Jewish Mysticism
Author: Joshua Abelson
Publisher:
Published: 1913
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13:
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The Origins of Jewish Mysticism
Author: Peter Schäfer
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2011-01-24
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 0691142157
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'The Origins of Jewish Mysticism' offers an in-depth look at the history of Jewish mysticism from the book of Ezekiel to the Merkavah mysticism of late antiquity. The author reveals what these writings seek to tell us about the age-old human desire to get close to and communicate with God.
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic & Mysticism
Author: Geoffrey W. Dennis
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Published: 2016-02-08
Total Pages: 561
ISBN-13: 0738748145
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJewish esotericism is the oldest and most influential continuous occult tradition in the West. Presenting lore that can spiritually enrich your life, this one-of-a-kind encyclopedia is devoted to the esoteric in Judaism—the miraculous and the mysterious. In this second edition, Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis has added over thirty new entries and significantly expanded over one hundred other entries, incorporating more knowledge and passages from primary sources. This comprehensive treasury of Jewish teachings, drawn from sources spanning Jewish scripture, the Talmud, the Midrash, the Kabbalah, and other esoteric branches of Judaism, is exhaustively researched yet easy to use. It includes over one thousand alphabetical entries, from Aaron to Zohar Chadesh, with extensive cross-references to related topics and new illustrations throughout. Drawn from the well of a great spiritual tradition, the secret wisdom within these pages will enlighten and empower you. Praise: "An erudite and lively compendium of Jewish magical beliefs, practices, texts, and individuals...This superb, comprehensive encyclopedia belongs in every serious library."—Richard M. Golden, Director of the Jewish Studies Program, University of North Texas, and editor of The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Western Tradition "Rabbi Dennis has performed a tremendously important service for both the scholar and the novice in composing a work of concise information about aspects of Judaism unbeknownst to most, and intriguing to all."—Rabbi Gershon Winkler, author of Magic of the Ordinary: Recovering the Shamanic in Judaism
Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
Author: Gershom Scholem
Publisher: Schocken
Published: 2011-08-17
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 0307791483
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of lectures on the features of the movement of mysticism that began in antiquity and continues in Hasidism today.
Zohar, the Book of Enlightenment
Author: Daniel Chanan Matt
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780809123872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first translation with commentary of selections from The Zohar, the major text of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. This work was written in 13th-century Spain by Moses de Leon, a Spanish scholar.
Kabbalah
Author: Byron L. Sherwin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780742543645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKabbalah: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism is a clear, accessible 'primer' and introduction to the major teachings of the Jewish mystics, to various dominant forms of Jewish mystical experiences, as well as to many of the significant texts that constitute classical Jewish mystical literature, and to their authors. Rather than provide an historical approach, this introduction to Jewish mysticism delineates five 'models' of Jewish mystical theology and experience: Normal Mysticism, Mystical Intimacy, Addressing God's Needs, Drawing Down Divine Grace, and Prophetic Kabbalah. Sherwin not only presents primary texts in translation, but also offers an explanation of each selection and provides a bibliography for further study.
Jewish Mysticism
Author: Joseph Dan
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Incorporated
Published: 1998-11-01
Total Pages: 453
ISBN-13: 1461629195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInterest in Jewish mysticism is, in our generation, widespread and growing. From Hebrew schools to Hollywood, people of all backgrounds and levels of knowledge are pursuing the subject. Books, magazines, journals, and classes are rapidly growing in number. One result of this burst of interest and popularization of Jewish mysticism is the problem of misinformation. The need for reliable source material has become crucial. This four-volume work by Professor Joseph Dan is a monumental event in the publishing history of English-language reference books on the subject of Jewish mystical thought and practice. Professor Dan's credentials are of the highest order. The recipient of the Israel Prize (considered to be Israel's highest honor), Joseph Dan is the Gershom Scholem Professor of Kabbalah at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and continues to be a visiting professor at some of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world.
Kabbalistic Visions
Author: Sanford L. Drob
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-04-06
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 1000787427
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1944, C. G. Jung experienced a series of visions which he later described as "the most tremendous things I have ever experienced." Central to these visions was the "mystic marriage as it appears in the Kabbalistic tradition", and Jung’s experience of himself as "Rabbi Simon ben Jochai," the presumed author of the sacred Kabbalistic text, the Zohar. Kabbalistic Visions explores Jung’s 1944 Kabbalistic visions, the impact of Jewish mysticism on Jungian psychology, Jung’s archetypal interpretation of Kabbalistic symbolism, and his claim late in life that a Hasidic rabbi, the Maggid of Mezhirech, anticipated his entire psychology. This book places Jung’s encounter with the Kabbalah in the context of the earlier visions and meditations of his Red Book, his abiding interests in Gnosticism and alchemy, and what many regard to be his Anti-Semitism and flirtation with National Socialism. Kabbalistic Visions is the first full-length study of Jung and Jewish mysticism in any language and the first book to present a comprehensive Jungian/archetypal interpretation of Kabbalistic symbolism.
Imagery Techniques in Modern Jewish Mysticism
Author: Daniel Reiser
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2018-07-09
Total Pages: 462
ISBN-13: 3110535882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyzes and describes the development and aspects of imagery techniques, a primary mode of mystical experience, in twentieth century Jewish mysticism. These techniques, in contrast to linguistic techniques in medieval Kabbalah and in contrast to early Hasidism, have all the characteristics of a full screenplay, a long and complicated plot woven together from many scenes, a kind of a feature film. Research on this development and nature of the imagery experience is carried out through comparison to similar developments in philosophy and psychology and is fruitfully contextualized within broader trends of western and eastern mysticism.
Jewish Mysticism and Jewish Ethics
Author: Joseph Dan
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781568215631
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJewish Mysticism and Jewish Ethics is a ground-breaking study of an ideological miracle, a tale of seven hundred years of diverse Jewish theological creativity. Many extreme, radical, and even seemingly heretical schools of thought were intergrated into a constructive, traditional Jewish ethics within the framework of Hebrew ethical literature. The ability of Jewish ethics to absorb and sustain conflicting ideas, which originated in schools that fought each other fiercely, presents a fascinating chapter in the history of Jewish ideas.
