Sleep, Death, and Rebirth
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
978-1-64469-628-6 (ISBN)
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.
Zvi Ish-Shalom, Ph.D., is an associate professor of wisdom traditions at Naropa University and is the guiding teacher of Kedumah. He is the author of The Kedumah Experience and The Path of the Primordial Torah.
Introduction
Part One: Sleep and Rebirth
1. The Metaphysics of Sleep
2. Anatomical Development of Nuqvah and Zeir
3. Sleep and Dismemberment
4. Sleep and Dreams
5. Soul Rupture and Cosmic Union
6. Kavvanot for Bedtime Shema
7. The Female Waters
8. Swapping Soul-Parts
9. Concluding Remarks
Part Two: Death and Resurrection
10. The Metaphysics of Death
11. Death and Rebirth
12. Anatomical Embodiment
13. The Radical Unity of Body and Soul
14. Human Sacrifice and Integral Monism
15. Resurrection and the Nullification of Hierarchy
16. Lurianic Kabbalah and Eastern Mysticism
Conclusion
Appendix: The Complete Kavannah Required for Expedite Rebirth
Selected Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.07.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Brighton |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum |
| ISBN-10 | 1-64469-628-2 / 1644696282 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-64469-628-6 / 9781644696286 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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