Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
Kabbalah in America; Ancient Lore in the New World
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2020) 211-232
Schlagwort(e):
Kaplan, Aryeh,
;
Sefer Yezirah Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Cabala
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Mysticism Judaism
Kurzfassung:
This paper explores Aryeh Kaplan’s approach to Kabbalah, specifically the topics of mystical consciousness, meditation, God, and prophecy as presented in his Sefer Yetzirah commentary. For him, Kabbalah was operational as a path of higher consciousness; therefore, he gives scant attention to theosophic Kabbalah. Kaplan’s approach was to recreate a Kabbalah of consciousness with what he calls the practice of “verbal archaeology.” Kaplan presents a broad view of altered states of consciousness by incorporating discussions of 4-D space, hallucinogens, and learning to form steady mental images. Kaplan portrays God as a computer system and as an abstract principle similar to math and to Buddhist Nothingness.
DOI:
10.1163/9789004428140_014
URL:
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