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<p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>Part I: So, What’s the Big Secret? Unmasking Kabbalah 9</b></p> <p>Chapter 1: What Is Kabbalah? 11</p> <p>Chapter 2: Magic, Mishegas, and Other Things that Kabbalah Isn’t 29</p> <p>Chapter 3: Looking Back: A Brief History of Kabbalah 35</p> <p><b>Part II: Cutting to the Core of Kabbalah 53</b></p> <p>Chapter 4: The Link between Heaven and Earth: Kabbalah’s Own Top-Ten Countdown 55</p> <p>Chapter 5: Everything (Even a Traffic Jam) Is for the Best 75</p> <p>Chapter 6: Our Bodies Don’t Have Souls; Our Souls Have Bodies 91</p> <p>Chapter 7: Like Déjà Vu All Over Again: Reincarnation in Kabbalah 101</p> <p>Chapter 8: Instant Karma’s Gonna Get You 113</p> <p><b>Part III: Livin’ La Vida Kabbalah 125</b></p> <p>Chapter 9: Living One Day at a Time 127</p> <p>Chapter 10: Living One Week at a Time 149</p> <p>Chapter 11: A Year in the Life of a Kabbalist 173</p> <p>Chapter 12: A Kabbalist’s Life Cycle 191</p> <p><b>Part IV: Fine-tuning the Essential Skills of the Kabbalist 207</b></p> <p>Chapter 13: Discovering the Kabbalistic Books that Really Matter 209</p> <p>Chapter 14: Hitting the Books — and Kissing Them: Studying Like a Kabbalist 227</p> <p>Chapter 15: Praying Like a Kabbalist 245</p> <p>Chapter 16: Knowing the Unknowable God 269</p> <p><b>Part V: The Part of Tens 287</b></p> <p>Chapter 17: (Almost) Ten Myths about Studying Kabbalah 289</p> <p>Chapter 18: Ten Great Kabbalists in History 297</p> <p>Chapter 19: Ten Places that Kabbalists Visit 313</p> <p><b>Part VI: Appendixes 323</b></p> <p>Appendix A: Books and Authors You’ll Thank Me for Recommending 325</p> <p>Appendix B: Patriarchs, Swindlers, Prophets, and Sinners: Meet 100 Torah Characters 329</p> <p>Appendix C: A Glossary of Everything Kabbalah 335</p> <p>Index 349</p>

<p><b>Arthur Kurzweil</b> is known as America's foremost Jewish genealogist. The author/editor of several books, he lectures extensively on the subjects of Judaica, magic, and mysticism.

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