A Vision of the Future: Jewish Mysticism in the Twenty-First Century
TO a large extent, the steady advance of materialism, scepticism and atheism in the modern
TO a large extent, the steady advance of materialism, scepticism and atheism in the modern
WHEN Moses de León (1240-1305) was said to have produced the Sefer ha-Zohar at the
ONE fascinating chapter in the gradual evolution of Jewish spirituality during the seventeenth and eighteenth
WITH the advent of the seventeenth century, the Kabbalistic vanguard was taken up by figures
THE various spiritual and philosophical strands that were circulating among the denizens of European Jewry
WITH the Ashkenazi Jews of the old Khazar Empire bringing their religious mystique into Europe
WHILST Merkabah and Hekhalot mysticism deal with themes relating to chariots, thrones and divine palaces,
WODEN, the All-Father, the mighty one-eyed hunter-god of the Northern European peoples, has been largely
NO serious discussion of Jewish spirituality would be complete without a thorough examination of the
IN the late-sixteenth century, the fertile imagination of Jews living in Eastern Europe was triggered by the