This book deals with aspects of the gender imaging of God in a variety of medieval kabbalistic sources. It provides the key to understanding the phenomenological structures of mystical experience as well as the thematic correlation of esotericism and eroticism that is central to…
Geschrift uit de Joodse mystieke traditie.
"The Book of Zohar (Book of Radiance) is perhaps the most mysterious composition ever written. It contains the secrets of the whole of Creation, but until recently these secrets were shrouded in mystery and misconceptions. Now The Zohar is openly unfolding its wisdom, to show hu…
Explains The Book of Zohar, containing the secrets of the whole Creation, including quotes from the text, translated, edited, and compiled for better understanding.
The Introduction to the Zohar by rabbi Yehudah Lev Ashlag.
A Tapestry for the Soul takes the Introduction to the Zohar (as translated in In the Shadow of the Ladder) as its main thread, from its beginning to its end. Excerpts from Rabbi Ashlag's other writings are skillfully placed throughout, in order to explain the Introduction to the…
Introduction to the Idra rabba -- The language of divine faces -- The gaze -- Reflections on Ze'eir Anpin -- Literature, mysticism, praxis -- Overarching themes in the Idra rabba -- What is the Idra rabba trying to communicate? -- Entering the Idra rabba -- The Kings of Edom : T…
A magisterial, modern reading of the deepest mysteries in the Kabbalistic tradition. Seekers of the Face opens the profound treasure house at the heart of Judaism's most important mystical work: the Idra Rabba (Great Gathering) of the Zohar. This is the story of the Great Assemb…
"A magisterial, modern reading of the deepest mysteries in the Kabbalistic tradition. Seekers of the Face opens the profound treasure-house at the heart of Judaism's most important mystical work: the Idra Rabba (Great Gathering) of the Zohar. This is the story of the Great Assem…
"A magisterial, modern reading of the deepest mysteries in the Kabbalistic tradition. Seekers of the Face opens the profound treasure-house at the heart of Judaism's most important mystical work: the Idra Rabba (Great Gathering) of the Zohar. This is the story of the Great Assem…
