Mystics and medics : a comparison of mystical and psychotherapeutic encounters / edited by Reuven P. Bulka.

"This book is a revised and expanded version of Mystics and medics, a special issue of the Journal of psychology and Judaism. In altered form, it gathers essays which appeared originally in that and other issues of the Journal."

Includes bibliographic references.

Introduction - Reuven P. Bulka. The dynamics of the yehidut transaction - Zalman M. Schachter. The Kabbalah, Hasidism, and the life of unification - Jonathan S. Woocher. Hasidism, faith, and the therapeutic paradox - Judah C. Safier. Discussion: on the nature of the therapeutic encounter between Hasid and master - Moshe HaLevi Spero. Rabbi Nachman: the question of his self-understanding - James Kirsch. Extended consciousness and Hasidic thought - Nathan Kuperstok. Precognition and the prophetic tradition: from ESP to the effective myth - Jan Enrenwald. Hasidism and logotherapy: encounter through anthology - Reuven P. Bulka

'...creatively explores the conceptual parallels between contemporary psychotherapy and its counterpart within the Judaic mystical tradition. By acknowledging both the similarities and disparities of these two basic approaches to human understanding, the authors provide a unique insight into both disciplines which will have practical as well as theoretical significance.'