Studies In Ecstatic Kabbalah

Author : Moshe Idel
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438407463

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Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah by Moshe Idel Pdf

This book presents important topics regarding the more mystical trend of Kabbalah—the ecstatic Kabbalah. It includes the mystical union, the world of imagination, and concentration as a spiritual technique. The emphasis in the text is on the interaction between the "original" Spanish stage of Kabbalah and Muslim mysticism in the East, mainly in the Galilee. The influence of the Kabbalistic-Sufic synthesis on the later developments of Jewish mysticism is traced, thereby providing a more precise understanding of the history of Kabbalah as an interplay between the theosophical and ecstatic mystical experiences.

Author : Moshe Idel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111881905

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Abraham Abulafia by Moshe Idel Pdf

Author : David A. Cooper
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781458785275

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Ecstatic Kabbalah by David A. Cooper Pdf

Kabbalah the secret is out! From Madonna's controversial conversion to the Dalai Lama's acknowledgment and support, this mystical tradition is gaining unprecedented recognition. But how do we put this powerful and esoteric worldview into practice? With The Ecstatic Kabbalah, Rabbi David Cooperauthor of God Is a Verb (100, 000 copies sold, Riverhead, 1958), and a renowned leader of the Jewish meditation movementprovides practical exercises on the path toward mending the soul, the fundamental Jewish experience that brings union with the Divine. With meditation techniques for both beginning and advanced practitioners, The Ecstatic Kabbalah guides listeners into awareness of the presence of light with experiential practices for touching the four worlds of mystical Judaism:

Author : Elliot R. Wolfson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110298291

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Abraham Abulafia--kabbalist and Prophet by Elliot R. Wolfson Pdf

Author : Moshe Idel
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438407432

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Hasidism by Moshe Idel Pdf

Approaches Hasidism as an important stage in Jewish mysticism, rather than as a mere reaction to or result of historical and social forces.

Author : Shahar Arzy,Moshe Idel
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300152371

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Kabbalah by Shahar Arzy,Moshe Idel Pdf

In this original study, Moshe Idel, an eminent scholar of Jewish mysticism and thought, and the cognitive neuroscientist and neurologist Shahar Arzy combine their considerable expertise to explore the mysteries of the Kabbalah from an entirely new perspective: that of the human brain. In lieu of the theological, sociological, and psychoanalytic approaches that have generally dominated the study of ecstatic mystical experiences, the authors endeavor to decode the brain mechanisms underlying these phenomena. Arzy and Idel analyze first-person descriptions to explore the Kabbalistic techniques employed by most prominent Jewish mystics to effect bodily reduplications, dissociations, and other phenomena, and compare them with recent neurological observations and modern-day laboratory experiments. The resultant study offers readers a scientific, more brain-based understanding of how ecstatic Kabbalists achieved their most precious mystical experiences. The study further demonstrates how these Kabbalists have long functioned as pioneering investigators of the human self.

Author : Moshe Idel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110598773

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Abraham Abulafia’s Esotericism by Moshe Idel Pdf

This book focuses on Abraham Abulafia's esoteric thought in relation to Maimonides, Maimonideans, and Islamic thought in the line of Leo Strauss' theory of the history of philosophy. A survey of Abulafia's sources leads into an analysis of the esoteric meaning on the famous parable of the three rings, considering also the possible connection between this parable, which Abdulafia inserted into a book dedicated to his student, the 13th century rabbi Nathan the wise, and the Lessing's Play "Nathan the Wise." The book also examines Abulafia's universalistic understanding of the nature of the Bible, the Hebrew language, and the people of Israel (or the Sinaic revelation). The universal aspects of Abulafia’s thought have been put in relief against the more widespread Kabbalistic views which are predominantly particularistic. A number of texts have also been identified here for the first time as authored by Abulafia.

Author : Moshe Idel
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438407456

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The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia by Moshe Idel Pdf

This book represents the first wide-scale presentation of a major Jewish mystic, the founder of the ecstatic Kabbalah. It includes a description of the techniques employed by his master, including the role of music. There is a discussion of the characteristics of his mystical experience and the erotic imagery by which it was expressed. Based on all the extant manuscript material of Abulafia, this book opens the way to a new understanding of Jewish mysticism. It points to the importance of the ecstatic Kabbalah for the later developments in mystical Judaism.

Author : Frederick E. Greenspahn
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814732861

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Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah by Frederick E. Greenspahn Pdf

This title describes recent discoveries and insights into the various expressions of Jewish mysticism from antiquity to the modern day. From mystical outpourings in ancient Palestine to the Kabbalah Centre, this volume explores the various expressions of Jewish mysticism from antiquity to the present day.

Author : Brian Ogren
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004290310

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Time and Eternity in Jewish Mysticism by Brian Ogren Pdf

Time and eternity are concepts that have occupied an important place within Jewish mystical thought. This present volume gives pride of place to these concepts, and is one of the first works to bring together diverse voices on the subject. It offers a multivalent picture of the topic of time and eternity, not only by including contributions from an array of academics who are leaders in their fields, but by proposing six diverse approaches to time and eternity in Jewish mysticism: the theoretical approach to temporality, philosophical definitions, the idea of time and pre-existence, the idea of historical time, the idea of experiential time, and finally, the idea of eternity beyond time. This multivocal treatment of Jewish mysticism and time as based on variant academic approaches is novel, and it should lay the groundwork for further discussion and exploration.

Author : Adam Afterman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004328730

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“And They Shall Be One Flesh”: On The Language of Mystical Union in Judaism by Adam Afterman Pdf

In “And They Shall Be One Flesh”: On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism Adam Afterman offers an extensive study of mystical union and mystical embodiment through the divine name and spirit in Judaism.

Author : David A. Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0369304497

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Ecstatic Kabbalah (16pt Large Print Edition) by David A. Cooper Pdf

Kabbalah the secret is out! From Madonna's controversial conversion to the Dalai Lama's acknowledgment and support, this mystical tradition is gaining unprecedented recognition. But how do we put this powerful and esoteric worldview into practice? With The Ecstatic Kabbalah, Rabbi David Cooper author of God Is a Verb (100, 000 copies sold, Riverhead, 1958), and a renowned leader of the Jewish meditation movement provides practical exercises on the path toward mending the soul, the fundamental Jewish experience that brings union with the Divine. With meditation techniques for both beginning and advanced practitioners, The Ecstatic Kabbalah guides listeners into awareness of the presence of light with experiential practices for touching the four worlds of mystical Judaism;

Author : Moshe Idel
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300126266

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Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510 by Moshe Idel Pdf

This survey of the history of Kabbalah in Italy represents a major contribution from one of the world's foremost Kabbalah scholars. Idel charts the ways that Kabbalistic thought and literature developed in Italy and how its unique geographical situation facilitated the arrival of both Spanish and Byzantine Kabbalah.

Author : Moshe Idel
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780812241303

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Old Worlds, New Mirrors by Moshe Idel Pdf

In Old Worlds, New Mirrors Moshe Idel turns his gaze on figures as diverse as Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida, Franz Kafka and Franz Rosenzweig, Arnaldo Momigliano and Paul Celan, Abraham Heschel and George Steiner to reflect on their relationships to Judaism in a cosmopolitan, mostly European, context.

Author : Boaz Huss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,9 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.