Tag kabbalah

September 10, 2015
in Religion

Exterior of the Baal Shem Tov’s synagogue in Medzhybizh, circa 1915

Mystics in Their Own Eyes

September 10, 2015
in Religion

Shahar Arzy— Few subjects are as fascinating as mysticism. Believers find in it signs that support their faith, celebrities use it to seek meaning in their lives, historians trace the background of its protagonists, writers weave plots around it, and philosophers break it down into schools of thought. These interests—as

May 10, 2012
in Literature, Margellos Series, Religion

Lost Without Translation: Peter Cole on The Poetry of Kabbalah

May 10, 2012
in Literature, Margellos Series, Religion

The latest Margellos World Republic of Letters interview features acclaimed poet and translator Peter Cole on The Poetry of Kabbalah, the first English-language collection of poems from the Kabbalistic tradition. In the excerpt below, Cole discusses the history, culture, language, and identities that have shaped over a millennium of tradition in