Meditation and Kabbalah
by Aryeh Kaplan
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Author: Aryeh KaplanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1989-05-01
ISBN: 0877286167
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Weiser Books
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Book Review: Mystic of the bible
Summary: 5 Stars
Without the Kabbalah, a lot of meditation regarding what the prophets have done in the Bible, would be difficult to comprehend. There are couple of points I do suggest:
1. After reading the introduction, I suggest to read, Pg 306 (because it is the summary of the whole book). From the line: "The techniques of the Hekhalot and Abulafia are highly advanced and dangerous.....Rabbi Nachman's method was the most universal, and could be used literally everybody". Rabbi Nachman's methods can be found in the book "Jewish Meditation" by Aryeh Kaplan, extensively.
2. Pg 40, it explains that a system of purification is needed after the ashes of the Red Heifer no longer exist.
3. Pg 114, It says a summary about Rabbi Abulafia's teachings by Rabbi Albotini. Pg 77, it starts to explain the journey to find a purification through the permutation (Tzerufath) of the NAMES of GOD.
4. Pg 195-198. I will suggest to read it at least twice. The Elijah's path is another safest way of purification(and most realistic, you will also see that in Meditation and the bilble by Aryeh Kaplan, Pg 21). About the mechanism how an Advocated Angel will work on you, I read more or less the same thing in eastern mystic book.
5. Pg 231 the meditation on the mystical name YBK (Psalm 20th) and "Meditation and the bible" by Aryeh Kaplan Pg 139-140 Psalm 119th, it is a good combination.
5. Pg 185, it's a big summary of the Ten Sephirot, about its letter, vowel, meditation word (Tetragammaton). You just need to add the color and english translation write on Pg 181.
6. From a more scientific propose, like Aryeh Kaplan would say in his book Jewish Meditation, Pg 120: "....the spine is universally recognized as an important conduit of energy", I will suggest to meditate in this book, Pg 256, The sephirot and man, to "activate" our "own chakras", because it is exactly what the book "The Subtle body" by Cyndi Dale Pg 275 says by "idolatrous" means. However, in the book "The Subtle body" by Cyndi Dale Pg 326-327, regarding the sephiroth and chakric associations, are very different from Aryeh Kaplan (Pg 256).
7. P32 it's an interesting way how it links to eastern mysticism.
8. Pg 231 (as in Pg 40 from 2nd paragraph to the end of the page: From then on....). Again, the book explain about the danger of the Practical Kabbalah withouth the proper purification. With this kind of information, my guess about the "Book of Abramelin" (I don't want to say anything bad about this book) could be a result of Practical Kabbalah???. In the "Book of Abramelin" by George Dehn version, Pg 199-200 Appendix IV, say something about this "unpurified problems". Although, there are other kinds of magic books, this one explicit connects with the Kabbalah.
Summary of Meditation and Kabbalah
A lucid presentation of the meditative methods, mantras, mandalas and other devices used, as well as a penetrating interpretation of their significance in the light of contemporary meditative research. Meditative methods ofthe East might have been derived from the mystical techniques of the prophets, and this intriguing possibility, mentioned in the Zohar, is also discussed.Alternative Medicine Books
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