Overview

See how ancient Jewish mystical traditions and rituals can transform your life Kabbalah For Dummies presents a balanced perspective of Kabbalah as an “umbrella” for a complex assemblage of mystical Jewish teachings and codification techniques. Kabbalah For Dummies also shows how Kabbalah simultaneously presents an approach to the study of text, the performance of ritual and the experience of worship, as well as how the reader can apply its teaching to everyday life.

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Author:   Arthur Kurzweil (Elat Chayyim)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   For Dummies
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780471915904

ISBN 10:   0471915904
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   14 November 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781394315130
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Part I: So, What’s the Big Secret? Unmasking Kabbalah 9 Chapter 1: What Is Kabbalah? 11 Chapter 2: Magic, Mishegas, and Other Things that Kabbalah Isn’t 29 Chapter 3: Looking Back: A Brief History Of Kabbalah 35 Part II: Cutting to the Core of Kabbalah 53 Chapter 4: The Link between Heaven and Earth: Kabbalah’s Own Top-Ten Countdown 55 Chapter 5: Everything (Even a Traffic Jam) Is for the Best 75 Chapter 6: Our Bodies Don’t Have Souls; Our Souls Have Bodies 91 Chapter 7: Like Déjà Vu All Over Again: Reincarnation in Kabbalah 101 Chapter 8: Instant Karma’s Gonna Get You 113 Part III: Livin’ La Vida Kabbalah 125 Chapter 9: Living One Day at a Time 127 Chapter 10: Living One Week at a Time 149 Chapter 11: A Year in the Life of a Kabbalist 173 Chapter 12: A Kabbalist’s Life Cycle 191 Part IV: Fine-tuning the Essential Skills of the Kabbalist 207 Chapter 13: Discovering the Kabbalistic Books that Really Matter 209 Chapter 14: Hitting the Books — and Kissing Them: Studying Like a Kabbalist 227 Chapter 15: Praying Like a Kabbalist 245 Chapter 16: Knowing the Unknowable God 269 Part V: The Part of Tens 287 Chapter 17: (Almost) Ten Myths about Studying Kabbalah 289 Chapter 18: Ten Great Kabbalists in History 297 Chapter 19: Ten Places that Kabbalists Visit 313 Part VI: Appendixes 323 Appendix A: Books and Authors You’ll Thank Me For Recommending 325 Appendix B: Patriarchs, Swindlers, Prophets, and Sinners: Meet 100 Torah Characters 329 Appendix C: A Glossary of Everything Kabbalah 335 Index 349

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Arthur Kurzweil is known as America's foremost Jewish genealogist. The author/editor of several books, he lectures extensively on the subjects of Judaica, magic, and mysticism.

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