The Beliefnet guide to the Kabbalah
By: Arthur Goldwag ; introduction by Lawrence Kushner
Edition: 1st Three Leaves Press ed.
Series: The Beliefnet guides -- 1
Publisher: Three Leaves Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780385514538
Subjects: History; Cabala; Kabbala
Other titles: Guide to the Kabbalah
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171).
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Rabbi Lawrence Kushner; title: What is Kabbalah?; title: Roots of Kabbalah; title: 3 early schools of Jewish mysticism; title: The Zohar and Rabbi Isaac Luria; title: Ten divine emanations; title: Characteristics of the Sefirot; title: Stages of spiritual ascent; title: Lurianic cosmology; title: Myth of Joseph della Reina: why the Messiah still has not come; title: Shabbetai Zevi - The Baal Shem Tov: a new kind of Hasidism; title: Twentieth century mysticism reborn; title: Jewish magic: amulets, demons, and the use of names; title: Meditations; title: A mini-anthology of Kabbalah; title: What Kabbalah means to me: a tool to help me get away from the I, I, I; title: Afterword: Gathering the sparks / Rodger Kamenetz.