Neoplatonism and Jewish Mysticism, an introduction. Exploring the debated origins of Kabbalah. Presenting Scholem’s Gnosticism and Neoplatonism origin hypothesis, Idel’s rejection of it and his own more nuanced theory.  Check out the rest of our wonderful collaborators: @LetsTalkReligion What is Neoplatonism: https://youtu.be/vZEUo_sHoBw @TheEsotericaChannel Neoplatonism vs Gnosticism: https://youtu.be/ZV5ubPPzT7U @drangelapuca Plotinus and Iamblichus on Theurgy and Magic: https://youtu.be/lNqnNjsGExM @TheModernHermeticist The Platonic Philosophers' Creed by Thomas Taylor: https://youtu.be/Wzd98YSG6Hs @johnvervaeke Neoplatonism &amp; 4E Cognitive Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbk3lA6zCic  00:00 Disclaimer 00:45 Shout out 02:06 Where does Kabbalah come from? 04:44 a word from our sponsors 05:21 Kabbalah as a Historical Phenomena 07:37 What is Kabbalah? 08:28 Why then, why so? 09:57 Gershom Scholem 11:55 What is Neoplatonism? 14:20 From Scholem to Idel 15:23 Moshe Idel 18:55 Idel’s Theory 22:01 Thank you and shout out  Sources and Further Reading • Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah, 1974, pp. 45, 98. • Gershom Scholem, Major Trends, 1941, pp. 74-75. • Gershom Scholem, Origins of the Kabbalah, 1987, pp. 269, 363. • Moshe Idel, "On Binary 'Beginnings' in Kabbalah-Scholarship", in Aporemata. Kritische Studien zur Philologiegeschichte 5 (2001): Historicization-Historisierung, pp. 322-25 • Moshe Idel, Kabbalah: New Perspectives, 1988, pp. 30-2 • Moshe Idel, “Jewish Kabbalah and Platonism in the Middle Ages and Renaissance” in Lenn Goodman, Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, State University of New York Press, 1992, pp. 318-9 • Lloyd P. Gerson, Foreword, Neoplatonism (Hackett Classics) 2nd Edition, by Lloyd P. Gerson and R. T. Wallis • Pauliina Remes and Svetla Slaveva-Griffin, “Introduction: Neoplatonism today,” in The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism by Pauliina Remes and Svetla Slaveva-Griffin (eds.)  Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Eny, Kim, Michael, Kirk, Ron, Seth, Daniel, Raphael, Daniel, Jason, Sergio, Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

Neoplatonism and Jewish Mysticism, an introduction. Exploring the debated origins of Kabbalah. Presenting Scholem’s Gnosticism and Neoplatonism origin hypothesis, Idel’s rejection of it and his own more nuanced theory. Check out the rest of our wonderful collaborators: @LetsTalkReligion What is Neoplatonism: <a href="https://youtu.be/vZEUo_sHoBw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/vZEUo_sHoBw</a> @TheEsotericaChannel Neoplatonism vs Gnosticism: <a href="https://youtu.be/ZV5ubPPzT7U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ZV5ubPPzT7U</a> @drangelapuca Plotinus and Iamblichus on Theurgy and Magic: <a href="https://youtu.be/lNqnNjsGExM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/lNqnNjsGExM</a> @TheModernHermeticist The Platonic Philosophers' Creed by Thomas Taylor: <a href="https://youtu.be/Wzd98YSG6Hs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Wzd98YSG6Hs</a> @johnvervaeke Neoplatonism &amp; 4E Cognitive Science: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbk3lA6zCic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbk3lA6zCic</a> 00:00 Disclaimer 00:45 Shout out 02:06 Where does Kabbalah come from? 04:44 a word from our sponsors 05:21 Kabbalah as a Historical Phenomena 07:37 What is Kabbalah? 08:28 Why then, why so? 09:57 Gershom Scholem 11:55 What is Neoplatonism? 14:20 From Scholem to Idel 15:23 Moshe Idel 18:55 Idel’s Theory 22:01 Thank you and shout out Sources and Further Reading • Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah, 1974, pp. 45, 98. • Gershom Scholem, Major Trends, 1941, pp. 74-75. • Gershom Scholem, Origins of the Kabbalah, 1987, pp. 269, 363. • Moshe Idel, "On Binary 'Beginnings' in Kabbalah-Scholarship", in Aporemata. Kritische Studien zur Philologiegeschichte 5 (2001): Historicization-Historisierung, pp. 322-25 • Moshe Idel, Kabbalah: New Perspectives, 1988, pp. 30-2 • Moshe Idel, “Jewish Kabbalah and Platonism in the Middle Ages and Renaissance” in Lenn Goodman, Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, State University of New York Press, 1992, pp. 318-9 • Lloyd P. Gerson, Foreword, Neoplatonism (Hackett Classics) 2nd Edition, by Lloyd P. Gerson and R. T. Wallis • Pauliina Remes and Svetla Slaveva-Griffin, “Introduction: Neoplatonism today,” in The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism by Pauliina Remes and Svetla Slaveva-Griffin (eds.) Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Eny, Kim, Michael, Kirk, Ron, Seth, Daniel, Raphael, Daniel, Jason, Sergio, Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

From Neoplatonism to Kabbalah: A Mystical Exploration

Exploring Hegel’s relationship with Mysticism. Beginning with an introduction and biographical sketch of Hegel's life and a summary of his philosophical system. Next we discuss the various debates in the interpretation of Hegel's work. Following which we present his mystical influences and examine the mysticism in Hegel's own writings, as well as criticism of his 'mysticism'. Dylan Shaul is a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. His dissertation is titled Hegel's Concept of Reconciliation: On Absolute Spirit. He has also published on Spinoza, Kant, Kierkegaard, Husserl, Adorno, Levinas, Kristeva, and Derrida. See more of his work here: https://www.dylanshaul.com  00:00 1. Introduction 03:04 2. Biographical Background 04:44 3. Summary of Hegel’s System 09:51 4. Debates in Hegel Interpretation 12:51 5. Hegel’s Mystical Influences 21:28 6. Mysticism in Hegel’s Works 34:18 7. Criticism of Hegel 42:39 8. Final Words  Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Eny, Kim, Michael, Kirk, Ron, Seth, Daniel, Raphael, Daniel, Jason, Sergio, Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

Exploring Hegel’s relationship with Mysticism. Beginning with an introduction and biographical sketch of Hegel's life and a summary of his philosophical system. Next we discuss the various debates in the interpretation of Hegel's work. Following which we present his mystical influences and examine the mysticism in Hegel's own writings, as well as criticism of his 'mysticism'. Dylan Shaul is a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. His dissertation is titled Hegel's Concept of Reconciliation: On Absolute Spirit. He has also published on Spinoza, Kant, Kierkegaard, Husserl, Adorno, Levinas, Kristeva, and Derrida. See more of his work here: <a href="https://www.dylanshaul.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dylanshaul.com</a> 00:00 1. Introduction 03:04 2. Biographical Background 04:44 3. Summary of Hegel’s System 09:51 4. Debates in Hegel Interpretation 12:51 5. Hegel’s Mystical Influences 21:28 6. Mysticism in Hegel’s Works 34:18 7. Criticism of Hegel 42:39 8. Final Words Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Eny, Kim, Michael, Kirk, Ron, Seth, Daniel, Raphael, Daniel, Jason, Sergio, Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

Was Hegel a Mystic?

Freud waged a war against religion and occultism. His main weapon? Sex and Science. Exploring Freud’s response to mysticism.  Part 1: The Most Dangerous Mind of the 20th Century https://youtu.be/4sge_4KfCrM Part 2: The Mystic that Challenged Freud https://youtu.be/NSNVB-iYNyY Part 3: FREUD, Sex &amp; Science vs JUNG, Religion &amp; Occultism https://youtu.be/m2t0Yi2OJvE  00:00 Black Tide 03:02 Sex vs Mysticism 05:28 Worthless for the External world 06:43 Other Mystical Mentions 11:07 Rolland slaps back 13:17 In Kabbalah 15:26 Sum up 17:28 The "Goetz Letters” 20:46 Wrapping up 23:01 More in Heaven and Earth 26:06 Last Words 26:57 Final Question  Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Daniel, Jason, Sergio, Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

Freud waged a war against religion and occultism. His main weapon? Sex and Science. Exploring Freud’s response to mysticism. Part 1: The Most Dangerous Mind of the 20th Century <a href="https://youtu.be/4sge_4KfCrM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/4sge_4KfCrM</a> Part 2: The Mystic that Challenged Freud <a href="https://youtu.be/NSNVB-iYNyY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/NSNVB-iYNyY</a> Part 3: FREUD, Sex &amp; Science vs JUNG, Religion &amp; Occultism <a href="https://youtu.be/m2t0Yi2OJvE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/m2t0Yi2OJvE</a> 00:00 Black Tide 03:02 Sex vs Mysticism 05:28 Worthless for the External world 06:43 Other Mystical Mentions 11:07 Rolland slaps back 13:17 In Kabbalah 15:26 Sum up 17:28 The "Goetz Letters” 20:46 Wrapping up 23:01 More in Heaven and Earth 26:06 Last Words 26:57 Final Question Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Daniel, Jason, Sergio, Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

