TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goldwag,Arthur
TI  - The Beliefnet guide to the Kabbalah
SN  - 0385514530 (alk. paper)
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Three Leaves Press
KW  - Cabala
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171); Introduction / Rabbi Lawrence Kushner -- What is Kabbalah? -- Roots of Kabbalah -- 3 early schools of Jewish mysticism -- The Zohar and Rabbi Isaac Luria -- Ten divine emanations -- Characteristics of the Sefirot -- Stages of spiritual ascent -- Lurianic cosmology -- Myth of Joseph della Reina: why the Messiah still has not come -- Shabbetai Zevi - The Baal Shem Tov: a new kind of Hasidism -- Twentieth century mysticism reborn -- Jewish magic: amulets, demons, and the use of names -- Meditations -- A mini-anthology of Kabbalah -- What Kabbalah means to me: a tool to help me get away from the I, I, I -- Afterword: Gathering the sparks / Rodger Kamenetz
ER  -