Scholem, Gershom, 1897-1982

Alchemy and Kabbalah / translated from the German by Klaus Ottmann. - 1st Engl. ed - Putnam, CN : Spring Publications, 2006. - 110 pages; illustrations; 23 cm.

Orig. pub. in German as Alchemie und Kabbala in Eranos Yearbook 46, 1977; subseq. incl. in G. Scholem, Judaica 4, ed. R. Tiedemann, Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp Verlag, 1984.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'...looks critically at the transition of the Jewish Kabbalah to its Christianized forms, such as the gold and rosicrucian mysticisms, and uncovers forgotten alchemical roots embedded in the Kabbalah.'

Paperback

0882145665

2006002853


Cabala
Alchemy

BM526 .S34813 2006