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008			150602s2015 ctu ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780300152371 _qelectronic bk.
020			_a030015237X _qelectronic bk.
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035			_a(OCoLC)910553852
035			_a1000441 _b(N$T)
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100	1		_aArzy, S. _q(Shahar), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aKabbalah : _ba neurocognitive approach to mystical experiences / _cShahar Arzy, Moshe Idel.
250			_a1st edition.
264		1	_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c[2015]
264		4	_c©2015
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
650		0	_aCabala _xPsychology.
650		0	_aCognitive neuroscience.
650		0	_aMysticism _xJudaism _xPsychological aspects.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Judaism / General _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aIdel, Moshe, _d1947- _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aArzy, S. (Shahar), author. _tKabbalah. _b1st edition _z9780300152364 _w(DLC) 2014042891 _w(OCoLC)894310435
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