FREUD, Sex & Science vs JUNG, Religion & Occultism

Who was Freud's Secret Mystic Friend? Exploring Freud's relationship with a mystic and the chapter in Freud's best-selling Civilization and Its Discontents, in which he attempts to answer this mysterious mystic.  Part 1: The Most Dangerous Mind of the 20th Century https://youtu.be/4sge_4KfCrM Part 2: The Mystic that Challenged Freud https://youtu.be/NSNVB-iYNyY Part 3: FREUD, Sex &amp; Science vs JUNG, Religion &amp; Occultism https://youtu.be/m2t0Yi2OJvE  In collaboration with Dr. Justin Sledge @TheEsotericaChannel Watch his episode here: https://youtu.be/zuHwws5aXBE Check out our convo with Justin: Is Mysticism Rational? LOGIC and MYSTICISM with Esoterica's Justin Sledge https://youtu.be/CaLDtvUJI_A  00:00 Freud and the Mystic 01:20 Freud and Rolland, fanboying 04:56 Freud and Rolland, the beef 13:20 Civilization and Its Discontents 20:51 Psychoanalytic Explanation 31:25 Objections to Unity 32:34 Longing for Oneness 36:42 Science/Sex vs Mysticism/Religion  Sources and Further Readings: • Ayon Maharaj, “The Challenge of the Oceanic Feeling,’” in History of European Ideas, 2017 • Charles P. Heriot-Maitland, Mysticism and Madness: Different aspects of the same human experience?, 2008, 11(3), 303 • Christine Downing, “Sigmund Freud and Jewish Mysticism: An Exploration,” In Cattoi, Thomas; Odorisio, David M. (2018). Depth Psychology and Mysticism, p. 151-166 • Dufresne, Todd (2017). “Mysticism, War, Love, and Religion: Civilization and Its Discontents, Reality, and Romain Rolland,” in The Late Sigmund Freud • Letters of Sigmund Freud, edited by Ernst Freud, London: Hogarth Press, 1970 • Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents, 1930 • Vermorel &amp; Vermorel, Sigmund Freud et Romain Rolland, 1993 • William Parsons, The Enigma of the Oceanic Feeling 1999 • William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, 357-60  Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Daniel, Jason, Sergio, Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU #freud #mysticism

Who was Freud's Secret Mystic Friend? Exploring Freud's relationship with a mystic and the chapter in Freud's best-selling Civilization and Its Discontents, in which he attempts to answer this mysterious mystic. Part 1: The Most Dangerous Mind of the 20th Century <a href="https://youtu.be/4sge_4KfCrM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/4sge_4KfCrM</a> Part 2: The Mystic that Challenged Freud <a href="https://youtu.be/NSNVB-iYNyY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/NSNVB-iYNyY</a> Part 3: FREUD, Sex &amp; Science vs JUNG, Religion &amp; Occultism <a href="https://youtu.be/m2t0Yi2OJvE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/m2t0Yi2OJvE</a> In collaboration with Dr. Justin Sledge @TheEsotericaChannel Watch his episode here: <a href="https://youtu.be/zuHwws5aXBE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/zuHwws5aXBE</a> Check out our convo with Justin: Is Mysticism Rational? LOGIC and MYSTICISM with Esoterica's Justin Sledge <a href="https://youtu.be/CaLDtvUJI_A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/CaLDtvUJI_A</a> 00:00 Freud and the Mystic 01:20 Freud and Rolland, fanboying 04:56 Freud and Rolland, the beef 13:20 Civilization and Its Discontents 20:51 Psychoanalytic Explanation 31:25 Objections to Unity 32:34 Longing for Oneness 36:42 Science/Sex vs Mysticism/Religion Sources and Further Readings: • Ayon Maharaj, “The Challenge of the Oceanic Feeling,’” in History of European Ideas, 2017 • Charles P. Heriot-Maitland, Mysticism and Madness: Different aspects of the same human experience?, 2008, 11(3), 303 • Christine Downing, “Sigmund Freud and Jewish Mysticism: An Exploration,” In Cattoi, Thomas; Odorisio, David M. (2018). Depth Psychology and Mysticism, p. 151-166 • Dufresne, Todd (2017). “Mysticism, War, Love, and Religion: Civilization and Its Discontents, Reality, and Romain Rolland,” in The Late Sigmund Freud • Letters of Sigmund Freud, edited by Ernst Freud, London: Hogarth Press, 1970 • Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents, 1930 • Vermorel &amp; Vermorel, Sigmund Freud et Romain Rolland, 1993 • William Parsons, The Enigma of the Oceanic Feeling 1999 • William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, 357-60 Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Daniel, Jason, Sergio, Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a> #freud #mysticism

The Mystic that Challenged Freud

Despite being long rejected, there are very few thinkers who have framed the way you, the modern person, thinks about yourself and the world around you as the irreverent neurotic Jewish Austrian neurologist, Sigmund Shlomo Freud. Join us to learn about his life, his ideas and his legacy.  Part 1: The Most Dangerous Mind of the 20th Century https://youtu.be/4sge_4KfCrM Part 2: The Mystic that Challenged Freud https://youtu.be/NSNVB-iYNyY Part 3: FREUD, Sex &amp; Science vs JUNG, Religion &amp; Occultism https://youtu.be/m2t0Yi2OJvE 00:00 Introduction 03:45 Freud's Life 24:15 Freud's Ideas 31:31 Freud's Legacy  Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com

Despite being long rejected, there are very few thinkers who have framed the way you, the modern person, thinks about yourself and the world around you as the irreverent neurotic Jewish Austrian neurologist, Sigmund Shlomo Freud. Join us to learn about his life, his ideas and his legacy. Part 1: The Most Dangerous Mind of the 20th Century <a href="https://youtu.be/4sge_4KfCrM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/4sge_4KfCrM</a> Part 2: The Mystic that Challenged Freud <a href="https://youtu.be/NSNVB-iYNyY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/NSNVB-iYNyY</a> Part 3: FREUD, Sex &amp; Science vs JUNG, Religion &amp; Occultism <a href="https://youtu.be/m2t0Yi2OJvE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/m2t0Yi2OJvE</a> 00:00 Introduction 03:45 Freud's Life 24:15 Freud's Ideas 31:31 Freud's Legacy Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a>

The Most Dangerous Mind of the 20th Century

The Great Myth Awakens; Mysticism for the Modern World: An exploration of the unitive experiences, theories and practice of the world’s mystical traditions. Seeking a universal spirituality, a mysticism which transcends all boundaries while remaining deeply rooted in tradition. Exploring an upgraded operating system for religion, a rationally, empirically, scientifically and philosophically sound approach to the mystical which might just show us how to live beautiful lives.  00:00 Opening Quote: The Great Myth 04:35 Today’s Talk 11:05 A New Story for a New World 19:10 Mysticism, in Experience, Theory and Practice 35:46 Redefining the Self 42:03 A Vision of Mysticism, summarized 44:25 The words of the Prophet 47:03 The Final Question 48:26 Closing Quote 51:31 Closing Words  Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Jason, Sergio, Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

The Great Myth Awakens; Mysticism for the Modern World: An exploration of the unitive experiences, theories and practice of the world’s mystical traditions. Seeking a universal spirituality, a mysticism which transcends all boundaries while remaining deeply rooted in tradition. Exploring an upgraded operating system for religion, a rationally, empirically, scientifically and philosophically sound approach to the mystical which might just show us how to live beautiful lives. 00:00 Opening Quote: The Great Myth 04:35 Today’s Talk 11:05 A New Story for a New World 19:10 Mysticism, in Experience, Theory and Practice 35:46 Redefining the Self 42:03 A Vision of Mysticism, summarized 44:25 The words of the Prophet 47:03 The Final Question 48:26 Closing Quote 51:31 Closing Words Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Jason, Sergio, Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

The New Poem of the Primal Myth

Off the Record Interview with the fastest growing new religion in the world. What being Baháʼí is Really All About | Spiritual Conversation about the Life of Faith  00:00 Excerpt 00:56 Contextualizing Baháʼí 07:57 Coming to Baháʼí 14:15 Community of Volunteers 20:57 Mysticism in Baháʼí 27:41 Manifesting God 36:51 13 Key Principles of Faith 56:04 Spiritual Practice &amp; Experience 1:02:02 Prayer in Baháʼí 1:06:59 Marriage in Baháʼí 1:08:16 Closing Words  Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

Off the Record Interview with the fastest growing new religion in the world. What being Baháʼí is Really All About | Spiritual Conversation about the Life of Faith 00:00 Excerpt 00:56 Contextualizing Baháʼí 07:57 Coming to Baháʼí 14:15 Community of Volunteers 20:57 Mysticism in Baháʼí 27:41 Manifesting God 36:51 13 Key Principles of Faith 56:04 Spiritual Practice &amp; Experience 1:02:02 Prayer in Baháʼí 1:06:59 Marriage in Baháʼí 1:08:16 Closing Words Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Leila, Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

The Spiritual Life of a Baháʼí

Join us for an Exclusive Interview at the Baha'i World Centre as we take a deep dive into the faiths of our neighbors to find out what they actually believe.  00:00 Excerpt 01:06 Brief History of the Bahá'í faith 10:45 Prayer/Invocation to begin the conversation 14:55 Mysticism and the Bahá'í faith 30:44 Becoming God 40:33 On the Nature of God 49:08 Bahá'í, a Perfect Faith? 51:40 Emanation, Manifestation and Revelation 1:16:55 Experientiality 1:24:42 Contradictions between Religions 1:38:54 Religion of Today, Religion of the Future 1:49:16 Is the Bahá'í faith too Idealistic? 1:57:58 Heaven and Hell 2:03:18 Science and Religion 2:10:32 Divinity and Humor   Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

Join us for an Exclusive Interview at the Baha'i World Centre as we take a deep dive into the faiths of our neighbors to find out what they actually believe. 00:00 Excerpt 01:06 Brief History of the Bahá'í faith 10:45 Prayer/Invocation to begin the conversation 14:55 Mysticism and the Bahá'í faith 30:44 Becoming God 40:33 On the Nature of God 49:08 Bahá'í, a Perfect Faith? 51:40 Emanation, Manifestation and Revelation 1:16:55 Experientiality 1:24:42 Contradictions between Religions 1:38:54 Religion of Today, Religion of the Future 1:49:16 Is the Bahá'í faith too Idealistic? 1:57:58 Heaven and Hell 2:03:18 Science and Religion 2:10:32 Divinity and Humor Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Wael, jXaviErre, Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

The Mystery & Mysticism of the Bahá'í Faith

Can religion still provide us with real connection, salvation and redemption in our modern alienated world?  00:00 An Idea 10:21 Paradigm Shift 19:30 The Kabbalists 30:29 Our Role 34:57 About Seekers 40:00 Q&amp;A 47:03 Q#2 52:39 Q#3  #mysticism #religion #unity  Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

