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Kabbalah and sex magic : a mythical-ritual genealogy / Marla Segol.
Van Pelt Library BF1623.C2 S44 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Segol, Marla, author.
- Series:
- Magic in history
- The magic in history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cabala.
- Magic--Erotic aspects.
- Magic.
- Physical Description:
- x, 210 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Traces the evolution of a Hebrew microcosm that models the interaction of human and divine bodies at the heart of both Kabbalah and some forms of Western sex magic. Focuses on Jewish esoteric and medical sources from the fifth to the twelfth century from Byzantium, Persia, Iberia, and southern France"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Powerful Bodies in the Shi Ur Qomah
- 2. Medicine and Magic in Assaf's Sefer Refuot and the Sefer Yetsirah
- 3. Microcosm, Rationalism, and Kabbalah
- 4. Feeling, Wisdom, and Sexuality in the Sefer Bahir
- 5. Medieval Into Modern Sex Magic.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271089607
- 0271089601
- OCLC:
- 1240413989
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