The mystical experience in Abraham Abulafia

The mystical experience in Abraham Abulafia

by Idel, Moshe

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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.

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  • Full title :The mystical experience in Abraham Abulafia / Moshe Idel ; translated from the Hebrew by Jonathan Chipman.

Summary

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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1988.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:246 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:088706552X, 9780887065521, 0887065538, 9780887065538
  • oclc:ocm15107496
  • LC Classification:BM526
  • Dewey Decimal:296.7/1

Table of Contents

Techniques for attaining ecstasy -- Music and ecstatic Kabbalah -- The mystical experience -- Erotic images for the estatic experience.

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Subjects

Abraham (Abulafia) Abulafia, Abraham ben Samuel Cabala Cabala -- History Cabala -- History and criticism. -- 13t… Ecstasy (Judaism) Extase -- Judaïsme History Kabbala Kabbale -- Histoire Mysticism -- Judaism -- 13th century Mystiek Mystik

Writers

Idel, Moshe Chipman, Jonathan

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