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The study of numbers can reveal some of our deepest secrets. The
Kabala is an ancient Hebrew mystical tradition that is covered
extremely well here in its relation to numbers, but this book also
goes beyond the Kabala. Everything you would want to know about the
secret science of numbers is revealed here. The more one knows
about ancient mystical traditions, the more one will gain from
reading this book. Sepharial goes deep into numerology. By studying
the teachings of the Egyptians, Greeks and Aryans, he has
discovered the true significance and meanings of numbers. He shares
his findings in this groundbreaking book. Sepharial reveals the
relationship between Numerology and Astrology. He also shows how
the workings of nature are dependent upon numbers in the areas of
sound, color, natural cycles and planetary motions. See also Book
Two. If you love numbers or unraveling hidden keys to the world,
then this book is for you.
The study of numbers can reveal some of our deepest secrets. The
Kabala is an ancient Hebrew mystical tradition that is covered
extremely well here in its relation to numbers, but this book also
goes beyond the Kabala. Everything you would want to know about the
secret science of numbers is revealed here. The more one knows
about ancient mystical traditions, the more one will gain from
reading this book. Sepharial goes deep into numerology. By studying
the teachings of the Egyptians, Greeks and Aryans, he has
discovered the true significance and meanings of numbers. He shares
his findings in this groundbreaking book. Sepharial reveals the
relationship between Numerology and Astrology. He also shows how
the workings of nature are dependent upon numbers in the areas of
sound, color, natural cycles and planetary motions. Also covered
are amazing laws like the Law of Periodicity, which governs the
hidden or occult world. See also Book One. If you love numbers or
unraveling hidden keys to the world, then this book is for you.
This book brings together the perspectives of apocalypticism and
early Jewish mysticism to illuminate aspects of New Testament
theology. The first part begins with a consideration of the
mystical character of apocalypticism and then uses the Book of
Revelation and the development of views about the heavenly mediator
figure of Enoch to explore the importance of apocalypticism in the
Gospels and Acts, the Pauline Letters and finally the key
theological themes in the later books of the New Testament. The
second and third parts explore the character of early Jewish
mysticism by taking important themes in the early Jewish mystical
texts such as the Temple and the Divine Body to demonstrate the
relevance of this material to New Testament interpretation.
Keter is a close reading of fifty relatively brief Jewish texts,
tracing the motif of divine coronation from Jewish esoteric
writings of late antiquity to the Zohar, written in
thirteenth-century Spain. In the course of this investigation
Arthur Green draws a wide arc including Talmudic, Midrashic,
liturgical, Merkavah, German Hasidic, and Kabbalistic works,
showing through this single theme the spectrum of devotional,
mystical, and magical views held by various circles of Jews over
the course of a millennium or more. The first portion of the work
deals with late antiquity, emphasizing the close relationship
between texts of what is often depicted as "normative" Judaism and
their mystical/magical analogues. The mythic imagination of ancient
Judaism, he suggests, is shared across this spectrum. The latter
portion of the work turns to the medieval Jews who inherited this
ancient tradition and its evolution into Kabbalah, where keter
plays a key role as the first of the ten divine emanations or
sefirot. The nature of these sefirot as symbols and the emergence
of a structured and hierarchical symbolism out of the mythic
imagery of the past are key themes in these later chapters. As a
whole, Keter takes the reader on an exciting tour of the interior
landscapes of the Jewish imagination, offering some remarkable
insights into the nature of mystical and symbolic thinking in the
Jewish tradition. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton
Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again
make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished
backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the
original texts of these important books while presenting them in
durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton
Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly
heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton
University Press since its founding in 1905.
The first readable and accurate translation of twenty of the most
authoritative Hindu documents pertaining to ascetic ideals and the
ascetic way of life, this text opens to students a major source for
the study of the Hindu ascetical institutions and of the historical
changes they underwent during a period of a thousand years or more.
Beginning with an analysis of the historical context that gave rise
to Indian ascetical institutions and ideologies, Patrick Olivelle
moves on to elucidate the meaning of renunciation-the central
institution of holiness in most Hindu traditions-and the function
and significance of the various elements that constitute the rite
of renunciation. The Samnyasa Upanisads will be an unparalleled
source of information and insight for students of Hinduism and
Indian asceticism, mysticism, and holiness.
The tree of life is an important element of the Jewish mystical
tradition of the Kabbala. This chart gives a clear representation
of the tree with its 10 sefirah and 32 paths and presents the
different readings associated to this universal structure. The tree
of life can indeed be an intelligent representation of many fields:
from the cosmos to the body, from the Hebrew alphabet to the tarot,
the angels, the worlds of evil, human development...Although this
double chart can only be an introduction to this very complex
subject, it is extremely rich and will remain a practical guide for
further study.
