The body and its symbolism : a kabbalistic approach /
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| Author / Creator: | Souzenelle, Annick de author. |
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| Uniform title: | Symbolisme du corps humain. French |
| Edition: | First Quest edition. |
| Imprint: | Wheaton, Illinois : Quest Books : Theosophical Publishing House, [2015] |
| Description: | xxviii, 457 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10947953 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Hebrew Alphabet, Numerical Correspondences, and Symbolism
- Hebrew Pronunciation and Transliteration Table
- Note on Biblical Translations and References
- Glossary of Words Used in Particular Senses
- 1. The Mi and the Ma, or That Which Is Within and That Which Is Without
- 2. Symbols and Myths: The Symbolic Dimension of the Hebrew Language
- 3. From the Sword to the Tree of Life: On Good and Evil
- 4. From the Tree of Life to the Sefirotic Tree
- 5. From the Sefirotic Tree to the Pattern of the Body
- Man's Body, Image of the Divine Body
- Man's Inner and Outer Worlds
- The Structure of the Body according to the Sefirotic Tree
- 6. The Two Sides of the Body; the Spinal Column
- 7. Malkhut I: The Feet
- Man's Feet Are Wounded
- Oedipus, or the Swollen Foot
- Achilles, or the Vulnerable Heel
- Jacob, or the Divine Heel; Healing of the Wound
- Christ Washes the Apostles' Feet
- 8. Malkhut II
- The Knees
- The Legs
- 9. Yesod, Sexuality, and Circumcision
- Circumcision
- Procreation versus Creation
- 10. The Hod-Netsah-Yesod Triangle, or the Urogenital Plexus
- The Flood
- The Hebrews' Sojourn in Egypt
- The Labyrinth at Knossos
- 11. Going through the Gate of Men
- Jacob's Struggle with the Angel
- Christ's Baptism, or Reversing the Energies
- Christ's Temptation in the Desert: Going through the Gate for Each of Us
- Enjoyment of the Name
- Possession of the Name
- Power
- Posture and the Gate of Men
- The Mystery of Death before and after Going through the Gate of Men
- 12. After the Passage through the Gate of Men: The Life of the Body in the Rectangle Formed by Din-Hesed-Hod-Netsah
- The Kidneys
- Bone and Blood
- The Navel and the Heart
- The Forge
- The Stomach
- The Fire
- The Liver
- The Gall Bladder
- The Pancreas
- The Spleen
- The Heart
- The Lungs
- 13. The Great Work: Wedding Mother Earth, or the Nigredo
- The Story of Job
- Jonah
- The Descent into the Underworld in Greek Myths
- The Underworld of The Tibetan Book of the Dead
- The SchizophrenicÆs Hell
- Suffering
- Christ's Descent into Hell
- 14. Passing through the Gate of the Gods: The Albedo
- The Eagle: Hands, Shoulders, Collarbones
- Dante's Paradise
- The Myth of Prometheus
- The Counterfeit Albedo, or the Conquest of the Golden Fleece
- Christ's Resurrection: The Body Glorious
- 15. Access to the Upper Triangle: Keter-Hokhmah-Binah; the Neck; the Seven Cervical Vertebrae and the Nine Angelic Hierarchies; the Thyroid; the Medulla Oblongata
- 16. The Ear and the Tongue; Listening and the Word; the Red Phase of the Work
- The Ear
- The Mouth
- Saliva
- 17. The Teeth
- 18. The Nose and Cheeks
- 19. The Eyes
- The Story of Tobit
- The Eye in the Forehead: The Emerald
- Tears
- 20. The Skull
- The Brain
- The Cerebellum
- The Forehead: The Horn
- Hair and Crown
- 21. The Mandorla
- Conclusion
- Thirty Years Later
- Appendix
- The Body and the Flesh
- The Symbolism of the White Corpuscle
- The Symbolism of Blood Platelets
- The Symbolism of the Spinal Marrow
- Notes
- Index
