Mystical vertigo : contemporary kabbalistic Hebrew poetry dancing over the divide / Aubrey L. Glazer.
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TextLanguage: English, Hebrew Series: New perspectives in post-Rabbinic JudaismPublisher: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (304 pages)Content type: - 9781618111883
- 1618111884
- 892.4170938296 23
- PJ5022
- online - EBSCO
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Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online | online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Online access | Not for loan (Accesso limitato) | Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users | (ebsco)640310 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In English and Hebrew.
Contents -- Touching G od Vertigo, -- Wh y C ontemporary Jewish Mysticism N eeds P oetry: -- DissemiNation of Devekut: -- How Culture Can Connect Deeper -- Contrition -- as a R eturning to Devekut -- Opening Secrecy: Is Th ere Duplicity in Devekut? -- Caught in the I nfinity Catchers: Devekut as the Web of Discourse -- (Hit)Davekuth as Durée -- of the Godlover: -- Parables and Prayers of Love and Rape: -- Scent of Darkness: A Synesthetic Dissolution into Devekut -- I Almost Vowed to Touch You: Breaking through Doubt -- to Daily Devekut
Rebirthing Devekut from Darkness to LightCoda -- Bibliography -- Index
Mystical Vertigo immerses readers in the experience of the contemporary kabbalistic Hebrew poet, serving as a gateway into the poet's quest for mystical union known as devekut. This journey oscillates across subtle degrees of devekut--causing an entranced experience for the Hebrew poet, who is reaching but not reaching, hovering but not hovering, touching but not touching in a state of mystical vertigo. What makes this journey so remarkable is how deeply nestled it is within the hybrid cultural networks of Israel, crossing over boundaries of haredi, secular, national-religious, and agnostic beliefs among others. This volume makes a unique contribution to understanding and experiencing the mystical renaissance in Israel, through its multi-disciplinary focus on Hebrew poetry and its philosophical hermeneutics.

