Kabbalah for dummies

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"Kabbalah For Dummies" presents a balanced perspective of Kabbalah as an "umbrella" for a complex assemblage of mystical Jewish teachings and codification techniques. "Kabbalah For Dummies" also shows how Kabbalah simultaneously presents an approach to the study of text, the performance of ritual and the experience of worship, as well as how the reader can apply its teaching to everyday life.

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Title Statements

Full title :Kabbalah for dummies / by Arthur Kurzweil.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley Pub
Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2007.

The Physical Object

Description:366 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780471915904, 0471915904
oclc:ocn124513046
LC Classification:BM526
Dewey Decimal:296.1/6

Part I. So, what's the big secret? Unmasking Kabbalah. What is Kabbalah? -- Magic, mishegas, and other things that Kabbalah isn't -- Looking back: a brief history of Kabbalah -- Part II. Cutting to the core of Kabbalah. The link between Heaven and Earth: Kabbalah's own top-ten countdown -- Everything (even a traffic jam) is for the best -- Our bodies don't have souls: our souls have bodies -- Like déjà vu all over again: reincarnation in Kabbalah -- Instant karma's gonna get you -- Part III. Livin' la vida Kabbalah. Living one day at a time -- Living one week at a time -- A year in the life of a Kabbalist -- A Kabbalist's life cycle -- Part IV. Fine-tuning the essential skills of the Kabbalist. Discovering the Kabbalistic books that really matter -- Hitting the books, and kissing them: studying like a Kabbalist -- Praying like a Kabbalist -- Knowing the unknowable God -- Part V. The part of tens. (Almost) ten myths about studying Kabbalah -- Ten great Kabbalists in history -- Ten places that Kabbalists visit.

Subjects

Cabala Cabala -- History Cabala -- Introductions History Jewish way of life Judaism -- Customs and practices Kabbale -- Histoire Mysticism -- Judaism Mysticisme -- Judaïsme Vie religieuse -- Judaïsme