Studying Jewish Meditative Techniques

A Phenomenological Typology and an Interdisciplinary View

Bibliographic Data

ID3219498
AuthorsTomer Persico (0000-0001-9970-1402, Shalom Hartman Institute, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume13
Issue7
Pages648
Publication date2022-07-13
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel13070648
OpenAlexW4285392985
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited20

The field of mystical and meditative research lacks a basic typology delineating the varied genres and characteristics of the mystical experience and of the meditative practices that may be correlated to those. Such a state hinders the comparative study of mysticism and meditation through different philosophical, religious and spiritual traditions, or along the chronological development in a single tradition. In this article, I introduce phenomenological typological tools developed in a previous monograph dealing with the Jewish meditative tradition and illustrate how these can be used to analyze the adjustments and the variations between previous and contemporary Jewish mystics, through examining the four different types of mystical experience and five different characteristics of meditative techniques

Contemplation · Epistemology · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Jewish mysticism · Judaism · Kabbalah · Meditation · Mysticism · Psychology of religion · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Typology · Anthropology · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices

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