02871cam a2200517Ii 4500 ocn910553852 OCoLC 20200709060349.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 150602s2015 ctu ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T N$T 9780300152371 electronic bk. 030015237X electronic bk. 9780300152364 0300152361 (OCoLC)910553852 1000441 (N$T) BM526 .A79 2015eb REL 040000 bisacsh 296.7/12 23 N$TA Arzy, S. (Shahar), author. Kabbalah : a neurocognitive approach to mystical experiences / Shahar Arzy, Moshe Idel. 1st edition. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier "In this original study, Moshe Idel, an eminent scholar of Jewish mysticism and thought, and the cognitive neuroscientist and neurologist Shahar Arzy combine their considerable expertise to explore the mysteries of the Kabbalah from an entirely new perspective: that of the human brain. In lieu of the theological, sociological, and psychoanalytic approaches that have generally dominated the study of ecstatic mystical experiences, the authors endeavor to decode the brain mechanisms underlying these phenomena. Arzy and Idel analyze first-person descriptions to explore the Kabbalistic techniques employed by most prominent Jewish mystics to effect bodily reduplications, dissociations, and other phenomena, and compare them with recent neurological observations and modern-day laboratory experiments. The resultant study offers readers a scientific, more brain-based understanding of how ecstatic Kabbalists achieved their most precious mystical experiences. The study further demonstrates how these Kabbalists have long functioned as pioneering investigators of the human self"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Cabala Psychology. Cognitive neuroscience. Mysticism Judaism Psychological aspects. RELIGION / Judaism / General bisacsh Electronic books. Idel, Moshe, 1947- author. Print version: Arzy, S. (Shahar), author. Kabbalah. 1st edition 9780300152364 (DLC) 2014042891 (OCoLC)894310435 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1000441 EBSCOhost EBSC 1000441 cpp6067 02 N$T 56276 56276