The Inner Eye of Love offers a contemporary theology of mysticism
that locates it at the very center of authentic religious
experience. It provides as well a practical guide for meditation
even as it maps out the oceanic experience toward which meditation
points. Johnston begins with the mystical tradition itself, its
roots and origins, its appearance and significance in the Gospels,
the letters of Paul, and the early Church. He explains what
mysticism is and is not, and how it is inextricably bound up with
love. It is at the level of mysticism, he maintains, that the two
traditions of East and West can at last understand one another and
begin to work together to heal a broken world. The Inner Eye of
Love escorts the reader through the stages of the mystical journey,
from initial call to final enlightenment. Johnston compares and
contrasts the Oriental and Christian experience, continually
revealing new points of commonality The much discussed "dark night
of the soul" is seen here in a positive way, as an emptying
preliminary to the overbrimming of the soul with the knowledge and
love of God. Finally, the author considers the often misunderstood
relation between mysticism and practical action.
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more
at www.luminosoa.org. There is a vast body of imaginal literature
in Bengali that introduces fictional Sufi saints into the complex
mythological world of Hindu gods and goddesses. Dating to the
sixteenth century, the stories-pir katha-are still widely read and
performed today. The events that play out rival the fabulations of
the Arabian Nights, which has led them to be dismissed as
simplistic folktales, yet the work of these stories is profound:
they provide fascinating insight into how Islam habituated itself
into the cultural life of the Bangla-speaking world. In Witness to
Marvels, Tony K. Stewart unearths the dazzling tales of Sufi saints
to signal a bold new perspective on the subtle ways Islam assumed
its distinctive form in Bengal.
The complete work of the Entered Apprentice, Fellow-craft and
Master-mason's Degrees, with their ceremonies, lectures, etc. It
has doubtless been a matter of comment and surprise among the
Members of the Fraternity that all the books which are avowedly
intended to serve as guides to the Work of a Lodge invariably
contain more or less than their professed object demands. They are
usually deficient in the very points that may be most needed,
rendering the use of a separate Monitor unavoidable; while, on the
other hand, they include a great deal of information on matters
with which every Mason is necessarily perfectly familiar, and which
it is neither needful nor desirable to be communicated to the
uninitiated. It has been the aim of the Compiler of this little
volume to avoid both these defects: first, by omitting all
Passwords, Grips, and other esoteric subjects; and second, by
giving the Work of the first three degrees monitorially as well as
ritually complete, in plain language for ready reference, and
entirely free from the tedious perplexities of cypher or other
arbitrary and unintelligible contractions.
Offered here for the first time in English translation, Hasidism as
Mysticism is a classic in its field. Using the tools of
phenomenology, Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer places Hasidism squarely in
the context of religious studies. Hasidism's theoretical texts have
been largely ignored by historians of the movement, but Schatz
Uffenheimer analyzes these materials fully, disclosing the
mystical, quietistic tendencies that existed alongside Hasidism's
more activist, popular elements. The author carefully reviewed this
translation of her work; it includes a revised introduction with
much new material, two new chapters, and an appendix containing a
translation, history, and literary analysis of one of the few
extant texts attributed to the Baal Shem Tov. Schatz Uffenheimer's
inquiry covers the full gamut of Hasidic life and thought,
embracing such topics as the emphasis on joy and the concomitant
ban on sadness and regret in Hasidism, the focus on contemplative
rather than petitionary prayer, the subordination of the mizvot
(commandments) to the spiritualistic goal of devequt (attachment to
God), and the anarchic elements of Hasidism's approach to life
within society. Also discussed are the problematic role of Torah
study resulting from this spiritualistic emphasis, the movement's
neutralization or internalization of the traditional concept of a
historical messiah, and the transformation within Hasidism of
traditional concepts borrowed from Kabbalah. The author's
illuminating hints as to the affinity between Hasidism and
Christian Quietism should be of particular interest to scholars in
the field. Rivka Schatz Uffenheimer (1927-1992) was the Edmonton
Community Professor of Jewish Mysticism at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem. One of the outstanding students of Gershom Scholem, she
forged her own path in the world of scholarship. Her research
encompassed a wide range of areas: Zohar and Lurianic Kabbalah,
Sabbatianism, Hasidism, and the typology of Jewish messianism. In
addition, she was deeply involved in the ongoing discussion
concerning the major spiritual and existential issues confronting
contemporary Judaism and the State of Israel. Originally published
in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
This long-awaited companion volume to "The Literature of the
Sages," First Part (Fortress Press, 1987) brings to completion
Section II of the renowned Compendia series. The Literature of the
Sages, Second Part, explores the literary creation of thousands of
ancient Jewish teachers, the often- anonymous Sages of late
antiquity and the Middle Ages. Essays by premier scholars provide a
careful and succinct analysis of the content and character of
various documents, their textual and literary forms, with
particular attention to the ongoing discovery and publication of
new textual material. Incorporating groundbreaking developments in
research, these essays give a comprehensive presentation published
here for the first time. This volume will prove an important
reference work for all students of ancient Judaism, the origins of
Jewish tradition, and the Jewish background of Christianity. The
literary creation of the ancient Jewish teachers or Sages - also
-called rabbinic literature - consists of the teachings of
thousands of Sages, many of them anonymous. For a long period,
their teachings existed orally, which implied a great deal of
flexibility in arrangement and form. Only gradually, as parts of
this amorphous oral tradition became fixed, was the literature
written down, a process that began in the third century C.E. and
continued into the Middle Ages. Thus the documents of -rabbinic
literature are the result of a remarkably long and complex process
of creation and editing. This long-awaited companion volume to 'The
Literature of the Sages, First Part' (1987) gives a careful and
succinct analysis both of the content and specific nature of the
various documents, and of their textual andliterary forms, paying
special attention to the continuing discovery and publication of
new textual material. Incorporating ground-breaking developments in
research, these essays give a comprehensive presentation published
here for the first time. 'The Literature of the Sages, Second Part'
is an important reference work for all students of ancient Judaism,
as well as for those interested in the origins of Jewish tradition
and the Jewish background of Christianity.
