Psychoanalysis and Kabbalah

Psychoanalysis and Kabbalah: The Masculine and Feminine in Lurianic Kabbalah, פסיכואנליזה וקבלה: לתהליכי זיווג הזכרי והנקבי בקבלת האר"י, by Devorah Bat-David Gamlieli (Sources and Studies in the Literature of Jewish Mysticism 18; 2006, 408 pages, ISBN 1-933379-03-0, in Hebrew).
This study examines the reasons for the negative connotation attributed to the female aspect of the Godhead, identified in various Jewish traditions with ’ani, understood as the ego in psychological terms. This study draws on three disciplines: Lurianic Kabbalah, Maimonidean philosophy, and Freudian psychoanalysis: Psychology of the Self and Object-Relations Theory. This interdisciplinary approach offers a new interpretive model for understanding Lurianic texts and their exegesis of the Hebrew Bible. A reading of Lurianic symbolism through psychoanalytical terminology provides for a deeper understanding of kabbalistic symbolism.

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