Kabbalah - A Neurocognitive Approach to Mystical Experiences (Hardcover)

In this original study, Moshe Idel, an eminent scholar of Jewish mysticism and thought, and the cognitive neuroscientist and neurologist Shahar Arzy combine their considerable expertise to explore the mysteries of the Kabbalah from an entirely new perspective: that of the human brain. In lieu of the theological, sociological, and psychoanalytic approaches that have generally dominated the study of ecstatic mystical experiences, the authors endeavor to decode the brain mechanisms underlying these phenomena. Arzy and Idel analyze first-person descriptions to explore the Kabbalistic techniques employed by most prominent Jewish mystics to effect bodily reduplications, dissociations, and other phenomena, and compare them with recent neurological observations and modern-day laboratory experiments. The resultant study offers readers a scientific, more brain-based understanding of how ecstatic Kabbalists achieved their most precious mystical experiences. The study further demonstrates how these Kabbalists have long functioned as pioneering investigators of the human self.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2015
Authors:	Shahar Arzy • Moshe Idel
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-15236-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	0-300-15236-1
Barcode:	9780300152364

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