Can religion still provide us with real connection, salvation and redemption in our modern alienated world? 00:00 An Idea 10:21 Paradigm Shift 19:30 The Kabbalists 30:29 Our Role 34:57 About Seekers 40:00 Q&amp;A 47:03 Q#2 52:39 Q#3 #mysticism #religion #unity Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Simona, Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

Religion 2.0: A Mystic's Manifesto

The Perennial Philosophy, or Perennialism for short, claims that the depth traditions found within the major world religions all converge upon the same metaphysical vision - namely, the identification of our deepest selves with a divine, transcendental ground. Popularized by Aldous Huxley in his 1945 The Perennial Philosophy it has a natural appeal to many thinking, spiritually inclined individuals - including those who have never explicitly heard of it. - Jon In this debate Jonathan will critique the perennial philosophy; Zevi will defend it. Jonathan Weidenbaum is a professor of philosophy and world religions at Berkeley College. Zevi Slavin is a seeker, a teacher, and creator of Seekers of Unity.  See Jonathan’s work here: https://berkeleycollege.academia.edu/JonathanWeidenbaum https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Jonathan-Weidenbaum/103460987 Particularly: A Little Disillusionment is a Good Thing: Perennialism, Process Theology, and Religious Diversity The Metaphysics of Alterity and Unity: Levinas and Perennialism Why I am Not a Pantheist (Nor a Panentheist) Metaphysics, Totalization, and the Cosmos With Open Doors and Windows, Doing theology in the spirit of William James Upcoming with Nicholas Colemean: The Bell and the Hammer: for and against a perennialist philosophy (seeking a publisher, if you know any…)  00:00 Introduction: Omar Lughod 00:54 Introducing Perennialism: Jonathan 06:09 Critiquing Perennialism: Jonathan 31:50 Defending Perennialism: Zevi 51:50 Response: Jonathan 56:38 Response: Zevi Q&amp;A Session 1:01:27 What about religions that disagree? 1:04:12 From debate to discussion 1:07:53 What would it take to change your mind? 1:13:11 Is this all just ideas to you? 1:16:53 Baruch Thaler: What’s the bottom line? 1:18:46 What’s with all this New Age-ism? 1:33:03 Closing words  “Neither the mystic nor the philosopher can remain content with an irreducible heterogeneity of mystical experience, the mystic because the ultimate character of the experience implies a universal claim, the philosopher because a diversity of ultimate claims is a challenge not a resting-place. Thus, it is not an uneducated essentialist desire, but religious integrity or philosophical urgency that leads those who no longer find an exclusive claim by any single tradition convincing to seek an underlying unity and to investigate the equivalence of symbols under their diversity.” - Charles Davis in his review of Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis, by Steven Katz, ed.  Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

The Perennial Philosophy, or Perennialism for short, claims that the depth traditions found within the major world religions all converge upon the same metaphysical vision - namely, the identification of our deepest selves with a divine, transcendental ground. Popularized by Aldous Huxley in his 1945 The Perennial Philosophy it has a natural appeal to many thinking, spiritually inclined individuals - including those who have never explicitly heard of it. - Jon In this debate Jonathan will critique the perennial philosophy; Zevi will defend it. Jonathan Weidenbaum is a professor of philosophy and world religions at Berkeley College. Zevi Slavin is a seeker, a teacher, and creator of Seekers of Unity. See Jonathan’s work here: <a href="https://berkeleycollege.academia.edu/JonathanWeidenbaum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://berkeleycollege.academia.edu/JonathanWeidenbaum</a> <a href="https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Jonathan-Weidenbaum/103460987" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Jonathan-Weidenbaum/103460987</a> Particularly: A Little Disillusionment is a Good Thing: Perennialism, Process Theology, and Religious Diversity The Metaphysics of Alterity and Unity: Levinas and Perennialism Why I am Not a Pantheist (Nor a Panentheist) Metaphysics, Totalization, and the Cosmos With Open Doors and Windows, Doing theology in the spirit of William James Upcoming with Nicholas Colemean: The Bell and the Hammer: for and against a perennialist philosophy (seeking a publisher, if you know any…) 00:00 Introduction: Omar Lughod 00:54 Introducing Perennialism: Jonathan 06:09 Critiquing Perennialism: Jonathan 31:50 Defending Perennialism: Zevi 51:50 Response: Jonathan 56:38 Response: Zevi Q&amp;A Session 1:01:27 What about religions that disagree? 1:04:12 From debate to discussion 1:07:53 What would it take to change your mind? 1:13:11 Is this all just ideas to you? 1:16:53 Baruch Thaler: What’s the bottom line? 1:18:46 What’s with all this New Age-ism? 1:33:03 Closing words “Neither the mystic nor the philosopher can remain content with an irreducible heterogeneity of mystical experience, the mystic because the ultimate character of the experience implies a universal claim, the philosopher because a diversity of ultimate claims is a challenge not a resting-place. Thus, it is not an uneducated essentialist desire, but religious integrity or philosophical urgency that leads those who no longer find an exclusive claim by any single tradition convincing to seek an underlying unity and to investigate the equivalence of symbols under their diversity.” - Charles Davis in his review of Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis, by Steven Katz, ed. Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Francis, Etty, Stephen, Arash, William, Michael, Matija, Timony, Vilijami, Stoney, El techo, Stephen, Ross, Ahmed, Alexander, Diceman, Hannah, Julian, Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

Mysticism Debated: Pluralism vs Perennialism

Collaborative, Comparative, Interdisciplinary Exploration of Mysticism. Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World. #ProjectUnityTelling the Story of Mysticism. History, Mythology, Metaphysics, Psychology, Poetry, Philosophy and Science. By Seekers, For Seekers.

Paul Mendes-Flohr

Martin Buber

Martin Buber is a name that will forever be associated with mysticism and philosophy. His book, I and Thou, continues to touch the lives of thousands. There is perhaps no person who has done more to preserve and present his work than world-renown Buber scholar, Paul Mendes-Flohr. In this conversation we explore Buber's transition from Mysticism to Dialogue. Professor Paul Mendes-Flohr is a leading scholar of modern Jewish thought. He has written some thirty books, edited another forty-five, and authored some 300 articles on modern Jewish intellectual history, philosophy and religious thought, with a focus on the lives and ideas of the leading German-Jewish intellectuals of the 19th and 20th-centuries: Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Gershom Scholem and Leo Strauss. Paul is Professor Emeritus of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History and Thought at the University of Chicago, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Senior Research Fellow at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem, was the director of the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center and is the editor in chief of the twenty-two volume German edition of the collected works of Martin Buber, as well as a series on German-Jewish literature and Cultural History. Some of his recent works include: Gustav Landauer. Anarchist and Jew (2014). Dialogue as a Trans-Disciplinary Concept (2015). Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent (2019). Cultural Disjunctions: Post-Traditional Jewish Identities (2021).  00:00 Excerpt 00:54 Introducing Paul Mendes-Flohr 02:41 Why Mysticism? 3:39 Buber and Mysticism 6:25 Ecstatic Confessions 07:28 Story time 08:27 Escapist Mysticism &amp; Hasidism 10:25 Buber, Do you believe in God? 11:19 Buber philosophy of Dialogue 15:14 The Eternal Thou 17:13 Shalom 19:29 Judaism isn’t a political identity 22:11 How did you come to Buber? 26:43 Translating I and Thou 29:22 Buber vs Gnosticism 34:18 Hearing vs Listening 36:33 I _&amp;_ Thou 38:01 Where is Buber today? 39:29 The Academy 41:12 Buber and Palestine 44:28 From Mysticism to Dialogue 50:24 The Reluctant Prophet 56:47 A Positive formulation of Judaism 1:03:47 To be a Child  Join us: https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Support us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

Martin Buber is a name that will forever be associated with mysticism and philosophy. His book, I and Thou, continues to touch the lives of thousands. There is perhaps no person who has done more to preserve and present his work than world-renown Buber scholar, Paul Mendes-Flohr. In this conversation we explore Buber's transition from Mysticism to Dialogue. Professor Paul Mendes-Flohr is a leading scholar of modern Jewish thought. He has written some thirty books, edited another forty-five, and authored some 300 articles on modern Jewish intellectual history, philosophy and religious thought, with a focus on the lives and ideas of the leading German-Jewish intellectuals of the 19th and 20th-centuries: Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Gershom Scholem and Leo Strauss. Paul is Professor Emeritus of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History and Thought at the University of Chicago, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Senior Research Fellow at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem, was the director of the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center and is the editor in chief of the twenty-two volume German edition of the collected works of Martin Buber, as well as a series on German-Jewish literature and Cultural History. Some of his recent works include: Gustav Landauer. Anarchist and Jew (2014). Dialogue as a Trans-Disciplinary Concept (2015). Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent (2019). Cultural Disjunctions: Post-Traditional Jewish Identities (2021). 00:00 Excerpt 00:54 Introducing Paul Mendes-Flohr 02:41 Why Mysticism? 3:39 Buber and Mysticism 6:25 Ecstatic Confessions 07:28 Story time 08:27 Escapist Mysticism &amp; Hasidism 10:25 Buber, Do you believe in God? 11:19 Buber philosophy of Dialogue 15:14 The Eternal Thou 17:13 Shalom 19:29 Judaism isn’t a political identity 22:11 How did you come to Buber? 26:43 Translating I and Thou 29:22 Buber vs Gnosticism 34:18 Hearing vs Listening 36:33 I _&amp;_ Thou 38:01 Where is Buber today? 39:29 The Academy 41:12 Buber and Palestine 44:28 From Mysticism to Dialogue 50:24 The Reluctant Prophet 56:47 A Positive formulation of Judaism 1:03:47 To be a Child Join us: <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Support us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

