The Kabbalah of the Soul: The Transformative Psychology and Practices of Jewish Mysticism

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Leonora Leet

The Kabbalah of the Soul

The Transformative Psychology and Practices of Jewish Mysticism

Leonora Leet

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Inner Traditions Bear and Company
25 March 2003

Religion & beliefs; Judaism; Kabbalah: popular works

"Reveals the transformative spiritual work by which the soul can reach ever higher dimensions of consciousness.

• Relates the soul levels of the Zohar to the various paths the soul may travel toward ultimate realization.

• Introduces a new meditative technique called ""the Transformative Moment"".

Throughout the history of the Jewish esoteric tradition, humankind has been understood to play a pivotal role in the perfection of the cosmos, uniting the finite with the infinite in the perfection of divine personality. Working from an original synthesis of the major kabbalistic traditions of cosmology derived from the Bible, the Zohar, and the school of Isaac Luria, Leonora Leet has erected a new framework for understanding the mechanism of the transformative spiritual work that enables the human soul to reach increasingly higher dimensions of consciousness. This analysis extends the frontiers of Leet's prior works on the Kabbalah to provide a new illumination of human possibilities.

Leet first considers the false temptations of worldly power and pleasure that lead to the fall of the soul and then the means of its redemption. She develops a powerful meditative technique called ""the Transformative Moment,"" whose workings are exemplified by Jacob and Joseph and that allow the individual to progress through all the higher levels of the soul, even possibly to attain the miraculous powers of the legendary spiritual masters. She further correlates the hierarchy of soul levels with Ezekiel's Throne vision to show the various paths the soul may travel toward self-realization: sex, love, power, knowledge, holiness, and unification. The first four paths relate to the four-faced living creatures (Chayot) of Ezekiel's Throne vision--the bull-ox, lion, eagle, and man. The final two paths correlate to the prophet and the envisioned man on the throne he recognizes to be his divine higher self, the knowledge that defines the secret doctrine of the whole of the Jewish mystical tradition culminating in the Kabbalah."

By: Leonora Leet
Imprint: Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Original ed.
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780892819577
ISBN 10: 089281957X
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 25 March 2003
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1. The Scale of the Soul Introduction to a New Cosmic Model for Kabbalistic Soul Psychology The Tradition of Biblical Cosmology The Conflict between Zoharic and Lurianic Cosmology A New Model for Kabbalistic Cosmology The Music of the Spheres The Seventh World and the Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah Chapter 2. The Fourth-World Transformations of Nefesh Consciousness A Review of the Cosmic Model The Early History of the Soul The Structure of the Nefesh Soul Temptations of a Fallen Culture The Transformative Moment: A Therapeutic Form of Meditation The Future Development of the Soul Chapter 3. The Fifth World of Messianic and Ruach Consciousness Introduction Traditional Messianic Chronology Stages of Ruach Consciousness Kabbalistic Texts on Meditation The Structure of the Ruach Soul The Ruach Soul Model of Transformative Meditation The First Level of Ruach Power: Creative Thought The Second Level of Ruach Power: The Master of Synchronicity The Third Level of Ruach Power: The Master of Transformation The Fourth Level of Ruach Power: The Master of Creation Chapter 4. The Sixth World of Transformative Neshamah Consciousness The Transformative Moment of Neshamah Consciousness The Patriarchs The Tzaddikim The Partzufim Chapter 5. The Six Paths to Divine Knowledge The Six Paths to Enlightenment as Grades of the Soul The Sexual Path of the Bull The Love Path of the Lion The Power Path of the Eagle The Cognitive Path of Man The Holy Path of Enoch The Unifying Path of Metatron Appendix A. The Practice of Transformative Meditation Appendix B. The Practice of Transformative Prayer Notes Bibliography Index

Leonora Leet (1929-2004) received her Ph.D. from Yale University and was Professor of English at St. John's University. Her other books on the Kabbalah are The Universal Kabbalah, Renewing the Covenant, and The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah.

Reviews for The Kabbalah of the Soul: The Transformative Psychology and Practices of Jewish Mysticism

This scholarly, highly creative kabbalistic model of interpenetrating levels of soul and cosmos offers a new model for transpersonal psychiatry. * Ann Massion, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School * Continuing the Zoharic and Lurianic traditions, Leet reclaims the soul of Kabbalah to build an inclusive model of personal transformation. * Jason Shulman, Director, A Society of Souls, a school of Integrated Kabbalistic Healing * Leet's extraordinary and brilliant investigation offers profound insights into the authentic tradition as it discovers its contemporary relevance. `Hallelu-Yah' ! * Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein, Educational Director, Mercaz HaRaya Center for Vision * Leet's adventurous spirit and erudition--charting new territory for Kabbalistic exploration--deserves an audience of those who take Kabbalah seriously. * Gerald Epstein, M. D., Director, American Institue for Mental Imagery, author of Healing Visualizati * . . . a work of astounding erudition and truly amazing variety and originality that provides an illuminating, new `guide for the perplexed.' * Philip Beitchman, Ph. D., author of Alchemy of the Word: Cabala of the Renaissance and The View From * a daring and innovative exposition of the secret doctrines and practices of traditional Jewish mysticism uniquely applicable to the present. * Elliot R. Wolfson, Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, *