Description
Book SynopsisKabbalah For Dummies presents a balanced perspective of Kabbalah as an umbrella for a complex assemblage of mystical Jewish teachings and codification techniques.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part I: So, What’s the Big Secret? Unmasking Kabbalah 9
Chapter 1: What Is Kabbalah? 11
Chapter 2: Magic, Mishegas, and Other Things that Kabbalah Isn’t 29
Chapter 3: Looking Back: A Brief History of Kabbalah 35
Part II: Cutting to the Core of Kabbalah 53
Chapter 4: The Link between Heaven and Earth: Kabbalah’s Own Top-Ten Countdown 55
Chapter 5: Everything (Even a Traffic Jam) Is for the Best 75
Chapter 6: Our Bodies Don’t Have Souls; Our Souls Have Bodies 91
Chapter 7: Like Déjà Vu All Over Again: Reincarnation in Kabbalah 101
Chapter 8: Instant Karma’s Gonna Get You 113
Part III: Livin’ La Vida Kabbalah 125
Chapter 9: Living One Day at a Time 127
Chapter 10: Living One Week at a Time 149
Chapter 11: A Year in the Life of a Kabbalist 173
Chapter 12: A Kabbalist’s Life Cycle 191
Part IV: Fine-tuning the Essential Skills of the Kabbalist 207
Chapter 13: Discovering the Kabbalistic Books that Really Matter 209
Chapter 14: Hitting the Books — and Kissing Them: Studying Like a Kabbalist 227
Chapter 15: Praying Like a Kabbalist 245
Chapter 16: Knowing the Unknowable God 269
Part V: The Part of Tens 287
Chapter 17: (Almost) Ten Myths about Studying Kabbalah 289
Chapter 18: Ten Great Kabbalists in History 297
Chapter 19: Ten Places that Kabbalists Visit 313
Part VI: Appendixes 323
Appendix A: Books and Authors You’ll Thank Me for Recommending 325
Appendix B: Patriarchs, Swindlers, Prophets, and Sinners: Meet 100 Torah Characters 329
Appendix C: A Glossary of Everything Kabbalah 335
Index 349
