The Beliefnet guide to Kabbalah

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Introduces the Jewish mystical tradition of the Kabbalah, examines its history, explains some of its teachings, and offers instruction in meditative, mystical, magical, and devotional practices.

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Full title :The Beliefnet guide to Kabbalah / Arthur Goldwag ; introduction by Lawrence Kushner.

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Introduces the Jewish mystical tradition of the Kabbalah, examines its history, explains some of its teachings, and offers instruction in meditative, mystical, magical, and devotional practices.

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Publication Date:2005.
Edition:1st Three Leaves Press ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Three Leaves Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2005.

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Description:xx, 171 pages ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0385514530, 9780385514538
oclc:ocm56632538
LC Classification:BM526
Dewey Decimal:296.1/6

Introduction / Rabbi Lawrence Kushner -- What is Kabbalah? -- Roots of Kabbalah -- 3 early schools of Jewish mysticism -- The Zohar and Rabbi Isaac Luria -- Ten divine emanations -- Characteristics of the Sefirot -- Stages of spiritual ascent -- Lurianic cosmology -- Myth of Joseph della Reina: why the Messiah still has not come -- Shabbetai Zevi -- The Baal Shem Tov: a new kind of Hasidism -- Twentieth century mysticism reborn -- Jewish magic: amulets, demons, and the use of names -- Meditations -- A mini-anthology of Kabbalah -- What Kabbalah means to me: a tool to help me get away from the I, I, I -- Afterword: Gathering the sparks / Rodger Kamenetz.