Hasidism : between ecstasy and magic / by Moshe Idel
1995, Second Edition. Albany : State University of New York Press. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #442712
ISBN: 0791417336
Physical description; x, 438 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-402) and indexes. Contents; pt. I. Models in Kabbalah and Hasidism. 1. The Weakening of the Lurianic Kabbalah in the Eighteenth Century. 2. Models in Jewish Mysticism. 3. The Mystico-Magical Model -- pt. II. Drawing Down. 4. Mystical and Magical Prayer in Hasidism. 5. Mystical and Magical Study in Hasidism. 6. Zaddiq as "Vessel" and "Channel" in Hasidism -- App. A: Psychologization of Theosophy in Kabbalah and Hasidism -- App. B: Rabbi Yisrael of Ryzhin Who Cries -- App. C: On Intentional Transmission of Power. Subjects; Hasidism History. Mysticism Judaism History. Cabala History. Religion. Philosophy & Religion. Judaism.
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