Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic

Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic

Moshe Idel

pt. I. Models in Kabbalah and Hasidism. 1. The Weakening of the Lurianic Kabbalah in the Eighteenth Century. 2. Models in Jewish Mysticism. 3. The Mystico-Magical Model -- pt. II. Drawing Down. 4. Mystical and Magical Prayer in Hasidism. 5. Mystical and Magical Study in Hasidism. 6. Zaddiq as "Vessel" and "Channel" in Hasidism -- App. A: Psychologization of Theosophy in Kabbalah and Hasidism -- App. B: Rabbi Yisrael of Ryzhin Who Cries -- App. C: On Intentional Transmission of Power.

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