Why Did Martin Buber Abandon Mysticism? ft. Paul Mendes-Flohr

Come behind the scenes with Zevi as he tries to figure out what is going on in Maimonides’ Guide with the help of a new friend, the young and brilliant scholar David Fried. David Fried teaches Talmud, Halakha, and Jewish Thought at the Ramaz Upper School in New York City. He is also an editor and frequent contributor at thelehrhaus.com David’s articles can be found here: https://thelehrhaus.com/author/davidfried/  These are David's two articles referenced in the conversation: https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/mysticism-and-its-alternatives-rethinking-maimonides/ https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/revisiting-maimonidess-merkavah-chapters/  Full “Maimonides and Mysticism” Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9  00:00 Excerpts 01:38 About David and how he got into Maimonides and Mysticism 04:41 Synthesizing Maimonides and Mysticism 06:32 The Article and Beyond 08:00 David's New Thinking - Negative Theology 09:00 Maimonides shift away from Aristotelianism 10:38 Why Negative Theology? 12:46 Away from Aristotle 14:55 The Goal of Prophecy 17:26 Questioning Motivations 19:24 What’s Maimonides moving towards? 23:09 Into the Contradictions 25:52 David’s take on Hakham Jose Faur 27:48 What about Emanationism? 28:53 Some other Scholars 30:26 Mysticism and (Muslim) Philosophy 32:37 Maimonides 33:29 Critical Feedback on the Series 34:54 Was Maimonides a Pantheist? 39:49 Maimonides’ Two Gods 43:28 Does Union ever happen with God? 47:23 The Theological Irony of it All 49:49 Whom does Maimonides speak of in 3.51? 52:57 An Orthodox Façade? 54:11 Can the Human Experience God? 1:02:33 Feel like I’m missing something… 1:04:04 Etcetera 1:05:21 Guide ‘for’ the Perplexed or ‘of’ the Perplexed? 1:07:42 Again, the Irony 1:09:20 Towards a Phenomenology of Maimonides Mysticism 1:13:04 Ethics of Imitating God. The End of the Guide 1:16:18 Who was the Real Maimonides?  Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Support us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

Come behind the scenes with Zevi as he tries to figure out what is going on in Maimonides’ Guide with the help of a new friend, the young and brilliant scholar David Fried. David Fried teaches Talmud, Halakha, and Jewish Thought at the Ramaz Upper School in New York City. He is also an editor and frequent contributor at <a href="http://thelehrhaus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thelehrhaus.com</a> David’s articles can be found here: <a href="https://thelehrhaus.com/author/davidfried/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thelehrhaus.com/author/davidfried/</a> These are David's two articles referenced in the conversation: <a href="https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/mysticism-and-its-alternatives-rethinking-maimonides/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/mysticism-and-its-alternatives-rethinking-maimonides/</a> <a href="https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/revisiting-maimonidess-merkavah-chapters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/revisiting-maimonidess-merkavah-chapters/</a> Full “Maimonides and Mysticism” Series: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9</a> 00:00 Excerpts 01:38 About David and how he got into Maimonides and Mysticism 04:41 Synthesizing Maimonides and Mysticism 06:32 The Article and Beyond 08:00 David's New Thinking - Negative Theology 09:00 Maimonides shift away from Aristotelianism 10:38 Why Negative Theology? 12:46 Away from Aristotle 14:55 The Goal of Prophecy 17:26 Questioning Motivations 19:24 What’s Maimonides moving towards? 23:09 Into the Contradictions 25:52 David’s take on Hakham Jose Faur 27:48 What about Emanationism? 28:53 Some other Scholars 30:26 Mysticism and (Muslim) Philosophy 32:37 Maimonides 33:29 Critical Feedback on the Series 34:54 Was Maimonides a Pantheist? 39:49 Maimonides’ Two Gods 43:28 Does Union ever happen with God? 47:23 The Theological Irony of it All 49:49 Whom does Maimonides speak of in 3.51? 52:57 An Orthodox Façade? 54:11 Can the Human Experience God? 1:02:33 Feel like I’m missing something… 1:04:04 Etcetera 1:05:21 Guide ‘for’ the Perplexed or ‘of’ the Perplexed? 1:07:42 Again, the Irony 1:09:20 Towards a Phenomenology of Maimonides Mysticism 1:13:04 Ethics of Imitating God. The End of the Guide 1:16:18 Who was the Real Maimonides? Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Support us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

Maimonides’ Crisis of Faith

If exacting rationalism and ecstatic mysticism are mutually exclusive, how does Maimonides thrive in a contemporary dynamic, ecstatic, kabbalistic mystical movement? In this episode, we explore Maimonides’ rich afterlife in the Chabad Hasidic movement. We’ll investigate how this mystical movement embraces Maimonides philosophical and Aristotelian teachings, using Maimonides to ground its mysticism. We’ll look at Chabad’s theological and philosophical explanations for how to reconcile the apparent dissonance between Maimonides and its own symbolic teachings. Finally, we’ll learn how Maimonides' work provides a model for Chabad’s idealized spiritual activism. Maimonides the Hasid? Chabad and Rambam. Check out the rest of our Maimonides series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9 Elisha Pearl is a student and teacher of Jewish texts, practices, and traditions. He has taught from the Himalayas to the Alps, and from the Judean Hills to the Texan Plains. Elisha grew up in Brooklyn, studied Jewish mysticism at yeshivot around the world and is an ordained Rabbi. Elisha also holds degrees in philosophy and psychology. Elisha is particularly interested in how Jewish texts and embodied practices answer perennial existential questions and illuminate the human experience. Elisha’s youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1jjMY4zr97S8AetoqWoKnw Some of Elisha’s lectures can be found at https://www.yutorah.org/rabbi-elisha-pearl/ Special thanks to Chabad of West Orange for hosting Elisha for the filming.Sources and Further Reading: - Torah Or p 120c - Toras Menachem Hisvaaduyos 5744 v. 3 p. 194 - Toras Menachem Hisvaaduyos 5749 v. 1 p. 140. - Derekh Mitzvotekha Mitsvat Milah pages 8b-9a - Chayyei Moharan, teachings 407-409 - Guide 3.43 - Derech Mitzotecha Mitzvat Chametz U’Matza. - Siddur Im Dach s.v. Sheshet Yamim and the two subsequent essays: - Shaar HaEmuna chapters 1-20 - Derech Mitzvotekha 5a – Mitzvas Millah - Derech Mitzvotekha 22b – Mitzvas Pesach U’Matza On Maimonides Aristotelianism as grounding for Chabad thought: https://www.academia.edu/77790775/All_is_One_Maimonides_Doctrine_of_Divine_Cognition_as_a_Pillar_of_Habad_Thought https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1032671/rabbi-elisha-pearl/all-is-one-exploring-rambam-s-aristotelean-doctrine-of-divine-cognition-as-a-pillar-of-chabad-thought/On Maimonides relationship with Chabad, two important Hebrew works are: Yaakov Gottlieb, Sachlatanut B’Levush Hasidi, Rationalism in Hasidic Attire, which offers a somewhat different, but much fuller narrative account of Maimonides relationship with the Chabad tradition. https://www.biupress.co.il/index.php?dir=site&amp;page=catalog&amp;op=item&amp;cs=1313 YMM Ezagui, Dvar Malchut, which offers an exhaustive nearly 800-page compilation of the Rebbe’s essays and lectures on Maimonides writings concerning the Messianic era. Exploring the integrative project that the Rebbe engaged in between Maimonidean rationalism and Chabad mysticism. https://seforimplace.com/index.php?route=product/product&amp;product_id=8281&amp;search=%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8+%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com  Support us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

If exacting rationalism and ecstatic mysticism are mutually exclusive, how does Maimonides thrive in a contemporary dynamic, ecstatic, kabbalistic mystical movement? In this episode, we explore Maimonides’ rich afterlife in the Chabad Hasidic movement. We’ll investigate how this mystical movement embraces Maimonides philosophical and Aristotelian teachings, using Maimonides to ground its mysticism. We’ll look at Chabad’s theological and philosophical explanations for how to reconcile the apparent dissonance between Maimonides and its own symbolic teachings. Finally, we’ll learn how Maimonides' work provides a model for Chabad’s idealized spiritual activism. Maimonides the Hasid? Chabad and Rambam. Check out the rest of our Maimonides series: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9</a> Elisha Pearl is a student and teacher of Jewish texts, practices, and traditions. He has taught from the Himalayas to the Alps, and from the Judean Hills to the Texan Plains. Elisha grew up in Brooklyn, studied Jewish mysticism at yeshivot around the world and is an ordained Rabbi. Elisha also holds degrees in philosophy and psychology. Elisha is particularly interested in how Jewish texts and embodied practices answer perennial existential questions and illuminate the human experience. Elisha’s youtube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1jjMY4zr97S8AetoqWoKnw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1jjMY4zr97S8AetoqWoKnw</a> Some of Elisha’s lectures can be found at <a href="https://www.yutorah.org/rabbi-elisha-pearl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.yutorah.org/rabbi-elisha-pearl/</a> Special thanks to Chabad of West Orange for hosting Elisha for the filming. Sources and Further Reading: - Torah Or p 120c - Toras Menachem Hisvaaduyos 5744 v. 3 p. 194 - Toras Menachem Hisvaaduyos 5749 v. 1 p. 140. - Derekh Mitzvotekha Mitsvat Milah pages 8b-9a - Chayyei Moharan, teachings 407-409 - Guide 3.43 - Derech Mitzotecha Mitzvat Chametz U’Matza. - Siddur Im Dach s.v. Sheshet Yamim and the two subsequent essays: - Shaar HaEmuna chapters 1-20 - Derech Mitzvotekha 5a – Mitzvas Millah - Derech Mitzvotekha 22b – Mitzvas Pesach U’Matza On Maimonides Aristotelianism as grounding for Chabad thought: <a href="https://www.academia.edu/77790775/All_is_One_Maimonides_Doctrine_of_Divine_Cognition_as_a_Pillar_of_Habad_Thought" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.academia.edu/77790775/All_is_One_Maimonides_Doctrine_of_Divine_Cognition_as_a_Pillar_of_Habad_Thought</a> <a href="https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1032671/rabbi-elisha-pearl/all-is-one-exploring-rambam-s-aristotelean-doctrine-of-divine-cognition-as-a-pillar-of-chabad-thought/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1032671/rabbi-elisha-pearl/all-is-one-exploring-rambam-s-aristotelean-doctrine-of-divine-cognition-as-a-pillar-of-chabad-thought/</a> On Maimonides relationship with Chabad, two important Hebrew works are: Yaakov Gottlieb, Sachlatanut B’Levush Hasidi, Rationalism in Hasidic Attire, which offers a somewhat different, but much fuller narrative account of Maimonides relationship with the Chabad tradition. <a href="https://www.biupress.co.il/index.php?dir=site&amp;page=catalog&amp;op=item&amp;cs=1313" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.biupress.co.il/index.php?dir=site&amp;page=catalog&amp;op=item&amp;cs=1313</a> YMM Ezagui, Dvar Malchut, which offers an exhaustive nearly 800-page compilation of the Rebbe’s essays and lectures on Maimonides writings concerning the Messianic era. Exploring the integrative project that the Rebbe engaged in between Maimonidean rationalism and Chabad mysticism. <a href="https://seforimplace.com/index.php?route=product/product&amp;product_id=8281&amp;search=%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8+%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://seforimplace.com/index.php?route=product/product&amp;product_id=8281&amp;search=%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8+%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%AA</a> Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Support us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

