"In the latter part of the thirteenth century, at the time when theosophic kabbalah was flourishing, there emerged an alternative kabbalistic tradition with a different focus. The main exponent of this tradition was Abraham Abulafia." Explore one of the most important, prolific, complex and controversial figures in the history of Jewish mysticism. A self-proclaimed, Prophet and Messiah, an itinerant Mystic who risked his life attempting to meet the Pope. Banned and ostracized, during his own life time, he has now returned to his rightful place in epic story of Kabbalah.
00:00 Abulafia
01:45 Abulafia’s Biography
16:40 Abulafia’s Opposition
20:13 Abulafia’s Influence
23:30 Abulafia’s Bibliography
26:01 Abulafia’s Kabbalah
33:38 Abulafia’s Messianism
36:41 Abulafia’s Linguistic Mysticism
53:52 Abulafia’s Practice
58:47 Exercise
Part 1: Ezekiel's Vision, Merkaba, Hekhalot, Four Entered the Orchard: https://youtu.be/Ek-bbbhmPLk
Part 2: Midrash, Neoplatonism, 12th-13th Century: https://youtu.be/Wg_DEtvewBM
Part 3: Introduction to the Zohar, the book that changed Judaism forever: https://youtu.be/nObu-d2Xv0I
Subscribe to more quality Kabbalah and Mysticism content, for free: https://www.youtube.com/seekersofunity Sources and Further Reading: Meditation and Kabbalah by Aryeh Kaplan The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia by Moshe Idel Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah by Moshe Idel Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism by Moshe Idel Language, Torah and Hermeneutics in Abraham Abulafia by Moshe Idel Abraham Abulafia, Kabbalist and Prophet by Elliot Wolfson The Heart and the Fountain by Joseph Dan Chaye Ha-Olam Ha-Ba - Life in the World to Come, Translated by Yaron Ever Hadani Abraham Abulafia: Meditations on the Divine Name by Abraham Solomon
