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Symbols of the Kabbalah: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives

In this book, Dr. Sanford Drob articulates the philosophical and psychological ideas that are implicit in such kabbalistic symbols as Ein-sof (the Infinite), Tzimtzum (Divine Contraction), Sefirot (Divine Archetypes), Shevirat ha-Kelim (Breaking of the Vessels), and Tikkun ha-Olam (the Restoration of the World). Dr. Drob shows how contemporary philosophy and psychology enable us to gain insight into the theosophical Kabbalah, and to understand the Kabbalah in a manner that is vitally relevant to contemporary life and thought.

It is the author's conviction that the theosophical Kabbalah provides a symbolic matrix through which the "ultimate questions" regarding God and the world, and the meaning of human existence, can be provided with satisfactory solutions. Rather than being an antiquated mystical and theosophical system, the Kabbalah provides us with a dynamic conception of God, world, and humanity that encompasses all happening and all things, and which enables us to understand even the daily activities of men and women as vital to the redemption of the world.

Symbols of the Kabbalah is the first comprehensive interpretation of the entirety of the theosophical Kabbalah from a contemporary philosophical and psychological point of view, and the first effort to articulate a comprehensive modern kabbalistic theology. Hardcover, 456 pp.

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Symbols of the Kabbalah can be ordered from Jason Aronson Inc., 230 Livingston Street, Northvale, New Jersey 07647 (1-800-782-0015) or by calling toll free 1-800-782-0015. If not available from the publisher you can try Barnes and Noble (type in "Drob" under author search criteria).

Kabbalistic Metaphors: Jewish Mystical Themes in Ancient and Modern Thought places the major symbols of the theosophical Kabbalah into a dialogue with several systems of ancient and modern thought, including Indian philosophy, Platonism, Gnosticism, and the works of Hegel, Freud, and Jung. The author shows how the Kabbalah organizes a series of ancient ideas regarding God, cosmos, and humanity into a basic metaphor that itself reappears in various guises in much of modern philosophy and psychology. Recognition of the parallels between the Kabbalah and modern philosophy and psychology provides us with valuable insight into both the Kabbalah and modern thought, and helps pave the way for a "new Kabbalh," one that is spiritually and intellectually relevant to contemporary life.

The author shows how the Kabbalah is unique in its position in the history of Western thought, acting as a "switching station" in which the biblical tradition, Near Eastern mysticism, and Western philosophy converge. In the Kabbalah of Isaac Luria these traditions combine with Luria's profound spiritual insight and intense mythical imagination to produce a comprehensive philosophical and psychological vision of the nature of God and humanity that was only imperfectly represented in the prior traditions. Hardcover, 392 pp.

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Kabbalistic Metaphors can be ordered from Jason Aronson Inc., 230 Livingston Street, Northvale, New Jersey 07647 (1-800-782-0015) or from Barnes and Noble or other web booksellers at Alta Vista Comparison Shop.

Together, Symbols of the Kabbalah and Kabbalistic Metaphors provide a foundation for discussion on this website and elsewhere regarding the New Kabbalah.

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