Ariel, David S.

Kabbalah : the mystic quest in Judaism / David Ariel. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2006. - xxii, 257 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents
Seekers of unity : the nature of mysticism
Visionaries, mystics, and kabbalists : the history of Jewish mysticism
The hidden and the revealed : the infinite God of Jewish mysticism
The calculus of the divine world : the teaching of the sefirot
The shekhinah : the feminine aspect of God
Entering the garden : the meaning of Torah
The oneness of being : the destiny of the soul
The mystic drama : the religious life of the Jewish mystic
Raising the sparks : modern Jewish mysticism
Mysticism and meditation : the mystic quest.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index (p. 241 - 255)

Seekers of unity : the nature of mysticism -- Visionaries, mystics, and kabbalists : the history of Jewish mysticism -- The hidden and the revealed : the infinite God of Jewish mysticism -- The calculus of the divine world : the teaching of the sefirot -- The shekhinah : the feminine aspect of God -- Entering the garden : the meaning of Torah -- The oneness of being : the destiny of the soul -- The mystic drama : the religious life of the Jewish mystic -- Raising the sparks : modern Jewish mysticism -- Mysticism and meditation : the mystic quest.

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