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PENGUIN CLASSICS THE KABBALISTIC TRADITION DR ALAN UNTERMAN, born 1942 in Watford, is married to Nechama, a Manchester solicitor specializing in crime, with three children. He attended Talmudic college in England and Israel, and the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford, and Delhi, India, where he received his Ph.D. Dr Unterman has worked as a Lecturer in Comparative Religion in Melbourne, Tel Aviv and Manchester, and as Minister of the Yeshurun Synagogue in Cheshire. Among his publications are The Wisdom of the Jewish Mystics (1976), Jews, Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (1981) and Dictionary of Jewish Lore and Legend (1991). The Kabbalistic Tradition An Anthology of Jewish Mysticism Edited and translated with an Introduction and Notes by ALAN UNTERMAN PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN CLASSICS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) 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binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser 978-0-14-190672-0 Contents Preface Introduction Further Reading 1 GOD Anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism and Sefirot Anthropomorphism and Isaac Luria Anthropomorphism According to Joseph Irgas Anthropomorphism and Symbols According to Joseph Irgas Anthropomorphism According to Ramchal Anthropomorphism and Literalness Anthropomorphism, Literalness of Tzimtzum The Infinite Godhead (Ein Sof) Ein Sof According to Isaac Luria Ein Sof and the Created World God in Relationship Committing Oneself Entirely to God Searching for God God Behind All Activity Good Deeds All Performed by God The Mercy of God Holy Spirit Achieving the Holy Spirit Prophecy and the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit and Holy Speech Idols Worship of Man Even to Worship Holiness in Man Is Idolatry Divine Immanence Divine Immanence, a Parable Suffering and God Divine Immanence Even in Stories Prayer about God Hidden in Everything Divine Even in Gentile Stories Sefirot Sefirot Expounded by the Prophet Elijah Sefirot as Vessels Sefirot and Human Thought The Divine Presence (Shekhinah) The World Maintained by the Shekhinah God Inside Man Exile and Redemption of Lost Souls Marriage and the Shekhinah Tetragrammaton Tetragrammaton and Divine Immanence Torah Torah and Garments Torah the Source of All Torah of the Messiah Essence of Torah Revealed in Messianic Times Torah Is God The Torah Renews Itself Continuous Giving of the Torah Mystical Secrets of the Torah Torah Learning Small Talk Is Also Torah Transcendence Divine Transcendence and Freedom Perceiving Divine Transcendence 2 COSMOS Astrology Astrology and Torah Creation Creation of the World Ein Sof and Creation From Reality to Nothingness Purgatory (Gehinnom) Gehinnom and Exile Gehinnom and Mondays Gehinnom and Abraham Gehinnom and This World Accepting Punishment in Gehinnom Paradise Four Sages in Paradise Why Four Sages Entered Paradise Light Hidden Light of Creation More on the Hidden Light of Creation Hidden Light Revealed and Concealed Location Location and Revelation Torah Is the Map of the World Divine Contraction (Tzimtzum) How Tzimtzum Came About Tzimtzum, Like a Father to His Infant Child Tzimtzum and Faith Tzimtzum as God Hiding Himself Tzimtzum, Yet No Place Empty of Him 3 ANGELS Angelology Invoking Angels and Demons Angels and the Human Soul Formation of Angels Angels and Men Angels Punishing the Wicked Guardian Angels Guardian Angels, Healing and Sin The Angel Metatron Enoch and Metatron Metatron and Samael Enoch’s Journey Enoch and Adam in Heaven Metatron and Ruth 4 HOLY SCRIPTURES: BIBLE CHARACTERS AND THEMES Abraham Abraham, Patriarchs and the Merkabah Abraham and the Tree of Life Adam Adam and His Mystical Book The Book of Adam Adam, Eve and Kelippot Adam and Souls Affected by Sin Adam’s Expulsion from Eden Adam Truly Knew God Elijah Elijah and Covenant Elijah in Heaven Elijah and the Angel of Death Elijah and Revelation Elijah, Enoch and the Patriarchs Elijah’s Identity as an Angel Elijah and Hidden Revelation Elijah and Messianic Revelation Elijah and Clandestine Revelation Elijah, Reincarnation and Impregnation Seeing Elijah While Waking Elijah’s Revelations Elijah’s Revelation a Gift Elijah and Hospitality Memory and Elijah Enoch Mystic Book of Enoch Enoch’s Dual Nature as Metatron Moses Moses and His Knowledge Ascension of Moses Moses and God’s Back Psalms Psalms and Personal Experience 5 NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL WORLDS Alphabet and the Potency of Language Anthropomorphism and Letters Male and Female Letters of the Alphabet Alphabet and the Soul Amulets Amulets and the Wicked Aramaic Aramaic Language of Sitra Achra Heavenly Voice (Bat Kol) Bat Kol and Dreams Bat Kol and Resurrection Literature and Mystical Parables Sefer Yetzirah and Abraham Rebbe Nachman’s Mystical Parables The Clay Diggers’ Fortune The Treasure under the Bridge The Parable of the Turkey The Diseased Wheat Mysticism Who Should Study Kabbalah Kabbalah Texts Hidden and Revealed The Correct Manner of Study of Kabbalah Need for Study of Kabbalah Kabbalists and Literalists Conditions for Kabbalah Study Zohar, Soul and Upper Paradise Kabbalistic Meaning of the Talmud True Works of Kabbalah Few True Works of Kabbalah Kabbalah Inspired by Holy Spirit True Kabbalah Inspiration Secret Meaning of the Talmud Mysticism of the Talmud Simeon bar Yochai and Moses Names of God Speech and the Divine Name Divine Name and Creation The Torah Is the Name of God 6 SUPERNATURAL POWERS Cleaving to God (Devekut) Devekut, Commandments (Mitzvot) and Secular Matters Progress in Devekut Devekut and the Dark Night of the Soul Strange Thoughts Devekut and Torah Study for Its Own Sake
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