Kabbalah S Secret Circles

Author : Robert E. Zucker
Publisher : BZB Publishing, Inc.
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781939050144

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Kabbalah's Secret Circles by Robert E. Zucker Pdf

Discover the many lost and forgotten secrets of the Kabbalah through the words of famous rabbis and authors throughout history. Follow a historical time line of Judaic mysticism and learn the basic principles of the Kabbalah. Devise your own Kabbalah Wheel to spin the legendary 231 Holy Gates of combinations and permutations, as described in the ancient book on Jewish mysticism– the Sepher Yetzirah (also known as The Book of Formation or Book of Creation).

Author : Jonatan Meir
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004321649

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Kabbalistic Circles in Jerusalem (1896-1948) by Jonatan Meir Pdf

This book endeavors to fill a lacuna in the literature on early twentieth-century kabbalah, namely the lack of a comprehensive account of the traditional kabbalah in Jerusalem from 1896 to 1948.

Author : Arthur Edward Waite
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781602063242

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The Holy Kabbalah by Arthur Edward Waite Pdf

Kabbalah has gained notoriety in recent years, thanks in large part to a publicity boost from celebrity adherents like Madonna. Yet the uninitiated may be surprised to learn that Jewish mysticism has been practiced for thousands of years. First published in 1929, The Holy Kabbalah is Arthur E. Waite's guide to these esoteric teachings. Divided into twelve books, with five appendices and a detailed index, this heavily researched volume traces the origins of Kabbalah and examines its influence (if any) on astrology, alchemy, and freemasonry. Including a close look at Kabbalistic literature, and sections on the Zohar and the Ten Sephiroth, this volume will serve as an excellent introduction to the secret tradition for those wanting to learn more about Kabbalah out of scholarship or curiosity. American-born British author ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE (1857-1942) was cocreator of the famous 1910 Rider-Waite Tarot deck. Among his numerous books are Book of Ceremonial Magic, Devil Worship in France, and New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry.

Author : Kitty Millet
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501359705

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Kabbalah and Literature by Kitty Millet Pdf

Focuses on a range of Jewish and non-Jewish writers to examine the intersection of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition, and secular Jewish literatures. Kabbalah and Literature shows how the Jewish mystical tradition contributes to the renewal of literature in a modern, global, and increasingly disconnected age. Kitty Millet explores Kabbalah's conceptual underpinnings, aesthetic principles, tenets, and signifiers to demonstrate how literature's absorption of kabbalistic material has altered its ontology, function, and the tasks it sets for itself. Reading writers from Europe and the Americas, Kitty Millet maps how the kabbalist's desire to "recover Eden" transforms into a latent messianic drive only intuitable through text. Thus it charts a journey of sorts, a migration of Jewish mystical material embedded surreptitiously within text in order to shift ever so slightly at times the range of the literary to encompass an aesthetic vision not easily reducible to the literal, the known, the allegorical, or even the philosophical. In this way, Kabbalah and Literature proposes a novel, intuitive approach, shifting focus away from the Jewish text's epistemological elements to embrace its "secrets."

Author : Joseph Dan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195327052

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Kabbalah by Joseph Dan Pdf

An account of Kabbalah and its impact outside of Judaism offers a concise and highly accurate look at the history and character of the various systems developed by the adherents of the Kabbalah.

Author : Leonora Leet
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0892817240

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The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah by Leonora Leet Pdf

"The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah" resurrects this ancient body of knowledge to reveal eternal truths that profoundly impact contemporary spirituality. Experimental methods of practicing Hebraic sacred science are explored that explain, as never before, the meaning of the cosmological diagram of the entire Western esoteric tradition--the kabbalistic Tree of Life.

Author : Ram Ben-Shalom
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781837641413

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The Jews of Provence and Languedoc by Ram Ben-Shalom Pdf

This exhaustive history of Provençal Jewry examines the key aspects of Jewish life in Provence over some 1,500 years of cultural florescence with far-reaching consequences. A seminal examination of the crucial role of the Jews of Provence in shaping medieval Jewish culture in the Mediterranean basin.

Author : Michael R. Kellogg
Publisher : Laitman Kabbalah Publishers
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780973826814

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Wondrous Wisdom by Michael R. Kellogg Pdf

Wondrous Wisdom Michael R. Kellogg Today interest in Kabbalah has exploded worldwide. Millions of people are seeking answers as to what this ancient wisdom really is, and where they can find authentic instruction. With so many conflicting ideas about Kabbalah on the internet, in books, and in the mass media; the time has finally arrived to answer humanity's need, and reveal the wisdom to all who truly desire to know. In Wondrous Wisdom you will receive the first steps, an initial course on Kabbalah, based solely on authentic teachings passed down from Kabbalist teacher to student over thousands of years. Offered within is a sequence of lessons revealing the nature of the wisdom and explaining the method of attaining it. For every person questioning "Who am I really?" and "Why am I on this planet?" this book is an absolute must. But if you listen with your heart to one famous question, I am sure that all your doubts as to whether you should study the Kabbalah will vanish without a trace. This question is a bitter and fair one, asked by all born on earth: What is the meaning of my life? Rav Yehuda Ashlag, from Introduction to Talmud Eser Sefirot .