How the Ottomans refashioned and legitimated their rule through
mystical imageries of authority The medieval theory of the
caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750-1258), was the construct
of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the
Muslim community in succession to the Prophet Muhammed's political
authority. In this book, Huseyin Yilmaz traces how a new conception
of the caliphate emerged under the Ottomans, who redefined the
caliph as at once a ruler, a spiritual guide, and a lawmaker
corresponding to the prophet's three natures. Challenging
conventional narratives that portray the Ottoman caliphate as a
fading relic of medieval Islamic law, Yilmaz offers a novel
interpretation of authority, sovereignty, and imperial ideology by
examining how Ottoman political discourse led to the mystification
of Muslim political ideals and redefined the caliphate. He
illuminates how Ottoman Sufis reimagined the caliphate as a
manifestation and extension of cosmic divine governance. The
Ottoman Empire arose in Western Anatolia and the Balkans, where
charismatic Sufi leaders were perceived to be God's deputies on
earth. Yilmaz traces how Ottoman rulers, in alliance with an
increasingly powerful Sufi establishment, continuously refashioned
and legitimated their rule through mystical imageries of authority,
and how the caliphate itself reemerged as a moral paradigm that
shaped early modern Muslim empires. A masterful work of
scholarship, Caliphate Redefined is the first comprehensive study
of premodern Ottoman political thought to offer an extensive
analysis of a wealth of previously unstudied texts in Arabic,
Persian, and Ottoman Turkish.
New and enlarged edition. Transpersonal Psychology concerns the
study of those states, processes, and events in which people
experience a deeper sense of who they are, or a greater sense of
connectedness to nature, other people, or the spiritual dimension.
Michael Daniels PhD taught the subject to postgraduate level for
more than 30 years and this book brings together the fruits of his
research. It will be of special interest to students, teachers, and
practitioners, while its accessible style will appeal to all
seeking greater understanding of this fascinating and challenging
field. This revised and enlarged edition incorporates new material
from the author's later writings and presentations. It also
addresses important developments in transpersonal theory and
research that have occurred in recent years, bringing a fresh
perspective on contemporary issues and debates.
Gershom Scholem (1897 1982) was ostensibly a scholar of Jewish
mysticism, yet he occupies a powerful role in today's intellectual
imagination, having an influential contact with an extraordinary
cast of thinkers, including Hans Jonas, Martin Buber, Walter
Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, and Theodor Adorno. In this first
biography of Scholem, Amir Engel shows how Scholem grew from a
scholar of an esoteric discipline to a thinker wrestling with
problems that reach to the very foundations of the modern human
experience. As Engel shows, in his search for the truth of Jewish
mysticism Scholem molded the vast literature of Jewish mystical
lore into a rich assortment of stories that unveiled new truths
about the modern condition. Positioning Scholem's work and life
within early twentieth-century Germany, Palestine, and later the
state of Israel, Engel intertwines Scholem's biography with his
historiographical work, which stretches back to the Spanish
expulsion of Jews in 1492, through the lives of Rabbi Isaac Luria
and Sabbatai Zevi, and up to Hasidism and the dawn of the Zionist
movement. Through parallel narratives, Engel touches on a wide
array of important topics including immigration, exile, Zionism,
World War One, and the creation of the state of Israel, ultimately
telling the story of the realizations and failures of a dream for a
modern Jewish existence.
Since their beginnings in the ninth century, the shrines,
brotherhoods and doctrines of the Sufis held vast influence in
almost every corner of the Muslim world. Offering the first truly
global account of the history of Sufism, this illuminating book
traces the gradual spread and influence of Sufi Islam through the
Middle East, Asia, Africa, and ultimately into Europe and the
United States. * An ideal introduction to Sufism, requiring no
background knowledge of Islamic history or thought * Offers the
first history of Sufism as a global phenomenon, exploring its
movement and adaptation from the Middle East, through Asia and
Africa, to Europe and the United States of America * Covers the
entire historical period of Sufism, from its ninth century origins
to the end of the twentieth century * Devotes equal coverage to the
political, cultural, and social dimensions of Sufism as it does to
its theology and ritual * Dismantles the stereotypes of Sufis as
otherworldly 'mystics', by anchoring Sufi Muslims in the real lives
of their communities * Features the most up-to-date research on
Sufism available
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