Opening the Inner Gates

By Edward Hoffman

Book Overview

The Kabbalah is Judaism's intriguing mystical tradition, thousands of years old. In recent years, a growing number of people--both Jews and non-Jews--are finding the Kabbalah to be a fascinating treasure house of wisdom about the human mind. Men and women are discovering and applying Jewish mystical insights in daily life, and professionals in such fields as psychology, psychotherapy, and medicine are actively using Kabbalah in their work. Opening the Inner Gates is an anthology concerning these new explorations. In sixteen chapters, thirteen contributors present both theoretical considerations and applied methods of Kabbalah in such areas as healing, the mind-body relationship, dreamwork, intuition and creativity, storytelling, women's spirituality, parenting, working with the elderly, and "repairing the world" ( tikkun olam) . Contributors: LaVera Draisin, MD * Gerald Epstein, MD * Sheldon Kramer, PhD * Rabbi Steven Rosman, PhD * Edward Hoffman, PhD * Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi * Steven Joseph, MD * Howard Schwartz * Rabbi Chaim Richter * Alyce R. Tresenfeld * Mark Malachi * Rabbi Rami Shapiro * Laya Firestone Seghi

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570620555
• ISBN13: 9781570620553
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

many tools for healing

Includes many tools for healing, including self-inventory based on the Tree of Life, myth and story-telling, sound and meditation. Mark Malachi's "From The Depths of Silence: The Application of Sound in Kabbalistic Healing," includes ideas which are useful to anyone, such as his discussion of the need to balance the releasing aspects and strengthening aspects of healing. If you find working with releasing past trauma healing, exercise caution in approaching chapter 4; it is an alternative perspective which doesn't value this work.