9780195143799 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

0195143795 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

Mystical ascent to Heaven / Ma'aseh Merkavah

In the world to above / Pirkei Hechalot Rabbati

Knowledge of human power and power and the divine reality : the Book of Bahir

The Sefirot : the divine emanations : explanation of the ten Sefirot

Revelation and the giving of Torah : "all of Israel saw the letters" in the Zohar

Language and meaning / Zohar, 2:99 a-b

The many meanings of the Torah : "the old man and the beautiful maiden" in the Zohar

The mystical Sabbath : "the secret of Sabbath" in the Zohar

The end of exile and the future redemption : God, Israel, and "Shekhinah" in the Zohar

Divine emination and the names of God / R. Joseph Gikatilla

The essential quality of God is mercy / R. Joseph Gikatilla

The mystery of sexuality : the holy letter, attributed to Nahmanides

Meditation / R. Hai Gaon (11th century)

Preparing for mystical experience / Abraham Abulafia, 13th century

Meditations on the morning service / R. Alexander Susskind of Grodno, 18th century

The combination of letter / Abraham Abulafia, 13th century

Breathing exercises / Abraham Abulafia, 13th century

Breathing exercises and Hebrew letters / Abraham Abulafia, 13th century

Shaking of one's head / Abraham Abulafia, 13th century

Weeping / Midrash, Ecclesiastes Rabbah

Crying to God / Anonymous, Perakem be-Hazlachah, sometimes attributed to R. Moses ben Maimon, late 12th, early 13th centuries

Prayer and tears / R. Abraham ha-Levi, 16th century

Meditation and colors / R. Moses Cordovero, 16th century

Clinging to God / R. Ezra of Gerona, 13th century

A linking of souls / R. Menachem Recanti

Cleaving to the Sechinah / R. Menachem Recanati

Devekut and the performance of Mitzvot / R. Azriel of Gerona, 13th century

Devekut and sexual union / Anonymous, The Holy Letter, traditionally attributed to R. Moses ben Nahman, 13th century

Devekut and worship / R. Meir ibn Gabbay, 16th century

Devekut and Torah study / R. Chaim Vital, 16th century

Mystical experience / Anonymous text, attributed to a student of Abraham Abulafia

Intellectual mystical union / Abraham Abulafia, 13th century

Loss of self / R. Isaac of Acre, late 13th century-early 14th century

The annihilation of selfhood / R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, 18th century

Reunification of the self and God / R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi, late 18th-early 19th century

Unio mystico, Torah and Mitzvot / R. Nachman of Bratzlav, 19th century

Mystical actions that create mystical experience / R. Yehudah Albotini

Mystical prayer / Lakha Dodi

A mystical love song / R. Isaac Luria

Ethical behavior and mystical experience / R. Elijah de Vidas

Heavenly tutors / R. Joseph ben Ephraim Karo

Mystical ascents / The Baal Shem Tov

The mystical master : the Zaddik / R. Kalonymus Kalman Epstein

Reincarnation / Sefer ha-Bahir

Reincarnation and human action / R. Isaac Luria

Asceticism and evil thoughts / Evagrius Ponticus, Praktikos

Introductory explanations to spiritual exercises / Ignatius of Loyola

The dark night of the senses : ascent of Mount Carmel and dark night of the senses in John of the Cross

Purgation / Nun Marie of the Incarnation

A mystical reading of the Song of songs / Origen

Kisses / Bernard of Clairvaux

Contemplation and ascent / Richard of St. Victor

Stages in the ascent to God / Bonaventure

Stages of ascent / Marguerite Porete

Mystical prayer / Teresa of Jesus

The Jesus prayer / Arsenii Troepol'skii

"Seeing" and "touching" God / Saint Augustine

The vision of Saint Benedict / Saint Gregory the Great

Mystical illumination / Symeon

Seeking the divine lover / Bernard of Clairvaux

Mystical elevations / Angela of Foligno

The ecstatic experience / Richard Rolle

The "wound" of love / Teresa of Jesus

Meeting the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob / Blaise Pascal

The pursuit of God / Gregory of Nyssa

The absolute mystery of the divine / Pseudo-Dionysius

Mystical union / William of St. Thierry

The union of God and man / Meister Eckhard

Forms of mystical union / John Ruusbroec.