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.
See notes at bottom.
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
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.
Gonzalez-Wippler, M. (1974).
A
kabbalah for the modern world. New York: Bantam.
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.
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).
wilson, p77 kabbalah as attempts to express lunar knowledge in
their own terms along with tarot, tec
Biale, D. (1979). Gershom Scholem: Kabbalah and counter-history.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
p6 supports a more dionysian, vs
enlightenment-secularist, integrationist, embarrassed by enthusiasms of
"exaggerated theologizing and spiritualizing of assimilationist trends
in late 19th early 20th c Jewish european organization
7 jewish theology should not be dogmatized, is and
should remain anarchistic
emphasis on historiography as part of development
118 pseudepigraphy, stating someone else to be the
author of a text, usually a more ancient and authoritative figure,
ref to moses de leon @1280 zohar
120 hx (vide jaynes) no gap between man & god,
revelation ongoing, ; phase 2, abyss, need religion to continue
revelation; phase 3, reflection, mysticism to bridge abyss
mysticism synthesizes reflective myth and religion