and distancing herself from the Bergs brought a spark back in Madonna that i think was missing since 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Oh i didnt know she sold Red Strings at RIT LOL oohhhh Esther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkspur Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 What a condescending piece. How bout "none of your business?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat.Guy Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 I love the pictures they choose for Madonna's articles Let me get this straight.... they praise humbleness and killing your ego. While their leader is entombed in a huge mausoleum? That's nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s@ndz Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I speculate that Madonna had long separated kaballah from Berg and is still being true and faithful to what kaballah is about, but she has cut Berg off after he (maybe) proved shady. We wondered if she had gone the deep cult end, but, really, NOBODY fools her and gets to stay on her good graces. Or is it just that what Madonna really worships is her schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacHarris Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Shes a sinner. She likes it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Oh i didnt know she sold Red Strings at RIT LOL oohhhh Esther I went 3 times and didn't see any. You have to have it tied onto you anyway till it falls off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camacho Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I don't remember red strings being sold on the RIT. But I do remember at the end of the RIT shows when the lights came on, some pushy SFK reps were on the floor level handing out BROCHURES as the audience exited out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Wasn't the RIT tourbook wrapped in red string? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 The Kabbalah obsession (of everybody BUT Madonna) is so funny. Really, who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemini1313 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 there is....... a light..............above................. my head.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whyme? Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 She's studying the quran now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Lecter Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Wasn't the RIT tourbook wrapped in red string? Indeed it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acko Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Indeed it was! In a red string, but not THE red string. Anyway, “Everything changed once Madonna began to study,” comedian and Kabbalah Centre member Roseanne Barr told the Los Angeles Times. “Madonna had great intentions, and has done a lot of good things in the world, but her fame was so immense that there was no way that God or Kabbalah or the rav [Philip Berg] or Karen Berg or heaven and earth could remain the same in the face of it.” ROSEANNE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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