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Abraham Abulafia & Ecstatic Kabbalah

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Abraham Abulafia (d. 1291) is one of the most fascinating jewish mystics of all time, who is credited with founding the "Ecstatic/Prophetic Kabbalah".


Sources/Suggested Reading:

  • Hames, Harvey J. (2007). “Like Angels on Jacob’s Ladder”. State University of New York Press.
  • Ide, Moshe (1988). “The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia”. Translated from the Hebrew by Jonathan Chipman. State University of New York Press.
  • Idel, Moshe (1988). “Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah”. State University of New York Press.
  • Wolfson, Eliot R. (2011). “Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia and the Prophetic Kabbalah”. In Jewish Mysticism & Kabbalah (ed. Frederick E. Greenspahn). New York University Press.



#Abulafia #Kabbalah #Mysticism


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