A textbook of sound : being an account of the physics of vibrations with special reference to recent theoretical and technical developments / by A. B. Wood

• Record Nr.: UNIPARTHENOPE000014707
• Autore: Wood, Albert Beaumont
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : Bell and Sons Ltd, 1932
• Descrizione fisica: XIV, 519 p. ; 25 cm
• Disciplina: 534
• Collocazione: 534/100
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The paradoxical ascent to God [[electronic resource] ] : the kabbalistic theosophy of Habad Hasidism / / Rachel Elior ; translated from Hebrew by Jeffrey M. Green

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462220003321
• Autore: Elior Rachel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1993
• ISBN: 1-4384-0198-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series in Judaica
• Disciplina: 296.8/3322
• Soggetti: Habad - Doctrines; Cabala - Influence; Mysticism - Judaism - History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-268) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Content""; ""Introduction""; ""A Spiritual Awakening""; ""The Influence of the Kabbalah""; ""The Historical Background""; ""The Hasidic World-View""; ""Habad-Hasidism""; ""The Dual Meaning of Existence""; ""The Dialectical Systems""; ""The Books of Habad""; ""The Four Subjects of Discussion""; ""The Background of the Paradoxical Argument""; ""The Doctrine of Divinity, the Mystical Theology""; ""Acosmism""; ""The Relation Between God and the World""; ""Wholeness as the Incorporation of Opposites""""Hashvaah (Equalization)""; ""Entity and Manifestation-Nothingness and Being""; ""The Doctrine of Tzimtzum""; ""Transcendence and Immanence""; ""The Paradox-Two Opposites in a Single Subject""; ""Soul Consciousness and Perception""; ""The Doctrine of the Soul""; ""The Divine Soul""; ""The Bestial Soul""; ""Divine Worship""; ""Divine Worship-Introduction""; ""Two Aspects of Divine Worship""; ""Esoterics and Exoterics-- The Dispute over the Dissemination of Spiritual Doctrines""; ""Ha-'Avodah be-Bittul-- Worship in Self-Annihilation""; ""Self-Annihilation and the Divine Wholeness""""Ha-'Avodah be-Hitbonenut-- Worship in Contemplation""; ""The Controversy over Contemplation""; ""The Three Principal Types of Worship in Annihilation""; ""Faith That Transcends Intellect and Comprehension""; ""Mesirut Nefesh-Self-Sacrifice""; ""The Confrontation Concerning the Goals of Spiritual Worship""; ""'Avodah be-Hipukh-- Worship through Inversion and the Actualization of Divine Wholeness""; ""Back Matter""; ""Conclusion""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""; ""Primary Sources""; ""Reference List""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""