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Peter Levenda Stairway to Heaven (Paperback)
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- Condition
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Release Year
- 2008
- Release Date
- 01/08/2008
- Book Title
- Stairway to Heaven : Chinese Alchemists, Jewish Kabbalists, and the Art of Spiritual Transformation
- Publication Name
- Stairway to Heaven
- Title
- Stairway to Heaven
- Subtitle
- Chinese Alchemists, Jewish Kabbalists, and the Art of Spiritual T
- ISBN-10
- 0826428509
- EAN
- 9780826428509
- ISBN
- 9780826428509
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Item Weight
- 13.2 Oz
- Genre
- Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion
- Type
- Textbook
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Topic
- Spirituality, Mysticism, Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, Occultism
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Stairway to Heaven is an incredibly broad ranging new study that stretches from ancient Egypt and Babylon to Jewish and Christian Kabbalists, Chinese Daoists, Hindu Tantra and Haitian Vodun and finally to 19th and 20th century European occult societies, uncovering a hitherto unrecognized common myth that has been employed the world over in roughly the same form since the earliest recorded texts. Beginning with the oldest form of Jewish mysticism and extending this search through the dead sea scrolls, Levenda reveals a consistent emphasis on the number seven and its association with heavenly themes, including those of a chariot, a Throne, a Temple and a divine Being. The author then examines the myths and rituals of egypt, sumer and Babylon to locate the origin of this myth and comes up with some surprising results in the ascent rituals of the middle east. Shifting to the far east, Levenda demonstrates how the mystical practices of China and India display important similarities to these rituals, most notably in the practices of the Chinese alchemists who used a map of seven stars as their ladder to heaven. Reinforced by visits to the Buddhist shrine of Borobudur in indonesia, Levenda concludes that there was a myth common to peoples across the ancient world that an ascent to the heavens was possible using a ladder of seven stars, a process running parallel to the alchemical idea of the perfection of metals and the perfectibility of the soul. This concept was enshrined in the rituals of the Western secret societies of the 19th and 20th centuries such as the golden dawn and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, and influenced the development of new age occultism. exhaustive in scope and revealing in its scholarship, Stairway to Heaven casts a fascinating new multidisciplinary perspective on the mystical practices of heavenly ascent.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
0826428509
ISBN-13
9780826428509
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64068416
Product Key Features
Book Title
Stairway to Heaven : Chinese Alchemists, Jewish Kabbalists, and the Art of Spiritual Transformation
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Spirituality, Mysticism, Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism, Occultism
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bf1999.L3395 2008
Reviews
'One of the most intelligent and deep digging comparative studies on the art of spiritual transformation' Acta Comparanda XXI FVG, 2010, 'While a scholarly book this is also quite readable especially the latter sections which deal with 20th-century European occult societies.' Catholic Herald, March 2009, Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 "Independent scholar Levenda (Unholy Alliance: A History ofNazi Involvement with the Occult) has been studying and writing about occulthistory for more than a decade. Here, he looks deeply into theastrological/astronomical roots of the occult tradition as well as at therelated theme of an adept's celestial ascent through seven stages. Central tothe narrative are the North Pole Star (Polaris) and those stars around the polethat never set, in particular, the seven stars of the Big Dipper. This study is recommended for academic librariesand public libraries with strong religion collections." -James F. DeRoche, Alexandria, VA LibraryJournal, Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }& /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-phan∨ font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:¿ mso-fareast-language:¿ mso-bidi-language:¿}&"Independent scholar Levenda (Unholy Alliance: A History ofNazi Involvement with the Occult) has been studying and writing about occulthistory for more than a decade. Here, he looks deeply into theastrological/astronomical roots of the occult tradition as well as at therelated theme of an adept's celestial ascent through seven stages. Central tothe narrative are the North Pole Star (Polaris) and those stars around the polethat never set, in particular, the seven stars of the Big Dipper. This study is recommended for academic librariesand public libraries with strong religion collections.&" -James F. DeRoche, Alexandria, VA LibraryJournal, "Independent scholar Levenda (Unholy Alliance: A History ofNazi Involvement with the Occult) has been studying and writing about occulthistory for more than a decade. Here, he looks deeply into theastrological/astronomical roots of the occult tradition as well as at therelated theme of an adept's celestial ascent through seven stages. Central tothe narrative are the North Pole Star (Polaris) and those stars around the polethat never set, in particular, the seven stars of the Big Dipper. This study is recommended for academic librariesand public libraries with strong religion collections." -James F. DeRoche, Alexandria, VA LibraryJournal
Table of Content
Part I: Pre-Biblical Israel 1. Ascent Myth and Ritual in Ancient Egypt 2. Ascent Myth and Ritual in Ancient Babylon Part II: Ezekiel 3. The Vision of Ezekiel 4. Ezekiel and Apocalypse Part III: Hekhalot Literature 5. Ezekiel's Vision as Template for Mystical Ascent 6. The Chariots and the Throne: The Seven Palaces and Ursa Major Part IV: 7. Ecstatic Flight in Siberian Shamanism 8.Ecstatic Flight in Afro-Caribbean Ritual 9. Ecstatic Flight in Asian Ritual and Alchemy Part V: European Esotericism 10. Pico della Mirandola and the Christian Kabbala 11. The Sabbatian Movement, the Frankist Phenomenon, and Da'ath 12. The Initiatory System of the SRIA and the Golden Dawn 13. Aleister Crowley, Kenneth Grant, and Da'ath
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lccn
2008-016128
Dewey Decimal
204/.2
Dewey Edition
22
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