Maimonides’ Hasidic Afterlife

Judaism’s greatest philosopher, Moses Maimonides, believed that Judaism’s ancient mystery tradition with all her secrets, had been lost to sands of time, and took it upon himself to reconstruct them, on his own, from scratch, with the tools of philosophy and rationality. Maimonides is known as the great Jewish rationalist of the Middle Ages, but his rationalism, goes deeper than most might suspect. Maimonides was a rationalist who believed that through the very tools of philosophy, with a perfect synthesis of mysticism and rationalism, he could re-discover the lost secret traditions of ancient Jewish mysticism, and uncover the true meaning of the bible. Join us in this final episode, where we hope to, for once and for all, answer the question of whether Maimonides was a rationalist or a mystic and find out he was really up to in his Guide for the Perplexed. Watch the rest of the Maimonides and Mysticism series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ZgHJxQQVo&amp;list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9 00:00 Maimonides Rationalism 13:13 Maimonides Mysticism 28:42 Lost Traditions 31:47 Prophecy and Reason 48:09 Telling Secrets 53:41 Maimonides today Thank you to Elisha Pearl, David Fried, Jeffery Radon and Levi Morrow for their thoughtful feedback and suggestions on this episode.Sources and Further Reading: • J. Heschel, “Did Maimonides Believe That He Had Attained the Rank of Prophet,” in Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets, 1996 • Alexander Altmann, “Maimonides’ Attitude Toward Jewish Mysticism,” in Alfred Jospe, ed., Studies in Jewish Thought: An Anthology of German Jewish Scholarship (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1981), 200-219 • Diana Lobel, “Silence Is Praise to You” Maimonides on Negative Theology, Looseness of Expression, and Religious Experience, in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly vol. 76, no. 1, 2002, pp. 35-6 • Elliot R Wolfson, Abraham Abulafia, Kabbalist and Prophet Hermeneutics, Theosophy, and Theurgy, 2000, pp. 9-93 • Elliot Wolfson “Via Negativa in Maimonides and Its Impact on Thirteenth- Century Kabbalah.” In Maimonidean Studies 5, 2008 • Gideon Freudenthal, The Philosophical Mysticism of Maimonides and Maimon • Ithamar Gruenwald, “Maimonides’ Quest beyond Philosophy and Prophecy,” in Perspectives, ed. J. L. Kraemer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996) • José Faur, Homo Mysticus: A Guide to Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed, 1998 • Julius Guttmann, “Introduction” in Maimonides, The Guide Of The Perplexed, An Abridged Edition, East And West Library New York, 1947 • Louis Jacobs, Attitudes of the Kabbalists and Hasidim towards Maimonides, in The Solomon Goldman Lectures, vol. v, ed. Byron L. Sherwin and Michael Carasik (Chicago Spertus College of Judaica Press, 1990, pp. 45-55) • Moshe Halbertal, “The History of Halakhah, Views from Within: Three Medieval Approaches to Tradition and Controversy,” in Harvard Law School Gruss Lectures (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law School, 1994), 1-19 • Moshe Idel, “Maimonides and Kabbalah,” in Studies In Maimonides, Isadore Twersky (ed.), Harvard University Press, 1990 • The Cultures of Maimonideanism, by James T. Robinson (ed.) 2009, p. xi • W. Z. Harvey, "The Return to Maimonideanism," Journal of Jewish Studies 42 (1980) 263, n. 1 • Yamin Levy, “How I was Taught to Read the Guide” in Principles, Essays on Halakha, Maḥshaba and History, Journal of the Ḥabura, January 2022, Edition 4Join us: https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Support us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU 

Judaism’s greatest philosopher, Moses Maimonides, believed that Judaism’s ancient mystery tradition with all her secrets, had been lost to sands of time, and took it upon himself to reconstruct them, on his own, from scratch, with the tools of philosophy and rationality. Maimonides is known as the great Jewish rationalist of the Middle Ages, but his rationalism, goes deeper than most might suspect. Maimonides was a rationalist who believed that through the very tools of philosophy, with a perfect synthesis of mysticism and rationalism, he could re-discover the lost secret traditions of ancient Jewish mysticism, and uncover the true meaning of the bible. Join us in this final episode, where we hope to, for once and for all, answer the question of whether Maimonides was a rationalist or a mystic and find out he was really up to in his Guide for the Perplexed. Watch the rest of the Maimonides and Mysticism series: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ZgHJxQQVo&amp;list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ZgHJxQQVo&amp;list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9</a> 00:00 Maimonides Rationalism 13:13 Maimonides Mysticism 28:42 Lost Traditions 31:47 Prophecy and Reason 48:09 Telling Secrets 53:41 Maimonides today Thank you to Elisha Pearl, David Fried, Jeffery Radon and Levi Morrow for their thoughtful feedback and suggestions on this episode. Sources and Further Reading: • J. Heschel, “Did Maimonides Believe That He Had Attained the Rank of Prophet,” in Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets, 1996 • Alexander Altmann, “Maimonides’ Attitude Toward Jewish Mysticism,” in Alfred Jospe, ed., Studies in Jewish Thought: An Anthology of German Jewish Scholarship (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1981), 200-219 • Diana Lobel, “Silence Is Praise to You” Maimonides on Negative Theology, Looseness of Expression, and Religious Experience, in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly vol. 76, no. 1, 2002, pp. 35-6 • Elliot R Wolfson, Abraham Abulafia, Kabbalist and Prophet Hermeneutics, Theosophy, and Theurgy, 2000, pp. 9-93 • Elliot Wolfson “Via Negativa in Maimonides and Its Impact on Thirteenth- Century Kabbalah.” In Maimonidean Studies 5, 2008 • Gideon Freudenthal, The Philosophical Mysticism of Maimonides and Maimon • Ithamar Gruenwald, “Maimonides’ Quest beyond Philosophy and Prophecy,” in Perspectives, ed. J. L. Kraemer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996) • José Faur, Homo Mysticus: A Guide to Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed, 1998 • Julius Guttmann, “Introduction” in Maimonides, The Guide Of The Perplexed, An Abridged Edition, East And West Library New York, 1947 • Louis Jacobs, Attitudes of the Kabbalists and Hasidim towards Maimonides, in The Solomon Goldman Lectures, vol. v, ed. Byron L. Sherwin and Michael Carasik (Chicago Spertus College of Judaica Press, 1990, pp. 45-55) • Moshe Halbertal, “The History of Halakhah, Views from Within: Three Medieval Approaches to Tradition and Controversy,” in Harvard Law School Gruss Lectures (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law School, 1994), 1-19 • Moshe Idel, “Maimonides and Kabbalah,” in Studies In Maimonides, Isadore Twersky (ed.), Harvard University Press, 1990 • The Cultures of Maimonideanism, by James T. Robinson (ed.) 2009, p. xi • W. Z. Harvey, "The Return to Maimonideanism," Journal of Jewish Studies 42 (1980) 263, n. 1 • Yamin Levy, “How I was Taught to Read the Guide” in Principles, Essays on Halakha, Maḥshaba and History, Journal of the Ḥabura, January 2022, Edition 4 Join us: <a href="https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://discord.gg/EQtjK2FWsm</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Support us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

Maimonides and the Lost Secrets of Israel

Something very odd happens in the very last chapter of Maimonides’ Guide which remains an elusive puzzle even today, 800 years on. Maimonides, in Guide 3.51, lays out in stunning detail, the pinnacle of religious worship and human striving, culminating in an immortal union with the divine, what he calls the ‘kiss of death,’ the peak of his mystical journey. However, the Guide does not end with that peak of religious experience and erotic mystical ecstasy, nor with the striving to know (and unite with) God intellectually, neither does it in the depths of silent praise in which nothing at all can be said of God. But it ends instead with a final beautiful idea which combines all three. Join us as we take a final journey through the final chapter of the magnificent Guide, to see Maimonides final teaching to the perplexed, to make sense of his ultimate word to the seeker. Check out the rest of our Maimonides series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9  00:00 Intro 01:13 Rationalist and Mystic 02:00 Bad Mysticism 03:08 Knowledge of God as the Pinnacle 03:36 The Four Perfections 05:43 Maimonides the Arch-Rationalist 06:27 A Different Ending – Ethics 08:02 Actions of Attributes, not Essence 08:41 Imitato Dei, 1.54 11:42 Imitato Dei in Halacha 13:04 Compassion, even to a Slave 15:19 Mysticism tho… 20:04 Resolution 18:41 Why we do this 22:53 Technical Again 24:16 Concluding Prayer 25:11 Afterthought 27:25 Thank you  Sources and Further Reading • Jonathan Gorsky, “Maimonides Spirituality: Intellectual Mysticism and the Love of God,” in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Mystical Perspectives on the Love of God, S. T. Hidden (ed), 2004 • Julius Guttmann, “Introduction” in Maimonides, The Guide of The Perplexed, An Abridged Edition, East and West Library New York, 1947 • Shlomo Pines, "The Limits of Human Knowledge According to Alfarabi, Ibn Bajja, and Maimonides," Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature, vol. 1, ed. I. Twersky, 1979 • Joseph Citron, Maimonides and Mysticism, unpublished  Join us: https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com Support us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

