The corpus of Jewish mystical writings has developed over thousands of years in different parts of the world. Its creators sought to discover hidden realms that would shed light on existing reality. The literature they created, one of the central sources of inspiration of religious thought, comprises hundreds of volumes. This masterly investigation of the Jewish mystical phenomenon, from antiquity to the twentieth century, contextualizes it in the spiritual and historical circumstances in which it evolved.
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1 The Jewish Mystical Library and the New Vision of Reality
2 The Infinity of Meaning Embedded in the Sacred Text
3 The Mystical Figure: Life without Limits
4 Mystical Language and Magical Language: ´Had I been using tongues of men and angels´

Appendix: Historical and Literary Figures, Kabbalists, and Mystics Mentioned in Jewish Mystical Literature

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