Moshe Idel 
Hasidism [PDF ebook] 
Between Ecstasy and Magic

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Approaches Hasidism as an important stage in Jewish mysticism, rather than as a mere reaction to or result of historical and social forces.
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Table of Content

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Models in Kabbalah and Hasidism

1. The Weakening of the Lurianic Kabbalah in the Eighteenth Century

2. Models in Jewish Mysticism

3. The Mystico-Magical Model

Part II. Drawing Down

4. Mystical and Magical Prayer in Hasidism

5. Mystical and Magical Study in Hasidism

6. Zaddiq as ‘Vessel’ and ‘Channel’ in Hasidism

Concluding Remarks

Appendix A: Psychologization of Theosophy in Kabbalah and Hasidism

Appendix B: Rabbi Yisrael of Ryzhin Who Cries

Appendix C: On Intentional Transmission of Power

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Appendix of Hebrew Quotes

Subject Index

Index of Works Cited

Author Index

About the author

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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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 448 ● ISBN 9781438407432 ● File size 36.0 MB ● Publisher State University of New York Press ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7835870 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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