Stairway to Heaven Chinese Alchemists, Jewish

In an incredibly broad ranging study, Peter Levenda has discovered an important technology of consciousness that has been employed all over the world, in roughly the same form.

Ancient modes of ascent	p. 9
Ascent myth and ritual in ancient Egypt	p. 11
Ascent myth and ritual in ancient Babylon	p. 24
Merkavah mysticism and ascent	p. 41
The vision of Ezekiel	p. 43
Ezekiel and the apocalypse	p. 61
Ezekiel's vision as template for mystical ascent	p. 68
Celestial ascent in Middle Eastern mysticism	p. 78
Ascent in non-Abrahamic religions	p. 87
Ecstatic flight in shamanism	p. 89
Celestial ascent in Afro-Caribbean and African religion	p. 98
Celestial ascent in Asian ritual and alchemy	p. 109
Ascent and the dipper in modern esotericism	p. 133
Origins of a Western tradition	p. 135
Christian Kabbalah and the esoteric orders	p. 146
Frankist influences on Western esotericism	p. 180
The chemical wedding : the alchemical process as celestial ascent	p. 191
The Hermetic Brotherhood of Light	p. 209
Conclusions	p. 216
Notes	p. 221
Bibliography	p. 239
Index	p. 247
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Stairway to Heaven Chinese Alchemists, Jewish Kabbalists, and the Art of Spiritual Transformation

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials