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'BECOMING LIKE GOD' MICHAEL BERG BOOK LAUNCH, HOME HOUSE, PORTMAN SQUARE, LONDON, BRITAIN - 21 OCT 2004
A-LIST KABBALISTS HELP LAUNCH NEW BOOK
Hollywood star Demi Moore hosted a star-studded book launch in London on Thursday (21 October) for American best-selling writer Rabbi Michael Berg's Becoming Like God.
Kabbalah's most famous follower, Madonna, and her husband, Guy Ritchie, attended the book launch-come-cocktail party at Home House in the West End, as did their Hollywood pal Gwyneth Paltrow.
All four stars have become devotees of the ancient form of Jewish mysticism in recent years, helping raise its profile dramatically, as well as providing it with some highly effective financial muscle - Madonna even donated ??12million to pay for a Kabbalah school in New York.
Rabbi Berg is known as the founding father of the modern Kabbalist religion, and his latest work has already shot up the bestseller lists in the US.
And based on Demi's party guest list, it is not just the Hollywood contingent Kabbalah has won over. Fashion designers Matthew Williamson, Alexander McQueen, Valentino and Nicky Haslam all came along to lend their support.
Rabbi Berg was accompanied by his wife, and other guests included British artist Tracey Emin and socialite Nicola Formby.
Guests were treated to cocktails, canapes and specially imported Kabbalah water.
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