Ritual practices to gain power
Subtitle: angels, incantations, and revelation in early Jewish mysticism
By: Rebecca Macy Lesses.
Series: Harvard theological studies, 44
Publisher: Trinity Press International
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Harrisburg, Penn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: Heikhalot rabbati; Heikhalot zutrati; Incantations, Aramaic; Incantations, Hebrew; Amulets (Judaism); Incantations, Greek; Cabala -- History; Mysticism -- Judaism -- History
Description: This study focuses on adjurations or elaborate ritual performances that form a part of the early Jewish mystical literature known as the Hekhalot literature, stemming from Palestine and Babylonia in the fourth through eighth centuries C.E. In addition to the adjurations, this literature contains instructions for ascents to heaven, the liturgy of the angels, and descriptions of God and the divine world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.