Something very odd happens in the very last chapter of Maimonides’ Guide which remains an elusive puzzle even today, 800 years on. Maimonides, in Guide 3.51, lays out in stunning detail, the pinnacle of religious worship and human striving, culminating in an immortal union with the divine, what he calls the ‘kiss of death,’ the peak of his mystical journey. However, the Guide does not end with that peak of religious experience and erotic mystical ecstasy, nor with the striving to know (and unite with) God intellectually, neither does it in the depths of silent praise in which nothing at all can be said of God. But it ends instead with a final beautiful idea which combines all three. Join us as we take a final journey through the final chapter of the magnificent Guide, to see Maimonides final teaching to the perplexed, to make sense of his ultimate word to the seeker. Check out the rest of our Maimonides series: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9</a> 00:00 Intro 01:13 Rationalist and Mystic 02:00 Bad Mysticism 03:08 Knowledge of God as the Pinnacle 03:36 The Four Perfections 05:43 Maimonides the Arch-Rationalist 06:27 A Different Ending – Ethics 08:02 Actions of Attributes, not Essence 08:41 Imitato Dei, 1.54 11:42 Imitato Dei in Halacha 13:04 Compassion, even to a Slave 15:19 Mysticism tho… 20:04 Resolution 18:41 Why we do this 22:53 Technical Again 24:16 Concluding Prayer 25:11 Afterthought 27:25 Thank you Sources and Further Reading • Jonathan Gorsky, “Maimonides Spirituality: Intellectual Mysticism and the Love of God,” in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Mystical Perspectives on the Love of God, S. T. Hidden (ed), 2004 • Julius Guttmann, “Introduction” in Maimonides, The Guide of The Perplexed, An Abridged Edition, East and West Library New York, 1947 • Shlomo Pines, "The Limits of Human Knowledge According to Alfarabi, Ibn Bajja, and Maimonides," Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature, vol. 1, ed. I. Twersky, 1979 • Joseph Citron, Maimonides and Mysticism, unpublished Join us: <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Support us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

The Riddle at the End of the Guide for the Perplexed

There’s one final question to ask when examining Maimonides mysticism and that is, did Maimonides believe that the human could actually reach, know and experience God? Getting down to the fine print in the debate about Maimonides mysticism: Did Maimonides believe that one could know and unite with something metaphysical? And if so, which metaphysical entity does he believe the aspiring seeker can know and unite with, is it an entity which can be considered divine, God, or ultimate reality, making this union properly mystical in nature, a unio mystica? Can one, according to Maimonides, unite with God or only with the Active Intellect? And if it’s the later, does he believe that the Active Intellect is divine, and if so in what way, and what does that mean for his mysticism?  Sources and Further Reading: • Adam Afterman “And They Shall Be One Flesh”: On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism, 2016, pp. 105-119 • Alexander Altmann, "Maimonides on the Intellect and the Scope of Metaphysics," 1987, 60-129.  • Alfred L. Ivry, “Maimonides and Neoplatonism” in Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, 1992 • Aviezer Ravitzky, “The Secrets of the “Guide to the Perplexed,” Studies in Maimonides, 1990, 159–207.  • Barry Kogan, "What Can We Know and When Can We Know It?," in Moses Maimonides and His Time, 1989, 130-7 • David Fried, Mysticism and its Alternatives: Rethinking Maimonides, 2018 • Diana Lobel, “Silence Is Praise to You” Maimonides on Negative Theology, Looseness of Expression, and Religious Experience, in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly vol. 76, no. 1, 2002. • Gideon Freudenthal, “The Philosophical Mysticism of Maimonides and Maimon,” in Maimonides and his Heritage, 2009, 117-118. • Hannah Kasher, “Self-Cognizing Intellect and Negative Attributes in Maimonides’ Theology.”  • Herbert A. Davidson, Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on Intellect: Their Cosmologies, Theories of the Active Intellect, and Theories of Human Intellect, 1992, 197-207.  • Herbert Davidson, "Maimonides on Metaphysical Knowledge," Maimonidean Studies 3 (1992-93): 79-87.  • Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Maimonides and St. Thomas on the Limits of Reason, 1995 • Josef Stern, “Maimonides’ Demonstrations: Principles and Practice,” Medieval Philosophy and Theology 10 (2001): 80.  • Joseph Citron, Maimonides and Mysticism, unpublished  • Julius Guttmann, “Introduction” in Maimonides, The Guide of The Perplexed, 1947 • Julius Guttmann, Religion and Knowledge, 103–118, especially 111. [Hebrew]  • Michah Gottlieb, “Two Paradigms of the Nexus Between Philosophy and Mysticism Judah Halevi and Moses Maimonides” in Faith, Reason, Politics, 2013 • Moshe Idel, Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah (NY: SUNY Press, 1988), p. 4  • Philip Merlan, Monopsychism, Mysticism, Metaconsciousness: Problems of the Soul in the Neoaristotelian and Neoplatonic Tradition, 1963 • Sarah Pessin, The Influence of Islamic Thought on Maimonides • Shlomo Pines, "The Limits of Human Knowledge According to Alfarabi, Ibn Bajja, and Maimonides," Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature, vol. 1, ed. I. Twersky, 1979, p. 94-100 • Shlomo Pines, “The Philosophical Purport of Maimonides Halachic Works and the Purport of the Guide of the Perplexed,” in Maimonides and Philosophy, 1986, 1-14.

There’s one final question to ask when examining Maimonides mysticism and that is, did Maimonides believe that the human could actually reach, know and experience God? Getting down to the fine print in the debate about Maimonides mysticism: Did Maimonides believe that one could know and unite with something metaphysical? And if so, which metaphysical entity does he believe the aspiring seeker can know and unite with, is it an entity which can be considered divine, God, or ultimate reality, making this union properly mystical in nature, a unio mystica? Can one, according to Maimonides, unite with God or only with the Active Intellect? And if it’s the later, does he believe that the Active Intellect is divine, and if so in what way, and what does that mean for his mysticism? Sources and Further Reading: • Adam Afterman “And They Shall Be One Flesh”: On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism, 2016, pp. 105-119 • Alexander Altmann, "Maimonides on the Intellect and the Scope of Metaphysics," 1987, 60-129.  • Alfred L. Ivry, “Maimonides and Neoplatonism” in Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, 1992 • Aviezer Ravitzky, “The Secrets of the “Guide to the Perplexed,” Studies in Maimonides, 1990, 159–207.  • Barry Kogan, "What Can We Know and When Can We Know It?," in Moses Maimonides and His Time, 1989, 130-7 • David Fried, Mysticism and its Alternatives: Rethinking Maimonides, 2018 • Diana Lobel, “Silence Is Praise to You” Maimonides on Negative Theology, Looseness of Expression, and Religious Experience, in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly vol. 76, no. 1, 2002. • Gideon Freudenthal, “The Philosophical Mysticism of Maimonides and Maimon,” in Maimonides and his Heritage, 2009, 117-118. • Hannah Kasher, “Self-Cognizing Intellect and Negative Attributes in Maimonides’ Theology.”  • Herbert A. Davidson, Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on Intellect: Their Cosmologies, Theories of the Active Intellect, and Theories of Human Intellect, 1992, 197-207.  • Herbert Davidson, "Maimonides on Metaphysical Knowledge," Maimonidean Studies 3 (1992-93): 79-87.  • Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Maimonides and St. Thomas on the Limits of Reason, 1995 • Josef Stern, “Maimonides’ Demonstrations: Principles and Practice,” Medieval Philosophy and Theology 10 (2001): 80.  • Joseph Citron, Maimonides and Mysticism, unpublished  • Julius Guttmann, “Introduction” in Maimonides, The Guide of The Perplexed, 1947 • Julius Guttmann, Religion and Knowledge, 103–118, especially 111. [Hebrew]  • Michah Gottlieb, “Two Paradigms of the Nexus Between Philosophy and Mysticism Judah Halevi and Moses Maimonides” in Faith, Reason, Politics, 2013 • Moshe Idel, Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah (NY: SUNY Press, 1988), p. 4  • Philip Merlan, Monopsychism, Mysticism, Metaconsciousness: Problems of the Soul in the Neoaristotelian and Neoplatonic Tradition, 1963 • Sarah Pessin, The Influence of Islamic Thought on Maimonides • Shlomo Pines, "The Limits of Human Knowledge According to Alfarabi, Ibn Bajja, and Maimonides," Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature, vol. 1, ed. I. Twersky, 1979, p. 94-100 • Shlomo Pines, “The Philosophical Purport of Maimonides Halachic Works and the Purport of the Guide of the Perplexed,” in Maimonides and Philosophy, 1986, 1-14.

Was Maimonides a Skeptical Agnostic or a Secret Mystic?

