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When Isaac Newton died in 1727, his relatives inherited his vast collection of manuscripts and expected they would be highly valuable. Buyers and scholars from Cambridge, the British Museum, and various church representatives examined them. However, many were surprised or even disconcerted by their contents, as much of Newton’s unpublished writing focused on religious, heretical, and alchemical subjects rather than science, which made the manuscripts both mysterious and, for some, troubling, leading to years of neglect.
Newton believed in one Creator. He quoted Rambam, respected the wisdom of Kabbalists, and researched the unfolding of knowledge about the upper force through history. He wrote that God transmitted the understanding of the universe to Adam, then to a chosen few, to Abraham, and from there to the people of Israel. He believed that secrets about the universe were accessible only to a handful, with Moses above all, and that these secrets were encrypted in the structure of the Jerusalem Temple.
Newton dedicated himself to researching the Temple, convinced that in its design lay the harmony of the universe. To him, every measure and proportion revealed a hidden order. Just as he uncovered physical laws, he longed to uncover the spiritual laws embedded in creation. In his eyes, Abraham and Moses gained direct access to the Creator, and he aspired, in his way, to the same.
What does this tell us? It tells us that behind Newton’s scientific genius stood a deeper yearning: to discover the higher system governing reality. He sensed that the wisdom of the Creator was concealed within ancient texts and structures, and that humanity’s purpose is tied to this wisdom. The resistance his writings met was not accidental. Humanity was not ready to accept that the greatest scientist of his age placed the Temple and the Torah at the center of universal knowledge.
Today, however, we are reaching the same conclusion. Science has advanced far, but it now approaches its limits. The deeper we delve into scientific research, the clearer it becomes that matter and force alone cannot explain life’s meaning and purpose. Like Newton, we must return to research the source of existence, i.e., the laws of nature as the laws of the Creator, which are laws of love, bestowal, and connection.
Newton’s legacy is not only gravity or optics. It is also the reminder that the secrets of existence lie in the connection between humanity and the higher force. He pointed to the Temple not as a building of stone, but as a code for the structure of the universe, a symbol of harmony between the Creator and creation. In this, he left us not just science, but a direction: to search for that unity and to realize it in our own lives.
Based on the video “Did Newton Believe in a Creator?” with Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman and Semion Vinokur. Written/edited by students of Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman.
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