Abraham Abulafia & Ecstatic Kabbalah

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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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