Join us for a wild ride through the mind of Maimonides into the mind of God. Exploring Maimonides theory of knowledge (epistemology). How one may activate their mind by uniting with the divine active intellect. Followed by Maimonides radical and brilliant re-reading of divine providence. Join us:  https://facebook.com/seekersofunity  https://instagram.com/seekersofunity  https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu  https://www.seekersofunity.com  Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre.   Join them in supporting us:  patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekerspaypal:  https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

Join us for a wild ride through the mind of Maimonides into the mind of God. Exploring Maimonides theory of knowledge (epistemology). How one may activate their mind by uniting with the divine active intellect. Followed by Maimonides radical and brilliant re-reading of divine providence. Join us:  <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Leo, Sim, Sultan, John, Joshua, Igor, Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre.   Join them in supporting us:  patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekerspaypal:" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekerspaypal:</a> <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

How to Unite with the Mind of God (According to Maimonides)

An attempt to leave our 21st century heads and get back into the mind of a 12th century philosopher who saw the world in entirely different ways than we do. Diving into the Middle Ages thought the mind of Maimonides. Exploring Maimonides on the Cosmic Spheres, the Flow, the Active Intellect, his theory prophecy and.. how to becoming an angel.  Sources and Further Reading   •  A. J. Heschel, “Did Maimonides Believe That He Had Attained the Rank of Prophet,” in Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets, 1996, pp. 69-126  •  Adam Afterman “And They Shall Be One Flesh”: On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism, 2016, p. 103-127 •  Adam Afterman, “Moses Maimonides on the Holy Spirit,” in Journal of Religion vol. 100, 2020  •  Alexander Altmann, Maimonides's Attitude Toward Jewish Mysticism, p. 213  •  Alfred Ivry, The Guide and Maimonides’ Philosophical Sources, p. 59 •  Christopher A. Morray-Jones, ‘‘Transformational Mysticism in the Apocalyptic-Merkabah Tradition,’’ Journal of Jewish Studies 43 (1992): pp. 1–31  •  Daniel Abrams, “Orality in the Kabbalistic School of Nahmanides: Preserving and Interpreting Esoteric Traditions and Texts,” Jewish Studies Quarterly 2 (1995): 85–102  •  Diana Lobel, “’Silence Is Praise to You’: Maimonides on Negative Theology, Looseness of Expression, and Religious Experience,” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 76, no. 1 (2002): 31-58  •  Diana Lobel, “A Dwelling Place for the Shekhinah.” Jewish Quarterly Review 90 (1999): 103–125  •  Elliot Wolfson, ‘‘Yeridah la-Merkavah: Typology of Ecstasy and Enthronement in Early Jewish Mysticism,’’ Mystics of the Book, 13–44, esp. pp. 23–26 •  Elliot Wolfson, “By Way of Truth: Aspects of Nahmanides’ Kabbalistic Hermeneutic,” AJS Review 14, (1989): 153–78  •  Elliot Wolfson, “Mysticism and the Poetic-Liturgical,” p. 186  •  Elliot Wolfson, “Seven Mysteries,” p. 191   •  Haviva Pedaya, Nahmanides: Cyclical Time and Holy Text, (Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 2003) (Hebrew).  •  Ithamar Gruenwald, “Maimonides’ Quest beyond Philosophy and Prophecy,” in Perspectives, ed. J. L. Kraemer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 147  •  Justin Sledge, “Maimonides at the Crossroads of Jewish Occultism, Magic and the Kabbalah” @ESOTERICA, Youtube, 15 April 2022, https://youtu.be/i6qclz26OYY •  Matthew David Litwa, Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought, Becoming Angels and Demons, Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 2021  •  Moshe Idel, “Enoch is Metatron,” Immanuel 24/25 (1990): 234–237  •  Moshe Idel, “Rabbi Moshe ben Nahman: Kabbalah, Halachah and Spiritual Leadership,” Tarbiz 64, (1995): 535–580 (Hebrew)  •  Moshe Idel, “We Have No Kabbalistic Tradition on This,” in Rabbi Moses Nahmanides: Explorations in His Religious and Literary Virtuosity, 1983, 51–73 •  Moshe Idel, The Angelic World, pp. 102-4; 210  •  Pico Della Mirandola, Oration on the Dignity of Man, trans. A. Robert Caponigri, 1967, p. 9  •  Sarah Pessin, The Influence of Islamic Thought on Maimonides, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2005

An attempt to leave our 21st century heads and get back into the mind of a 12th century philosopher who saw the world in entirely different ways than we do. Diving into the Middle Ages thought the mind of Maimonides. Exploring Maimonides on the Cosmic Spheres, the Flow, the Active Intellect, his theory prophecy and.. how to becoming an angel. Sources and Further Reading   •  A. J. Heschel, “Did Maimonides Believe That He Had Attained the Rank of Prophet,” in Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets, 1996, pp. 69-126  •  Adam Afterman “And They Shall Be One Flesh”: On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism, 2016, p. 103-127 •  Adam Afterman, “Moses Maimonides on the Holy Spirit,” in Journal of Religion vol. 100, 2020  •  Alexander Altmann, Maimonides's Attitude Toward Jewish Mysticism, p. 213  •  Alfred Ivry, The Guide and Maimonides’ Philosophical Sources, p. 59 •  Christopher A. Morray-Jones, ‘‘Transformational Mysticism in the Apocalyptic-Merkabah Tradition,’’ Journal of Jewish Studies 43 (1992): pp. 1–31  •  Daniel Abrams, “Orality in the Kabbalistic School of Nahmanides: Preserving and Interpreting Esoteric Traditions and Texts,” Jewish Studies Quarterly 2 (1995): 85–102  •  Diana Lobel, “’Silence Is Praise to You’: Maimonides on Negative Theology, Looseness of Expression, and Religious Experience,” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 76, no. 1 (2002): 31-58  •  Diana Lobel, “A Dwelling Place for the Shekhinah.” Jewish Quarterly Review 90 (1999): 103–125  •  Elliot Wolfson, ‘‘Yeridah la-Merkavah: Typology of Ecstasy and Enthronement in Early Jewish Mysticism,’’ Mystics of the Book, 13–44, esp. pp. 23–26 •  Elliot Wolfson, “By Way of Truth: Aspects of Nahmanides’ Kabbalistic Hermeneutic,” AJS Review 14, (1989): 153–78  •  Elliot Wolfson, “Mysticism and the Poetic-Liturgical,” p. 186  •  Elliot Wolfson, “Seven Mysteries,” p. 191   •  Haviva Pedaya, Nahmanides: Cyclical Time and Holy Text, (Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 2003) (Hebrew).  •  Ithamar Gruenwald, “Maimonides’ Quest beyond Philosophy and Prophecy,” in Perspectives, ed. J. L. Kraemer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 147  •  Justin Sledge, “Maimonides at the Crossroads of Jewish Occultism, Magic and the Kabbalah” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoydhtfFSk1fZXNRnkGnneQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ESOTERICA</a>, Youtube, 15 April 2022, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6qclz26OYY&amp;t=0s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/i6qclz26OYY</a> •  Matthew David Litwa, Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought, Becoming Angels and Demons, Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 2021  •  Moshe Idel, “Enoch is Metatron,” Immanuel 24/25 (1990): 234–237  •  Moshe Idel, “Rabbi Moshe ben Nahman: Kabbalah, Halachah and Spiritual Leadership,” Tarbiz 64, (1995): 535–580 (Hebrew)  •  Moshe Idel, “We Have No Kabbalistic Tradition on This,” in Rabbi Moses Nahmanides: Explorations in His Religious and Literary Virtuosity, 1983, 51–73 •  Moshe Idel, The Angelic World, pp. 102-4; 210  •  Pico Della Mirandola, Oration on the Dignity of Man, trans. A. Robert Caponigri, 1967, p. 9  •  Sarah Pessin, The Influence of Islamic Thought on Maimonides, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2005

Maimonides' Magical Universe + How to Become an Angel

Would you believe us if we told you that a ninth century forgery, attributed to one of the greatest philosophers of all time, went on to fool centuries of readers and introduce its true author, one of the greatest mystics of the west, to the world of medieval philosophy? Exploring Maimonides' struggle with the peculiar notion of God that he adopts from the Theology of Aristotle. Join us to learn about Maimonides Apophatic/Negative Theology, Creation vs Emanation, Immanence and Transcendence, Contradiction and Humility. Thank you to Shalem College for hosting this week's vid: https://shalem.ac.il/en/ and thank you to Chezi and Seth for connecting us.  00:00 The Philosopher and the Mystic 00:57 The Forgery 06:21 Neoplatonism 10:43 Primary themes of the Theology 13:30 A Theological Mix 15:28 Pure Being, Negative Theology 20:06 Creation vs Emanation 23:24 Immanence and Transcendence 24:51 Contradiction and Humility  Sources and Further Reading  Alexander Altmann, "Maimonides on the Intellect and the Scope of Metaphysics," in idem, Von der mittelalterlichen zur modernen Aufklärung, Tübingen: Mohr, 1987, 60-129, at 123. Alfred Ivry, "Islamic and Greek Influences on Maimonides' Philosophy," in Maimonides and Philosophy, 1986, p. 149-51 Alfred Ivry, ‘Isma’ili Theology and Maimonides’ Philosophy,’ in The Jews of Medieval Islam, 1995, p. 280. Alfred Ivry, “Neoplatonic Currents in Maimonides’ Thought,” in Perspectives on Maimonides, ed. Joel Kraemer, London: Littman, 1996, 115–140 Alfred Ivry, Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed: A Philosophical Guide, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016, p. 38 Arthur Hyman, "Maimonides on Religious Language," in Perspectives on Maimonides (see note 6), 175-91 Christian Wildberg, "Neoplatonism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2021 Edition) Cristina D’Ancona, “The Theology attributed to Aristotle: Sources, Structure, Influence,” In The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy, New York, Oxford University Press, 2017 Cristina D'Ancona, "Pseudo- Theology of Aristotle, Chapter 1: Structure and Composition," Oriens 36 (2001): 78-112. Cristina D'Ancona, "The Arabic “Theology of Aristotle”" In obo in Classics. 2 May. 2022. Diana Lobel, “Silence Is Praise to You” Maimonides on Negative Theology, Looseness of Expression, and Religious Experience, in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly vol. 76, no. 1, 2002 Elliot Wolfson “Via Negativa in Maimonides and Its Impact on Thirteenth- Century Kabbalah.” In Maimonidean Studies 5, 2008 F.W. Zimmerman, "The Origins of the So-Called Theology of Aristotle," in Pseudo-Aristotle in the Middle Ages, London: Warburg Institute, 1986, 110-24. Herbert A. Davidson, Moses Maimonides: The Man and His Works, 2001, p. 111 Ithamar Gruenwald, “Maimonides’ Quest beyond Philosophy and Prophecy,” in Perspectives, ed. J. L. Kraemer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 145. Kraemer, “Maimonides and the Spanish Aristotelian School,” p. 45 Moshe Idel, "Jewish Kabbalah and Platonism in the Middle Ages and Renaissance," in Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, 1992, pp. 338-43; Paul Fenton, "The Arabic and Hebrew Versions of the Theology of Aristotle,” in Pseudo-Aristotle in the Middle Ages 241-64. Peter Adamson, The Arabic Plotinus: A Philosophical Study of the 'Theology of Aristotle,’ 2002 Sarah Pessin, The Influence of Islamic Thought on Maimonides, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2005   Join us: https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU

