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Join one of the world’s leading interpreters of Jewish mysticism in discovering why the words of the past reveal the path of our future.

Kabbalah teaches that there is a secret unity of all Being, hidden within the multiplicity and diversity of life as we experience it. In order to discover God--or the real meaning or the essential Oneness of Being--we need to turn inward, to look more deeply at the world around us. Scratch the surface of reality and you will discover God. We, in fact, discover the Oneness of Being by staying right here, paying as close attention as we can to the present in which we live.

—from Chapter 2

Through wisdom gained from his own forty-year spiritual search for the Divine Presence within, Arthur Green challenges us to question the assumptions of modern consciousness, and by doing so open ourselves to learning from Kabbalah, a profound tool of human understanding.

Drawing on the wisdom of the Zohar, the masterwork of the Jewish mystical tradition, and other kabbalistic texts, join Green in examining:

How is the kabbalistic tradition relevant to today’s seeker?

Are the ancient and mysterious symbols of any value to us in out very different world?

How should Kabbalah be refitted so that it might serve as an appropriate vehicle for a contemporary spiritual quest?

Can this be done without destroying the soul of the tradition and while acknowledging today’s reality?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #135143 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From Publishers Weekly
In Hebrew, the word "Ehyeh" ("I shall be") is the most sacred and secret name for God. It is this word that drives Arthur Green's Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow, a well-informed introduction to Kabbalah for the spiritual seeker. It is tremendously refreshing to read a Kabbalah book that draws from the well of Jewish scholarly tradition but also successfully speaks to a larger audience. Green, who has studied Jewish mysticism for more than 40 years, has evolved from one who dabbled in psychedelics and Kabbalah in the 1960s to a teacher whose erudition bridges the gap between Kabbalah scholarship and popular interest. After a sensitive autobiographical introduction, Green settles into chapters that explore Kabbalah in the past, present and future.
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About the Author
Arthur Green is Philip W. Lown Professor of Jewish Thought at Brandeis University and former president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He is a rabbi, a historian of Jewish mysticism, and a theologian. His works include Tormented Master: The Life and Spiritual Quest of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav, Seek My Face, Speak My Name: A Contemporary Jewish Theology, and The Language of Truth: Teaching from the Sefat Emet.