This book presents important topics regarding the more mystical trend of Kabbalah-the ecstatic Kabbalah. It includes the mystical union, the world of imagination, and concentration as a spiritual technique. The emphasis in the text is on the interaction between the ‘original’ Spanish stage of Kabbalah and Muslim mysticism in the East, mainly in the Galilee. The influence of the Kabbalistic-Sufic synthesis on the later developments of Jewish mysticism is traced, thereby providing a more precise understanding of the history of Kabbalah as an interplay between the theosophical and ecstatic mystical experiences.
Tabella dei contenuti
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Abraham Abulafia and Unio Mystica
2. Was Abraham Abulafia Influenced by the Cathars?
3. Abraham Abulafia on the Jewish Messiah and Jesus
4. The Influence of Sefer ‘Or Ha Sekhel on R. Moses Narboni and R. Abraham Shalom
5. Mundus Imaginalis and Likkutei Ha Ran
6. Ecstatic Kabbalah and The Land of Israel
7. Hitbodedut as Concentration in Ecstatic Kabbalah
References
Subject Index
Author Index
Index of Works Cited
Circa l’autore
Moshe Idel is Max Cooper Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the Artificial Anthropoid; Language, Torah, and Hermeneutics in Abraham Abulafia; The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia; and Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah, all published by SUNY Press.
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