Kabbalah and Sex Magic
A Mythical-Ritual Genealogy
$98.44
- Hardcover
220 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2021
Summary
In this provocative book, Marla Segol explores the development of the kabbalistic cosmology underlying Western sex magic. Drawing extensively on Jewish myth and ritual, Segol tells the powerful story of the relationship between the divine and the human body in late antique Jewish esotericism, in medieval kabbalah, and in New Age ritual practice.
Kabbalah and Sex Magic traces the evolution of a Hebrew microcosm that models the powerful interaction of human and divine bodies at…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780271089607 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0271089601 |
| Author: | Marla Segol |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Imprint: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 220 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Magic in History |
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Critics Review
“Segol makes a groundbreaking contribution to the history of kabbalah, Jewish studies, and the history of religion, opening up innovative perspectives for our understanding of sex magic and its reception.”
—Nicole Maria Bauer Religious Studies Review
“This study is an interesting, knowledgeable examination of an intriguing aspect of the Jewish mystical tradition: sex magic.”
—S. T. Katz Choice
About The Author
Marla Segol
Marla Segol is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University at Buffalo. She is the author of Word and Image in Medieval Kabbalah: The Texts, Commentaries, and Diagrams of the “Sefer Yetsirah” and coeditor of Sexuality, Sociality, and Cosmology in Medieval Literary Texts.
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