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Book cover image of Opening the Inner Gates: New Paths in Kabbalah and Psychology by Edward Hoffman

Authors: Edward Hoffman
ISBN-13: 9781570620553, ISBN-10: 1570620555
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Date Published: August 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Edward Hoffman

Book Synopsis

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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction1
1The Tree of Life and the "City of the Just": Kabbalistic Exercises for Inner Growth5
2The Quest for the Lost Princess: Life-Transition and Change in Jewish Lore20
3Birth, Creation Stories, and the Spiritual Journey: Teachings from the Navajo and the Kabbalah47
4What's Wrong with Freudianism: A Kabbalistic Perspective61
5Sense the Wonder: Children, Spirituality, and Kabbalah75
6Gazing into God's Mirror90
7Finding God's Blessing Pool: The Way of Wisdom106
8Six Keys of Kabbalistic Dreamwork122
9Glimpsing the Moon: The Feminine Principle in Kabbalah133
10From the Depths of Silence: The Application of Sound in Kabbalistic Healing160
11Psychosynthesis and Kabbalah: New Convergence for Inner work177
12Let It Heal: Storytelling and Healing in Kabbalah199
13Jewish Meditation: Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships223
14Standing at Sinai: Time, Healing, and Re-Visioning Western Medicine250
15Teaching Kabbalah to Elders266
16The Tree of Life Is Awakening: Spiritual Transformation in Messianic Times277
Glossary289
About the Contributors294
Index297

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