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. 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 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--the bull-ox, lion, eagle, and man. The final two paths correlate to the prophet and the envisioned man on the throne whom 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. LEONORA LEET received her Ph.D. from Yale University and was Professor of English at St. John's University. Her other books on the Kabbalah are Renewing the Covenant and The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
