REFERENCES ON THE KABBALISTIC TREE OF LIFE
Compiled by Adam Blatner
Aaron, David. (2001).
Seeing
God:
Ten life-changing lessons of the Kabbalah. New York:
Jeremy P.
Tarcher / Putnam.
Achad, Frater. (1969).
The
anatomy
of the body of God. New York: Samuel Weiser.
Wester Esoteric exploration of the
geometry of
the form of the tree, extending even into three-dimensions.
Biale, D. (1979).
Gershom
Scholem:
Kabbalah and counter-history. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University
Press.
Blair, L. (1975).
Rhythms of
vision:
The changing patterns of belief. New York: Schocken.
Blatner, A. & Blatner, A. (1988). The metaphysics of
creativity as
reflected in Moreno's "metapraxie" and the mystical tradition.
Journal of Group Psychotherapy,
Psychodrama & Sociometry, 40(4), 155-163.
Blatner, A. (2005--In Press). Role theory, archetypes, and
Moreno's
philosophy, illuminated by the Kabbalistic "Tree of Life."
Journal of Group Psychotherapy,
Psychodrama & Sociometry, 60? xxx.
Busick, A. (1972).
Pages from a
tree.
San Francisco: Unity Press.
Case, Paul Foster (1947).
The
tarot:
A key to the wisdom of the ages. Richmond, VA: Macoy.
Western Occult correspondences of Tree
of Life.
Cohen, Penny. (2005).
Personal
kabbalah: 32 paths to inner peace and life purpose. New
York:
Sterling.
Cook, Roger. (1974).
The tree
of
life: Image for the cosmos. New York: Avon ; London:
Thames
& Hudson.
Cooper, David A. (1994).
The
mystical Kabbalah. (A five-audio-cassette program.)
Boulder, CO:
Sounds True Audio. (735 Walnut St, Boulder 80302).
Crowley, A. (circa 1930?) 777:
A
prolegomena... San Francisco: Level Press.
Many correspondences of Tree
Paths, colors, jewels, etc.
Drob, Sanford L. (2000).
Kabbalistic
metaphors:
Jewish mystical themes in ancient and modern thought.
Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
Eisen, Wm. (1984).
The essence
of
the cabalah: Tarot, Hebrew, English. Marina del Rey, CA:
DeVorss
& Co. (An embarrassing example of how much the mind can use
Kabbalistic games to really quite a far-fetched extreme, with some
strange conclusions indeed. Also involves geometry and a variety
of
other correspondences.
Epstein, P. (1978).
Kabbalah:
The
way of the Jewish mystic. Garden City, NY: Doubleday
& Co.
Goldwag, Arthur. (2005).
The
Beliefnet guide to Kabbalah. New York: Three Leaves Press
/
Boubleday/ Random House.
Gonzalez-Wippler, M. (1974).
A
kabbalah for the modern world. New York: Bantam.
Green, Arthur. (2003).
Ehyeh:
a
Kabbalah for tomorrow. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights
Publishing. (www.jewishlights.com.)
Halevi, Z. (1975).
An
introduction
to the cabala. New York: Samuel Weiser.
Halevi, Z'ev ben Shimon. (1979).
Kabbalah:
Tradition of hidden knowledge. London: Thames &
Hudson.
(part of the Art & Imagination series).
Hall, Manly P. (1972).
The
secret
teachings of all ages. Los Angeles: Philosophical
Research
Society.
Rosicrucian, spiritual masonic, western
esoteric.
Hardy, Jean. (1987).
A
psychology
with a soul: Psychosynthesis in evolutionary context.
London:
Routledge & Kegan Paul. (pp 135-142)
Hoffman, E. (1981).
The way of
splendor: Jewish mysticism and modern psychology.
Boulder, CO:
Shambhala.
Knight, G. (1969).
A practical
guide
to qabalistic symbolism, (Vols. I & II). Toddington,
Glos.,
Great Britain: Helios. A Western esoteric
approach--theosophy, etc. Relates to Tarot, colors, etc.
Kushner, Lawrence. (1977).
Honey
from
the rock: Ten gates of Jewish mysticism. San Francisco:
Harper
& Row.
Lama Foundation.
Seed.
107-119. This trans-denominational celebration of
esoteric
traditions, from a neo-Sufi group in New Mexico.
Love, J. (1976).
The quantum
gods:
The origin and nature of matter and consciousness.
Wiltshire,
England: Compton Russell.
Matt, Daniel. (1995). The essential Kabbalah. San Francisco:
HarperSanFrancisco.
Metzner, Ralph. (1971).
Maps of
Consciousness. New York: MacMillan.
Has a nice chapter on Kabbalah.
Parfitt, W. (1995).
The new
living
quablalah. Rockport, MA: Element Books.
Poncé, C. (1973).
Kabbalah.
San Francisco, CA: Straight Arrow Books.
Probably the best introduction I
know of.
Poncé, Charles. (1975).
The
game
of wizards: Psyche, science, and symbol in the occult.
Harmondsworth, England: Penguin. Other esoteric
systems included.
Reed, E.C. (1993).
The Goddess
and
the Tree: The Witches Qabala. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn.
More of the
neo-pagan
approach.
Richardson, A. (1974).
An
introduction to the mystical qabalah. New York: Samuel
Weiser.
Schachter, Zalman. (1975).
Fragments
of
a future scroll: Hassidism for the Aquarian age.
Germantown,
PA: Leaves of Grass Press. Closer to the
contemporary
Jewish interpretation.
Schaya, Leo. (1973).
The
universal
meaning of the kabbalah. Baltimore, MD: Penguin.
Shokek, Shimon. (2001).
Kabbalah
and
the art of being: the Smithsonian lectures. New York:
Routledge.
Shulman, Jason. (2004).
Kabbalistic
healing: A path to an awakened soul. Rochester, VT: Inner
Traditions.
This is an
outstanding
exploration of the contemplative practice, explained in terms of
contemporary psychology!
908-538-7689 www.kabbalah.org A
Society
of Souls, 17 Witherspoon Court, Morristown, NJ 07960
Sturzaker, J. (1971).
Kabbalistic
aphorisms. London: Theosophical Publishing House.
Weiner, H. (1969).
9½
Mystics: The kabbala today. N.Y.: Collier.
This was my real introduction to the
field.
Wilson, Colin. (1971).
The
Occult.
New York: Random House. especially
(pp
204-9).
Please feel
free to
email me with suggestions for additions or revisions, little
reviews of
some of these items, etc.:
adam@blatner.com