This volume addresses the complex topic of the preeminent status of
the divine feminine power, to be referred also as Female, within the
theosophical structures of many important Kabbalists, Sabbatean
believers, and Hasidic masters. This privileged status is part of a
much broader vision of the Female as stemming from a very high root
within the divine world, then She was emanated and constitutes the
tenth, lower divine power, and even in this lower state She is
sometime conceived of governing this world and as equal to the divine
Male. Finally, She is conceived of as returning to Her original place
in special moments, the days of Sabbath, the Jewish Holidays or in the
eschatological era. Her special dignity is sometime related to Her
being the telos of creation, and as the first entity that emerged in
the divine thought, which has been later on generated. In some cases,
an uroboric theosophy links the Female Malkhut, directly to the first
divine power, Keter. The author points to the possible impact of some
of the Kabbalistic discussions on conceptualizations of the feminine
in the Renaissance period.
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ISBN
9783110597608
Publisert
2018
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De Gruyter
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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