"In the latter part of the thirteenth century, at the time when theosophic kabbalah was flourishing, there emerged an alternative kabbalistic tradition with a different focus. The main exponent of this tradition was Abraham Abulafia." Explore one of the most important, prolific, complex and controversial figures in the history of Jewish mysticism. A self-proclaimed, Prophet and Messiah, an itinerant Mystic who risked his life attempting to meet the Pope. Banned and ostracized, during his own life time, he has now returned to his rightful place in epic story of Kabbalah.

00:00 Abulafia

01:45 Abulafia’s Biography

16:40 Abulafia’s Opposition

20:13 Abulafia’s Influence

23:30 Abulafia’s Bibliography

26:01 Abulafia’s Kabbalah

33:38 Abulafia’s Messianism

36:41 Abulafia’s Linguistic Mysticism

53:52 Abulafia’s Practice

58:47 Exercise

Part 1: Ezekiel's Vision, Merkaba, Hekhalot, Four Entered the Orchard: https://youtu.be/Ek-bbbhmPLk

Part 2: Midrash, Neoplatonism, 12th-13th Century: https://youtu.be/Wg_DEtvewBM

Part 3: Introduction to the Zohar, the book that changed Judaism forever: https://youtu.be/nObu-d2Xv0I

Subscribe to more quality Kabbalah and Mysticism content, for free: https://www.youtube.com/seekersofunity Sources and Further Reading: Meditation and Kabbalah by Aryeh Kaplan The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia by Moshe Idel Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah by Moshe Idel Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism by Moshe Idel Language, Torah and Hermeneutics in Abraham Abulafia by Moshe Idel Abraham Abulafia, Kabbalist and Prophet by Elliot Wolfson The Heart and the Fountain by Joseph Dan Chaye Ha-Olam Ha-Ba - Life in the World to Come, Translated by Yaron Ever Hadani Abraham Abulafia: Meditations on the Divine Name by Abraham Solomon

Abraham Abulafia | the Man, the Myth, the Mystic