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Sleep, death, and rebirth : mystical practices of Lurianic Kabbalah / Zvi Ish-Shalom.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New perspectives in post-Rabbinic JudaismPublisher: Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781644696293
  • 1644696290
  • 9781644696309
  • 1644696304
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sleep, death, and rebirthDDC classification:
  • 296.1/6 23
LOC classification:
  • BM525.L835 I84 2021
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Sleep and Rebirth -- Chapter 2. Death and Resurrection -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Complete Kavvanah Required for Expediting Rebirth -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
Summary: "In the sixteenth century, the famous kabbalist Isaac Luria transmitted a secret trove of highly complex mystical practices to a select groups of students. These meditations were designed to capitalize on sleep and death states in order to effectively split one's soul into multiple parts, and which, when properly performed, permitted the adept to free oneself from the cycle of rebirth. Through an in-depth analysis of these contemplative practices within the broader context of Lurianic literature, Zvi Ish-Shalom guides us on a penetrating scholarly journey into a realm of mystical teachings and practices never before available in English, illuminating a radically monistic vision of reality at the heart of Kabbalistic metaphysics and practice"-- Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook 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)2968386

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In the sixteenth century, the famous kabbalist Isaac Luria transmitted a secret trove of highly complex mystical practices to a select groups of students. These meditations were designed to capitalize on sleep and death states in order to effectively split one's soul into multiple parts, and which, when properly performed, permitted the adept to free oneself from the cycle of rebirth. Through an in-depth analysis of these contemplative practices within the broader context of Lurianic literature, Zvi Ish-Shalom guides us on a penetrating scholarly journey into a realm of mystical teachings and practices never before available in English, illuminating a radically monistic vision of reality at the heart of Kabbalistic metaphysics and practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 28, 2021).

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Sleep and Rebirth -- Chapter 2. Death and Resurrection -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The Complete Kavvanah Required for Expediting Rebirth -- Selected Bibliography -- Index