Studying Jewish Meditative Techniques: A Phenomenological Typology and an Interdisciplinary View
The field of mystical and meditative research lacks a basic typology delineating the varied genres and characteristics of the mystical experience and of the meditative practices that may be correlated to those. Such a state hinders the comparative study of mysticism and meditation through different...
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| description | The field of mystical and meditative research lacks a basic typology delineating the varied genres and characteristics of the mystical experience and of the meditative practices that may be correlated to those. Such a state hinders the comparative study of mysticism and meditation through different philosophical, religious and spiritual traditions, or along the chronological development in a single tradition. In this article, I introduce phenomenological typological tools developed in a previous monograph dealing with the Jewish meditative tradition and illustrate how these can be used to analyze the adjustments and the variations between previous and contemporary Jewish mystics, through examining the four different types of mystical experience and five different characteristics of meditative techniques. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d675b2e556d46f9b804aa2a4611c7992023-11-30T21:48:00ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442022-07-0113764810.3390/rel13070648Studying Jewish Meditative Techniques: A Phenomenological Typology and an Interdisciplinary ViewTomer Persico0The Shalom Hartman Institute, 11 Gedalyahu Alon Street, P.O. Box 8029, Jerusalem 9108001, IsraelThe field of mystical and meditative research lacks a basic typology delineating the varied genres and characteristics of the mystical experience and of the meditative practices that may be correlated to those. Such a state hinders the comparative study of mysticism and meditation through different philosophical, religious and spiritual traditions, or along the chronological development in a single tradition. In this article, I introduce phenomenological typological tools developed in a previous monograph dealing with the Jewish meditative tradition and illustrate how these can be used to analyze the adjustments and the variations between previous and contemporary Jewish mystics, through examining the four different types of mystical experience and five different characteristics of meditative techniques.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/13/7/648JudaismmeditationmysticismHasidismNeo-Hasidismcontemporary spirituality |
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| title | Studying Jewish Meditative Techniques: A Phenomenological Typology and an Interdisciplinary View |
| title_full | Studying Jewish Meditative Techniques: A Phenomenological Typology and an Interdisciplinary View |
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| title_short | Studying Jewish Meditative Techniques: A Phenomenological Typology and an Interdisciplinary View |
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