Guides us on a penetrating scholarly journey into a realm of mystical teachings and practices never before available in English, illuminating a radically monistic vision of reality at the heart of Kabbalistic metaphysics and practice.
In this penetrating scholarly study, Zvi Ish-Shalom analyzes a set of complex kabbalistic practices taught by the sixteenth century master Isaac Luria, that were designed to capitalize on sleep and death states in order to effectively free oneself from the cycle of rebirth.