Madonna has ''relied'' on the Kabbalah ever since she started studying it.
The 63-year-old star began learning about the school of thought shortly before the 1996 birth of her daughter Lourdes and whilst she admits that she ''doesn't understand'' everything connected with it, she is glad the discipline has provided her with some guidance throughout her career.
She said: ''I started studying Kabbalah when I was pregnant with my daughter, so I guess they're connected.
''It made me become more conscious of my choices, my decisions, what I wanted to say, how it affected people, stuff like that.
''I feel like it made me become a more responsible person. I mean there are aspects of Kabbalah that I still don't understand.
''But I would have to devote my life to studying it all the time and then I wouldn't be the person that I am. But I certainly have relied on it and it has informed me as a mother, as an artist, in many ways.
''[It] pushed me in the direction of asking more questions. Thou doth not protest too much.''
Whilst Madonna - who was born to a Catholic family - has previously admitted that her 1989 song 'Like A Prayer' stemmed from the uneasiness she feels about being punished for doing something wrong, she believes it is important to reference ''our institutions''.
Speaking about the single's catholic references, she added to MOJO magazine: ''The Catholic church needs to have a stick poked at it, for God sakes. Doesn't it?
''On the other hand, I love going to a beautiful Catholic church and hearing the mass in Latin and smelling the incense and the whole pomp and circumstance and drama of it all.
''It's beautiful, it's hypocrisy. But we have to poke at our institutions. If you can't poke at institutions, then you might as well just live in a fascist state.
''Which is what we're living in now. Yay! Woo!''
Some people want to know if I know the Kabbalah
And have trouble when the answer is "Why don't you ask Madonna?"
Protocols
Rav Shmuel
Some people ask me if I'm Jewish
Some people look at me and know
Some people want to know if I believe in Jesus
And have trouble when the answer is "Well, no"
Some people think that that's my right
Some people think that I am damned
Some people think that I'm a part of a conspiracy
To take over the world and rule with an iron hand
CHORUS:
Y'see, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion are true
And I am a member of standing
Our goal is to milk all the money from you
It's world domination we're planning
Oh no, there I go, I've let the cat right out of the bag
Will you please keep my secret, I pray?
'Cause I'm under cover as a singer-songwriter
Right here at the Sidewalk Café
Some people ask if I'm Middle Eastern
Some people stare at me with hate
Some people want to know if I pick up every penny
So they toss them at me and quickly drive away
Some people think that that's my right
Some people think that I am damned
Some people think that I should pack up all my bags
And get out of the Promised Land
CHORUS
Some people ask if I speak English
Some people stare at me when I pray
Some people want to know if I know the Kabbalah
And have trouble when the answer is "Why don't you ask Madonna?"
Some people think that that's my right
Some people think that I am damned
Some people think that I'm a real threat to world freedom
And that I will turn their oil into sand
CHORUS
'Cause I'm under cover as a singer-songwriter
Right here at the Sidewalk Cafe
Source: https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/people/2015/01/29/madonna-relies-on-kabbalah/22511473/
