A Must Read to Understand Kabbalah
"There are a lot of books out there purporting to be able to explain the ancient Jewish mystical teachings called the "Kabbalah" (which means "what has been receievd" in Hebrew). This is a MUST READ for both beginners and advanaced students alike. He describes the concepts of the Kabbalah using basic Jewish 'building blocks' of understanding of Hebrew language, theology, Biblical teachings, and Gemmatria. I have not seen any other book which has described Kabbalah in such fine, short, and direct detail as this one does."
—Amazon.com Reviewer Danielle Rice from San Francisco, Ca
“Sheinkin brings the full range of his highly respected gifts–as theologian, psychiatrist and communicator–to bear in the fine introduction to the Kabbalah...explores the roots of Jewish mysticism, differences between Christian and Jewish mysticism, and the purpose of the mystical tradition.”–Rabbi Arnold Gelman
Dr. Sheinkin offers Jews and non-Jews a basic initiation into the origins, history, principles, symbolism, language, and disciplines (including meditation methods) of Jewish spirituality and mysticism. It is an integral treatment of Kabbalah that speaks from the depths of classical Judaism, but is sensitive to contemporary spiritual seekers. The author creates a remarkable synthesis of psychology and mysticism. He gives a vast cosmic view of history within the Kabbalah’s Tree of Life doctrine, resting the outer world in the remarkably profound foundations of the inner world of the ten basic spiritual forces of the sefiroth.
Table of Contents
Editor’s Preface
Foreword
1. The Kabbalistic Path
2. The Mystical Bible
3. In the Beginning
4. Sacred Metaphysics
5. The Creation Process
6. Eden and the Human Condition
7. The Way of the Mystic
8. Meditative Exercises
Appendices
Glossary
The late DR. DAVID SHEINKIN was an eminent psychiatrist, lecturer, student of mysticism and successful author of psychological self-help books including Food, Mind and Mood and Self- Understanding: An Introduction to Transdisciplinary Analysis.
