Mystical Bodies, Mystical Meals

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	ix
INTRODUCTION	1	(18)
one "Give Heed to Me, and You Shall Eat Choice Food": The Religious Significance of Eating in Judaism from the Bible to the Kabbalah	19	(38)
two "A Blessing in the Belly": Mystical Satiation	57	(25)
three "The Bread of Angels": The Role of Idealized Foods	82	(34)
four "I Am So Glad to See the Face of the Shekhinah!": The Social Aspects of Meals	116	(26)
five "Blessing Does Not Rest on an Empty Place": Talismanic Theurgy	142	(21)
six "He Makes Peace and Increases Peace between the Supernal Realm and the Lower Realm": Augmentation Theurgy at Mystical Meals	163	(16)
CONCLUSION	179	(4)
NOTES	183	(74)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	257	(14)
INDEX	271