Window of the Soul: The Kabbalah of Rabbi Isaac Luria

James David Dunn

ISBN 10: 1578634288 / ISBN 13: 9781578634286

Published by Weiser Books, 2008

About this Item

2008 1st printing, decorated hardcover with no dustjacket as issued, spine has light cock, address label in corner of colored endpaper, top rear corner bumped, clean unmarked text, not a remainder.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Window of the Soul: The Kabbalah of Rabbi Isaac Luria
• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578634288
• ISBN 13: 9781578634286
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 14 ounces

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Synopsis

In this deep and powerful book, the Kabbalah of Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534-1572) is translated from the original passages of Hebrew. These luminous and sacred passages reveal the most profound teachings of the understanding of God and of our universe, inspired by the truth of the Torah. Some 400 years before Albert Einstein proposed his Theory of Relativity of the outer universe to the scientific community, Luria disclosed to his students his theory of the inner universe and its evolution within the mind of the Ineffable. Seventy-seven years after the exile from Spain of the Jewish people, in a small settlement in upper Galilee called Safed, Isaac Luria was to answer not only the Jewish people's deepest questions of exile and homelessness, but to explain the inner worlds of the spirit and of their evolution that led to the ultimate birth of our cosmos. It is this evolution that reflects the origin and history of souls, according to the teachings of Rabbi Luria.
Whether we are the result of cosmic intention or accident, God has connected us to these answers and to the drama of creation that has made us. Window of the Soul is the first and only comprehensive selection of Isaac Luria's teachings from the original passages of Hebrew. It is beautifully written, it is original Kabbalah, and it opens doors in the human heart that have been locked for thousands of years.

About the Author

James Dunn is professor of foreign languages at San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas. His private and most passionate work for over 25 years has been Judaic mysticism and Jungian depth psychology. He is also a retired intelligence officer, who was decorated many times for distinguished military service.