Essays about: "kabbalah"

Found 2 essays containing the word kabbalah.

  1. 1. Bodies of the Zohar : Kabbalistic Views on the Human Body

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Hedda Lindstedt Grahn; [2023]
    Keywords : Kabbalah; the Zohar; Jewish mysticism; Medieval; Bodies; Impurity;

    Abstract : Through the Zohar, the major medieval kabbalistic work, the human body is used in order to symbolise the divine structure. Present throughout are also dire warnings against the dangers of the flesh – a sense of anxiety often surrounds matters of the body. READ MORE

  3. 2. Resuming the Broken Dialogue : On Madness and the Limits of Reason in Michel Foucault and Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav

    University essay from

    Author : Oriol Poveda; [2010]
    Keywords : Nachman; Foucault; Bratslav; Breslov; chasid; chasidism; Jewish; philosophy; mysticism; kabbalah; Enlightenment; Haskalah; madness; reason; Liqqutei; Moharan; נחמן; פוקו; ברסלב; חסידות; שגעון; הגיון; לקטי מהר ן; השכלה; קבלה;

    Abstract : This thesis is a comparative study of Michel Foucault's History of Madness and Rabbi Nachman's teachings 64 and 5 from Liqqutei Moharan and Liqqutei Moharan Tinyana, respectively. The author compares how both authors conceive of madness and the limits of reason. The study is divided in three parts. READ MORE