Author : Jonathan Dauber
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512822762

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Secrecy and Esoteric Writing in Kabbalistic Literature by Jonathan Dauber Pdf

Secrecy and Esoteric Writing in Kabbalistic Literature examines the strategies of esoteric writing that Kabbalists have used to conceal secrets in their writings, such that casual readers will only understand the surface meaning of their texts while those with greater insight will grasp the internal meaning. In addition to a broad description of esoteric writing throughout the long literary history of Kabbalah, this work analyzes kabbalistic secrecy in light of contemporary theories of secrecy. It also presents case studies of esoteric writing in the work of four of the first kabbalistic authors—Abraham ben David, Isaac the Blind, Ezra ben Solomon, and Asher ben David—and thereby helps recast our understanding of the earliest stages of kabbalistic literary history. The book will interest scholars in Jewish mysticism and Jewish philosophy, as well as those working in medieval Jewish history. Throughout, Jonathan V. Dauber has endeavored to write an accessible work that does not require extensive prior knowledge of kabbalistic thought. Accordingly, it finds points of contact between scholars of various religious traditions.

Author : Elliot R. Wolfson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438424378

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Circle in the Square by Elliot R. Wolfson Pdf

This book deals with aspects of the gender imaging of God in a variety of medieval kabbalistic sources. It provides the key to understanding the phenomenological structures of mystical experience as well as the thematic correlation of esotericism and eroticism that is central to the kabbalah. The author examines the role of gender utilizing current feminist studies and cultural anthropology. He explores the themes of the feminization of the Torah, the correlation of circumcision and vision of God, the phallocentric understanding of divine creation as a process of inscription mythologized as an act of sexual self-gratification, and the phenomenon of gender-crossing in kabbalistic myth and ritual. Collectively, the studies explore in great depth the androcentric phallocentrism that is characteristic of medieval Jewish mysticism.

Author : Boaz Huss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190086978

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Mystifying Kabbalah by Boaz Huss Pdf

Most scholars of Judaism take the term "Jewish mysticism" for granted, and do not engage in a critical discussion of the essentialist perceptions that underlie it. Mystifying Kabbalah studies the evolution of the concept of Jewish mysticism. It examines the major developments in the academic study of Jewish mysticism and its impact on modern Kabbalistic movements in the contexts of Jewish nationalism and New Age spirituality. Boaz Huss argues that Jewish mysticism is a modern discursive construct and that the identification of Kabbalah and Hasidism as forms of mysticism, which appeared for the first time in the nineteenth century and has become prevalent since the early twentieth, shaped the way in which Kabbalah and Hasidism are perceived and studied today. The notion of Jewish mysticism was established when western scholars accepted the modern idea that mysticism is a universal religious phenomenon of a direct experience of a divine or transcendent reality and applied it to Kabbalah and Hasidism. "Jewish mysticism" gradually became the defining category in the modern academic research of these topics. This book clarifies the historical, cultural, and political contexts that led to the identification of Kabbalah and Hasidism as Jewish mysticism, exposing the underlying ideological and theological presuppositions and revealing the impact of this "mystification" on contemporary forms of Kabbalah and Hasidism.

Author : Michael Laitman
Publisher : Laitman Kabbalah Publishers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781897448168

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A Guide to the Hidden Wisdom of Kabbalah by Michael Laitman Pdf

In a time of crisis, we need a guide to help us calm and stabilize our lives. This is why Kabbalah is being revealed to millions today. Kabbalah is a tool for bettering life, and A Guide to the Hidden Wisdom of Kabbalah teaches how we can use this tool. In a graceful, easygoing style, you'll learn the basics of Kabbalah, and receive much needed suggestions for employing this age-old science to your daily life.

Author : Michal Schwartz
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462001491

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Gateway of Souls by Michal Schwartz Pdf

On her twenty-fourth birthday, Tila Kurzweil receives a strange package communicating an even more mysterious message. She discovers she’s inherited an antique book store in Prague that’s been in her family for more than two hundred years. But an accompanying letter tells her that it’s time she follows her name and fulfills her gilgul. Confused, Tila seeks answers from her father. Professor Kurzweil really doesn’t want to talk about the past and what the message might mean to his daughter, but he does reveal that Tila’s mother, now dead, practiced some Kabbalistic rituals. Tila knows she must discover who she is and where she came from. She leaves Toronto and travels to Prague where she embarks on an adventure into a world of intrigue, incest, and reincarnation—a tale whose origins lead back to eighteenth-century Europe, a dark period in Jewish Kabbalah. This world that caused her mother’s death now poses a threat to Tila’s own life.

Author : Perle Epstein
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-02-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834824577

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Kabbalah by Perle Epstein Pdf

Unraveling the web of ancient traditions hidden in such texts as the Sefer Yetzirah and the Zohar, this book traces history and offers an accessible introduction to understanding Kabbalah and its practices. Jewish mysticism has flourished—sometimes brilliantly, sometimes darkly—over five thousand years. This pioneering, popular text on Jewish mysticism was the first written for a general audience, and in it, Perle Besserman offers a lively and accessible introduction to the methods, schools, and practitioners of this intriguing world. She traces the history of Kabbalah through the lives of its illustrious scholars and saints and unravels the web of ancient traditions hidden in such texts as Sefer Yetzirah and the Zohar. Running through these pages are the words of the outstanding Kabbalists and mystics—including Simeon bar Yohai, Isaac Luria, Abraham Abulafia, and the Baal Shem Tov—giving instructions on practices ranging from contemplation of the Bible’s secret teachings to ritual, ecstatic prayer, and intensive meditation.

Author : Arthur Edward Waite
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:249827104

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The Holy Kabbalah by Arthur Edward Waite Pdf