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Ascensions on high in Jewish mysticism [electronic resource] : pillars, lines, ladders / Moshe Idel.

By: Idel, Moshe, 1947-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Pasts incorporated: v. 2.Publisher: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2005Description: x, 249 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Cabala -- History | Ascension of the soul | Columns -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | Mysticism -- Judaism | HasidismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 296.7/1 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
On diverse forms of living ascent on high in Jewish sources -- On cosmic pillars in Jewish sources -- The eschatological pillar of the souls in zoharic literature -- Psychanodia and metamorphoses of pillars in eighteenth-century Hasidism -- The neoplatonic path for dead souls : medieval philosophy, Kabbalah and renaissance.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

On diverse forms of living ascent on high in Jewish sources -- On cosmic pillars in Jewish sources -- The eschatological pillar of the souls in zoharic literature -- Psychanodia and metamorphoses of pillars in eighteenth-century Hasidism -- The neoplatonic path for dead souls : medieval philosophy, Kabbalah and renaissance.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.