The poetry of Kabbalah : mystical verse from the Jewish tradition

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Contents
Introduction
POEMS OF THE PALACES AND EARLY LITURGICAL HYMNS
	Anonymous
		Hymn to the Heavens
		A Measure of Holiness
		Awe and Adornment
		Each Day
		From Whose Beauty the Depths Are Lit
		To Rise on High
		Blessed Is the Eye
		The Priest’s Appearance
		Windows of Worship
	Yannai
		Angel of Fire
		From the Sky to the Heavens’ Heavens
	Eliezer Kallir
		King Girded with Might
		Creatures Four-Square About the Throne
	Anonymous
		Release, Please
THE BOOK OF CREATION
	From Sefer Yetzirah
AL-ANDALUS AND ASHKENAZ
	Shelomoh Ibn Gabirol
		He Dwells Forever
		Angels Amassing
		I Love You
		From Kingdom’s Crown
	Yehudah HaLevi
		True Life
		Where Will I Find You
		Lord, [All My Desire]
		A Dove in the Distance
	Yehudah HeHasid
		Hymn of Divine Glory
THE KABBALAH IN SPAIN
	Moshe ben Nahman
		Before the World Ever Was
	Ya’akov HaKohen
		Prayers for the Protection and Opening of the Heart
	The Zohar
		On Awakening and Drawing Near
		Incantation Against Lilith
	Avraham Abulafia
		From the Book of the Sign
	Yosef Gikatilla
		The Nut Garden
THE SAFED CIRCLE (GALILEAN KABBALAH)
	Shelomoh Alkabetz
		Hymn to the Sabbath
	Anonymous
		Peace Be upon You
	Eliezer Azikri
		Soul’s Beloved
	Yitzhak Luria
		Hymns for the Three Sabbath Meals
		Why, My Desire
	Avraham ben Maimon
		Hidden God
	Yisrael Najara
		To the Shekhinah
		Your Kingdom’s Glory
EXTENSIONS EAST AND WEST
	Shalem Shabazi
		Who Kissed Me
		The Myrtle’s Scent
	Shimon Lavi
		Bar Yohai
	Ya’akov Ifargan
		In Praise of the Name and Its Mystery
JEWISH MUSLIMS/MUSLIM JEWS
	Shabbatian Hymns
		Meliselda
		I Have Found Bliss
		The Valley of Ishmael
		On the Extinguishing of the Lights
		Secret Pleasure
		On the Destruction of the Law
		The Ghazal of Goodness
ITALIAN KABBALAH
	Moshe Zacut
		The Light Concealed
		You Readied a Light
	Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto
		Messiah
HASIDIC DEVOTION
	Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev
		Song of You
	Shneur Zalman
		From the Tanya
THE SEEDS OF SECULAR MYSTICISM
	Hayyim Nahman Bialik
		From The Pool
		Bring Me in Under Your Wing
Notes
Afterword
Poems in Hebrew and Other Languages
Acknowledgments