Embraced by celebrities from Madonna to Jeff Goldblum to Elizabeth Taylor, covered extensively in the pages of Time and Entertainment Weekly, Kabbalah--a Jewish mystical tradition dating back centuries--has taken its place alongside Buddhism as a spiritual practice for modern Western seekers. This book--written by the rabbi who authored the bestselling audiotape series The Mystical Kabbalah--is the first to bring Kabbalah to a wide audience. Earning great praise from critics, God Is a Verb promises to do for Judaism what The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying did for Buddhism, infusing an ancient tradition with new life and popularizing its ideas among an entirely new generation.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Unbelievable Book!:
Beautiful writing that uncovers, layer by layer, the same theme, the same 'original yearning' in all of us, leading to the ONE and the Same, Ever Changeless, though called by different names by religions and individuals from time immeorial.
Kabbalah is the best of the modern mystical philosophies:
Rabbi David A. Cooper has written book for the newly interested in Kabbalah, or those like me who has studied it for years. This is a remarkable explaination of one of the oldest spiritual philosophies placed into a modern perspective. May Sinclair, Author, Infamous Eve, A History
wonderfully written, insightful and inspirational:
Absolutely a wonderful read. It was exactly what I was looking for as a sort of practical introduction to Jewish mysicism. In my case there was a decent level of Jewish background understanding and a lot of prior reading and formal philosophical study including Taoism, Buddhism, Christian mysticism, as well as many years of yoga and meditational practice. I still find the approach to meditation through hatha yoga approach to be the most useful, but as a Jew it was great to build this familiarity with... more info
"The Skin Of The Serpent" ~ A Peek Behind This Earthly Illusion:
Rabbi David A. Cooper's, 'God Is A Verb' succeeds in being both a highly accessible primer for those uninitated into the kabbalistic mysteries while at the same time containing enough depth of material to attract the attention of the well-trained practitioner. This 333 page paperback takes the reader on a wonderful mythic journey through 3,000 years of haggadic tales and imagery. The mystical understanding you will glean from these ancient myths and legends of the Jewish faith will become the essential... more info
