pt. 1. Context. Perspectives and new directions : reflections on the state of scholarship
The wandering kabbalist : historical profile and context. pt. 2. Reception and transmission. Receiving tradition, constructing authority
Intentions and the recovery of meaning
Seeing the secret : creative process and the hermeneutics of insight. pt. 3. Contemplative practice, mystical experience. Contemplation, theurgical action, and the presence of God
Techniques of mystical contemplation : kavvanah and devotional experience
Asceticism, prophecy, and mystical union.