TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ish-Shalom,Zvi
AU  - Magid,Shaul
TI  - Sleep, Death, and Rebirth: Mystical Practices of Lurianic Kabbalah 
T2  - New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism
SN  - 9781644696286
AV  - BM525.L835 
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Boston, MA : 
PB  - Academic Studies Press, 
KW  - Cabala
KW  - History
KW  - Mysticism
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Soul
KW  - Transmigration
KW  - RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Death
KW  - Isaac Luria
KW  - Jewish Mysticism
KW  - Kabbalah
KW  - Reincarnation
KW  - Sleep
KW  - contemplative practice
KW  - dualism
KW  - early modern history
KW  - gilgul
KW  - lore
KW  - metaphysics
KW  - philosophy
KW  - prayer
KW  - religion
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644696293?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781644696293
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781644696293/original
ER  -