Stairway to heaven : Chinese alchemists, Jewish kabbalists, and the art of spiritual transformation /: Chinese alchemists, Jewish kabbalists, and the art of spiritual transformation. (2008 copyright 2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Levenda.
• Other Names: Levenda, Peter
• Contents: Part I: Pre-Biblical Israel 1. Ascent Myth and Ritual in Ancient Egypt 2. Ascent Myth and Ritual in Ancient Babylon Part II: Ezekiel 3. The Vision of Ezekiel 4. Ezekiel and Apocalypse Part III: Hekhalot Literature 5. Ezekiel's Vision as Template for Mystical Ascent 6. The Chariots and the Throne: The Seven Palaces and Ursa Major Part IV: 7. Ecstatic Flight in Siberian Shamanism 8.Ecstatic Flight in Afro-Caribbean Ritual 9. Ecstatic Flight in Asian Ritual and Alchemy Part V: European Esotericism 10. Pico della Mirandola and the Christian Kabbala 11. The Sabbatian Movement, the Frankist Phenomenon, and Da'ath 12. The Initiatory System of the SRIA and the Golden Dawn 13. Aleister Crowley, Kenneth Grant, and Da'ath.
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: 204.2; Religion -- Spirituality; Mysticism -- Miscellanea; Cabala; Occultism; Alchemy; Spirituality & religious experience
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441117045; 1441117040
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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