Intentionality and Kabbalistic Practices in Early Modern East-Central Europe
Kavanot, or mystical intentions, have acquired varied meanings and interpretations in kabbalistic literatures, from the practice of harmonising one's mind with the requirement of performed ritual to elaborate processes of mental focus, exercised during prayer and other ritual acts, on divine at...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Aries
Anno: 2019, Volume: 19, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 83-111 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Osteuropa
/ Cabala
/ Intenzione
/ Rito
/ Storia 1500-1700
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | AG Vita religiosa AZ Nuove religioni BH Ebraismo KBK Europa orientale |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
recipe books
B Intentionality B kavanah B practical Kabbalah |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (Verlag) |
| Riepilogo: | Kavanot, or mystical intentions, have acquired varied meanings and interpretations in kabbalistic literatures, from the practice of harmonising one's mind with the requirement of performed ritual to elaborate processes of mental focus, exercised during prayer and other ritual acts, on divine attributes signified by divine names and stipulated meticulously in kabbalistic prayer-books. Early modern practical kabbalistic manuals also, to no surprise, abound with instructions which recommend a variety of kavanot. In many of these manuals and books of recipes, it is the intention that enables extending of one's mind toward matter, and builds a new type of continuity between the practitioner and the outside world. Intentionality in kabbalistic practice thus channels the emergence of the performing, knowledgeable self, engaged in shaping the material world, a development which runs parallel to the emergence of new configurations of knowledge in the early modern period. This rise of intentional self, manifest in kabbalistic practices as expressed in early modern handwritten books of recipes of East-Central European provenance, will be the focus of this article. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0593 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Aries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700593-01901004 |