Preface PART ONE: Introduction 1. A Spiritual Awakening 2. The Influence of the Kabbalah 3. The Historical Background 4. The Hasidic World-View 5. Habad-Hasidism 6. The Dual Meaning of Existence 7. The Dialectical Systems 8. The Books of Habad 9. The Four Subjects of Discussion 10. The Background of the Paradoxical Argument PART TWO: The Doctine of Divinity, The Mystical Theology 11. Acosmism 12. The Relation Between God and the World 13. Wholeness as the Incorporation of Opposites 14. Hashvaah (Equalization) 15. Entity and Manifestation--Nothingness and Being 16. The Doctrine of Tzimtzum 17. Transcendence and Immanence 18. The Paradox--Two Opposites in a Single Subject PART THREE: Soul Consciousness and Perception 19. The Doctrine of the Soul 20. The Divine Soul 21. The Bestial Soul PART FOUR: Divine Worship 22. Divine Worship--Introduction 23. Two Aspects of Divine Worship 24. Esoterics and Exoterics--The Dispute over the Dissemination of Spiritual Doctrines 25. Ha-'Avodah be-Bittul--Worship in Self-Annihilation 26. Self-Annihilation and the Divine Wholeness 27. Ha-'Avodah be-Hitbonenut--Worship in Contemplation 28. The Controversy over Contemplation 29. The Three Principal Types of Worship in Annihilation 30. Faith That Transcends Intellect and Comprehension 31. Mesirut Nefesh--Self-Sacrifice 32. The Confrontation Concerning the Goals of Spiritual Worship 33. 'Avodah be-Hipukh--Worship through Inversion and the Actualization of Divine Wholeness Conclusion Glossary Notes Primary Sources Reference List Index