Would you believe us if we told you that a ninth century forgery, attributed to one of the greatest philosophers of all time, went on to fool centuries of readers and introduce its true author, one of the greatest mystics of the west, to the world of medieval philosophy? Exploring Maimonides' struggle with the peculiar notion of God that he adopts from the Theology of Aristotle. Join us to learn about Maimonides Apophatic/Negative Theology, Creation vs Emanation, Immanence and Transcendence, Contradiction and Humility. Thank you to Shalem College for hosting this week's vid: <a href="https://shalem.ac.il/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://shalem.ac.il/en/</a> and thank you to Chezi and Seth for connecting us. 00:00 The Philosopher and the Mystic 00:57 The Forgery 06:21 Neoplatonism 10:43 Primary themes of the Theology 13:30 A Theological Mix 15:28 Pure Being, Negative Theology 20:06 Creation vs Emanation 23:24 Immanence and Transcendence 24:51 Contradiction and Humility Sources and Further Reading Alexander Altmann, "Maimonides on the Intellect and the Scope of Metaphysics," in idem, Von der mittelalterlichen zur modernen Aufklärung, Tübingen: Mohr, 1987, 60-129, at 123. Alfred Ivry, "Islamic and Greek Influences on Maimonides' Philosophy," in Maimonides and Philosophy, 1986, p. 149-51 Alfred Ivry, ‘Isma’ili Theology and Maimonides’ Philosophy,’ in The Jews of Medieval Islam, 1995, p. 280. Alfred Ivry, “Neoplatonic Currents in Maimonides’ Thought,” in Perspectives on Maimonides, ed. Joel Kraemer, London: Littman, 1996, 115–140 Alfred Ivry, Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed: A Philosophical Guide, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016, p. 38 Arthur Hyman, "Maimonides on Religious Language," in Perspectives on Maimonides (see note 6), 175-91 Christian Wildberg, "Neoplatonism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2021 Edition) Cristina D’Ancona, “The Theology attributed to Aristotle: Sources, Structure, Influence,” In The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy, New York, Oxford University Press, 2017 Cristina D'Ancona, "Pseudo- Theology of Aristotle, Chapter 1: Structure and Composition," Oriens 36 (2001): 78-112. Cristina D'Ancona, "The Arabic “Theology of Aristotle”" In obo in Classics. 2 May. 2022. Diana Lobel, “Silence Is Praise to You” Maimonides on Negative Theology, Looseness of Expression, and Religious Experience, in American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly vol. 76, no. 1, 2002 Elliot Wolfson “Via Negativa in Maimonides and Its Impact on Thirteenth- Century Kabbalah.” In Maimonidean Studies 5, 2008 F.W. Zimmerman, "The Origins of the So-Called Theology of Aristotle," in Pseudo-Aristotle in the Middle Ages, London: Warburg Institute, 1986, 110-24. Herbert A. Davidson, Moses Maimonides: The Man and His Works, 2001, p. 111 Ithamar Gruenwald, “Maimonides’ Quest beyond Philosophy and Prophecy,” in Perspectives, ed. J. L. Kraemer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), pp. 145. Kraemer, “Maimonides and the Spanish Aristotelian School,” p. 45 Moshe Idel, "Jewish Kabbalah and Platonism in the Middle Ages and Renaissance," in Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought, 1992, pp. 338-43; Paul Fenton, "The Arabic and Hebrew Versions of the Theology of Aristotle,” in Pseudo-Aristotle in the Middle Ages 241-64. Peter Adamson, The Arabic Plotinus: A Philosophical Study of the 'Theology of Aristotle,’ 2002 Sarah Pessin, The Influence of Islamic Thought on Maimonides, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2005 Join us: <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a>

The Forgery that Fooled the Philosophers

Introducing the greatest work of Jewish philosophy ever written. Moving masterfully through a thousand years of Greek, Jewish and Muslim philosophy, this text grapples profoundly with the problem of evil, the nature of reality and the meaning of life. Culminating with an astonishing re-reading of the Bible, which radically redefines God, religion and humanity in the process. Banned and burned by religious authorities, it continues to stir controversy hundreds of years later, perplexing the guided, and guiding the perplexed… Join us as we explore Moses Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed, the Rambam’s Moreh Nevuchim. Check out the rest of our “Maimonides and Mysticism” series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9  00:00 A Guide to the Guide 01:39 Maimonides Series Recap 02:22 Intro, Influence, Controversy 05:22 Overview of the Guide 09:00 Maimonides’ Sources 12:35 Maimonides’ Puzzle 14:53 The Goal of the Guide  Sources and Further Reading • Elliot Wolfson, “Beneath the Wings of the Great Eagle: Maimonides and Thirteenth-Century Kabbalah,” in Moses Maimonides, 2004, p. 213. • Joel Kraemer, “Maimonides and the Spanish Aristotelian School,” in Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain, 1999. • Joel Kraemer, Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds, New York: Doubleday, 2008. • Joel Kraemer, Moses Maimonides: An Intellectual Portrait, in The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides, Kenneth Seeskin (ed.), 2005, pp. 40-45. • Joseph Citron, Maimonides and Mysticism, (unpublished), 2005. • Julius Guttmann, “Introduction” in Maimonides, The Guide of The Perplexed, An Abridged Edition, East and West Library New York, 1947. • Leo Strauss, "How To Begin To Study The Guide," in The Guide of the Perplexed, tr. Pines, pp. xiii-xiv. • Mark Daniels, “The Perplexing Nature of the Guide for the Perplexed” in Philosophy Now 50:20-22, 2005. • Menachem Kellner, "Maimonides' Disputed Legacy," in Traditions of Maimonideanism, ed. Carlos Fraenkel (Leiden: Brill, 2009), 245-76. • Moses Maimonides, “Introduction” in The Guide of the Perplexed, translated by Shlomo Pines, 1963. • Moshe Idel, “Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed and the Kabbalah” in Jewish History 18: 197-226, 2004. • Sarah Stroumsa, Maimonides in His World, Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker, 2009. • Shlomo Pines, “Translator's Introduction: The Philosophical Sources of The Guide of the Perplexed.” The Guide of the Perplexed, 1963.  Join us: https://facebook.com/seekersofunity https://instagram.com/seekersofunity https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu https://www.seekersofunity.com  Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre.  Join them in supporting us: patreon: https://www.patreon.com/seekers paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU  Tags Guide of the Perplexed Guide for the Perplexed

Introducing the greatest work of Jewish philosophy ever written. Moving masterfully through a thousand years of Greek, Jewish and Muslim philosophy, this text grapples profoundly with the problem of evil, the nature of reality and the meaning of life. Culminating with an astonishing re-reading of the Bible, which radically redefines God, religion and humanity in the process. Banned and burned by religious authorities, it continues to stir controversy hundreds of years later, perplexing the guided, and guiding the perplexed… Join us as we explore Moses Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed, the Rambam’s Moreh Nevuchim. Check out the rest of our “Maimonides and Mysticism” series: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_7jcKJs6iwXUKaVOvNJWr5DSLPTYV0j9</a> 00:00 A Guide to the Guide 01:39 Maimonides Series Recap 02:22 Intro, Influence, Controversy 05:22 Overview of the Guide 09:00 Maimonides’ Sources 12:35 Maimonides’ Puzzle 14:53 The Goal of the Guide Sources and Further Reading • Elliot Wolfson, “Beneath the Wings of the Great Eagle: Maimonides and Thirteenth-Century Kabbalah,” in Moses Maimonides, 2004, p. 213. • Joel Kraemer, “Maimonides and the Spanish Aristotelian School,” in Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain, 1999. • Joel Kraemer, Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds, New York: Doubleday, 2008. • Joel Kraemer, Moses Maimonides: An Intellectual Portrait, in The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides, Kenneth Seeskin (ed.), 2005, pp. 40-45. • Joseph Citron, Maimonides and Mysticism, (unpublished), 2005. • Julius Guttmann, “Introduction” in Maimonides, The Guide of The Perplexed, An Abridged Edition, East and West Library New York, 1947. • Leo Strauss, "How To Begin To Study The Guide," in The Guide of the Perplexed, tr. Pines, pp. xiii-xiv. • Mark Daniels, “The Perplexing Nature of the Guide for the Perplexed” in Philosophy Now 50:20-22, 2005. • Menachem Kellner, "Maimonides' Disputed Legacy," in Traditions of Maimonideanism, ed. Carlos Fraenkel (Leiden: Brill, 2009), 245-76. • Moses Maimonides, “Introduction” in The Guide of the Perplexed, translated by Shlomo Pines, 1963. • Moshe Idel, “Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed and the Kabbalah” in Jewish History 18: 197-226, 2004. • Sarah Stroumsa, Maimonides in His World, Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker, 2009. • Shlomo Pines, “Translator's Introduction: The Philosophical Sources of The Guide of the Perplexed.” The Guide of the Perplexed, 1963. Join us: <a href="https://facebook.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://instagram.com/seekersofunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/seekersofunity</a> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.twitter.com/seekersofu</a> <a href="https://www.seekersofunity.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.seekersofunity.com</a> Thank you to our beloved Patrons: Chezi, Jorge, Andrew, Alexandra, Füsun, Lucas, Andrew, Stian, Ivana, Aédàn, Darjeeling, Astarte, Declan, Gregory, Alex, Charlie, Anonymous, Joshua, Arin, Sage, Marcel, Ahawk, Yehuda, Kevin, Evan, Shahin, Al Alami, Dale, Ethan, Gerr, Effy, Noam, Ron, Shtus, Mendel, Jared, Tim, Mystic Experiment, MM, Lenny, Justin, Joshua, Jorge, Wayne, Jason, Caroline, Yaakov, Daniel, Wodenborn, Steve, Collin, Justin, Mariana, Vic, Shaw, Carlos, Nico, Isaac, Frederick, David, Ben, Rodney, Charley, Jonathan, Chelsea, Curly Joe, Adam and Andre. Join them in supporting us: patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/seekers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/seekers</a> paypal: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=RKCYGQSMJFDRU</a> Tags Guide of the Perplexed Guide for the Perplexed

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