Feature: Kabbalistic Offshoots and Mystical Bends

Insights into the labyrinthine world of the Kabbalah

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• Kabbalah: Nechama Levendel, Nadav Bloch – Sabbatian Artists, Ein Hod Israel

  Two modern artists and their Sabbatian "adventures."

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on May 10, 2012

• Kabbalah: Sabbatai Sevi and His Contemporaries III

  Sabbatai Sevi was a cultural hero, turned into an arch-villain by his opponents.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Apr 03, 2012

• Kabbalah: Sabbatai Sevi and his Contemporaries II

  Thomas Coenen: An opponent of Sabbatai Sevi, or a secret admirer?

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Mar 12, 2012

• Kabbalah: Sabbatai Sevi and his Contemporaries I

  messianic aspiration and messianic bets

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Mar 10, 2012

• Kabbalah: Sabbatai Zevi - Messiah ben David or Messiah ben Joseph?

  Exploring the doubling of the Messiah in the figure of Sabbatai Zevi.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Feb 16, 2012

• Kabbalah: The Law-Less-Ness of Messianic Days

  When wickedness became inherent in human volition, laws were needed to limit the influence of the Tree of Life.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Feb 06, 2012

• Kabbalah: The Messiah Is Coming, or Not...

  The Messiah in the Bible, the Kabbalah, and modern comics.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Jan 28, 2012

• Kabbalah: Messianic Puzzles in Secular Tel Aviv

  In Tel Aviv, messianism is alive in the midst of secularism.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Jan 20, 2012

• Kabbalah: Lilith and the Mystery of Femininity

  Two contemporary rabbis took it upon themselves to demonstrate how the process of Tikkun is about embracing one’s darker self and sanctifying it.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Dec 22, 2011

• Kabbalah: Lilith the Demonic Goddess

  The demonic goddess of Jewish Kabbalah.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Dec 08, 2011

• Kabbalah: The Life of the Dead in Sefer-ha-Zohar

  Death is anticipated and experienced by every night’s sleep which functions as a rehearsal.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Nov 29, 2011

• Kabbalah: Sefer ha-Zohar’s Mysterious Reality of Dreams

  The perilous world of sleep and dreams, in Sefer ha-Zohar.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Nov 18, 2011

• Kabbalah: The Secret Play of the Hebrew Letters

  The Kabbalah as a secret play with letters.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Nov 11, 2011

• Kabbalah: Sefer HaBahir - Satanic Attribute of the Divine

  The anthropomorphic connection between the divine spheres and human body produces a peculiar view of evil.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Nov 04, 2011

• Kabbalah: Umberto Eco's Poetics Meets Jewish Mysticism

  Eco's postmodern fiction puts on the same level mystical devotion, religious orders, the occult, and, to a certain extent, even science.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Oct 30, 2011

• Kabbalah - Abraham Abulafia the Prophetic Kabbalist

  The Prophetic kabbalah of Abraham Abulafia

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Oct 21, 2011

• Kabbalah: The Mystical Origin of Psychoanalysis

  Is Jewish Kabbalah a forerunner of psychoanalysis?

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Oct 14, 2011

• Kabbalah: Yom Kippur - Mystical Union

  Yom Kippur is a fearful day, as it forces us to prepare for death. But it also reflects the union of divine mother and daughter.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Oct 07, 2011

• Rosh Ha-Shanah - The Journey for Redemption

  The Jewish New Year in a Kabbalistic light.

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Sep 27, 2011

• Ancient Kabbalah- Entering Heavenly Palaces

  The ancient texts of Helhalot and Merkavah

  Opinion by michal Schwartz — on Sep 16, 2011