Traditional Kabbalah:
“Path of the Kabbalah” by David Sheinkin
Inner Space: Introduction to Kabbalah, Meditation and Prophecy” by Aryeh Kaplan
“Kabbalah: The Way of the Jewish Mystic” by Perle Epstein
“Fundamentals of Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah” by Ron H. Feldman
“Opening the Inner Gates: New Paths in Kabbalah and Psychology” by Edward Hoffman
“The Heavenly Ladder” by Edward Hoffman
“The Way of Splencor: Jewish Mysticism and Modern Psychology” by Edward Hoffman
“Ehyeh: A Kabbalah for Tomorrow” by Arthur Green
“Seek My Face: A Jewish Mystical Theology” by Arthur Green
“Honey from the Rock” by Lawrence Kushner
“The Thirteen Petalled Rose” by Adin Steinsaltz
“Seeing God: Ten Life-Changing Lessons of the Kabbalah” by David Aaron
“The Secret Life of God: Discovering the Divine Within You” by David Aaron
“God in Your Body: Kabbalah, Mindfulness and Embodied Spiritual Practice” by Jay Michaelson
“The Way of Flame: A Guide to the Forgotten Mystical Tradition of Jewish Mysticism” by Avram Davis
“Judaic Mysticism” by Avram Davis & Manuela Dunn Mascetti
“God is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism” by David A. Cooper
“The Kabbalah of Food” by Nilton Bonder
“The Kabbalah of Money” by Nilton Bonder
“The Kabbalah of Envy” by Nilton Bonder
“The Unifying Factor: A Review of Kabbalah” by Nekhama Schoenburg
“God, Sex and Kabbalah” by Allen S. Maller
“Kabbalah and the Art of Being” by Shimon Shokek
“The Essence of Kabbalah” by Brian L. Lancaster
“The Kabbalah Handbook: A Concise Encyclopedia of Terms and Concepts in Jewish Mysticism” by Gabriella Samuel
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Christian Kabbalah:
“Pico della Mirandola’s Encounter with Jewish Mysticism” by Chaim Wirszubski
“De Arte Cabalistica: On the Art of the Kabbalah” by Johann Reuchlin
“Giordano Bruno and the Kabbalah: Prophets, Magicians and Rabbis” by Karen Silvia de León-Jones
“Alchemy of the Word: Cabala of the Renaissance” by Philip Beitchman
“Christian Hebraists and Dutch Rabbis” by Aaron L. Katchen
Kabbalah in Italy, 1280-1510: A Survey by Moshe Idel
The Christian Kabbalah: Jewish Mystical Books and Their Christian Interpreters (Harvard College Library) joseph dan
Jewish Mysticism: The Modern Period (Main Themes in Mysticism & Jewish Mysticism) (Volume 3) Joseph Dan
The Language of Demons and Angels: Cornelius Agrippa’s Occult Philosophy (Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History) Christopher I. Lehrich
Athanasius Kircher: The Last Man Who Knew Everything Paula Findlen
The Great Parchment. Flavius Mithridates’ Latin Translation, the Hebrew Text, and an English Version (The Kabbalistic Library of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, edited by Giulio Busi, Volume 1)
The Book of Bahir: Flavius Mithridates’ Latin Translation, the Hebrew Text, and an English Version (The Kabbalistic Library of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, edited by Giulio Busi, Volume 2)
Commentary on the Daily Prayers: Flavius Mithridates’ Latin Translation, the Hebrew Text, and an English Version, Edited By Giacomo Corazzol (The Kabbalistic Library of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, edited by Giulio Busi, 3)
The Book of Punctuation: Flavius Mithridates’ Latin Translation, the Hebrew Text, and an English Version (The Kabbalistic Library of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, edited by Giulio Busi, 4)
Sefirotic studies:
“The Mystical Qabalah” by Dion Fortune.
“Qabalistic Concepts” by William G. Gray. This book, originally intended as a textbook of the Sangreal Sodality, is a very basic and excellent Kabbalah study programme.
“The Ladder of Lights” by William G. Gray. Whilst “Qabalistic Concepts” was written long after “The Ladder of Lights,” it is in fact an introduction to this text, which deals with the ten Sefirot within the “Four Worlds” of Kabbalah in great detail.
The Zohar
The Zohar
b.”The Novena of the Tree of Life: A Short Manual on Practical Kabbalah” (WG GRAY)
“The Universal Meaning of the Kabbalah” by Leo Schaya
“The Sefirot: Ten Emanations of Divine Power” by Y. David Shulman
“The Miracle Tree: Demystifying the Qabalah” by R.J. Stewart
“The Enneagram and Kabbalah: Reading Your Soul” by Howard A. Addison
“Cast in God’s Image: Discover Your Personality Type using the Enneagram and Kabbalah” by Howard A. Addison
Practical Kabbalah:
a. Meditation:
“Discovering Jewish Meditation: Instruction and Guidance for Learning an Ancient Spiritual Path” by Nan Fink Geffen
The Work of the Kabbalist by Z’Ev Ben Shimon Halevi
“Meditation and Judaism: Exploring the Jewish Meditative Paths” by DovBer Pinson
“Everyday Kabbalah: A Practical Guide to Jewish Meditation, Healing, and Personal Growth” by Melinda Ribner
“Ecstatic Kabbalah” by David A. Cooper
“Kabbalistic Healing: A Path to an Awakened Soul” by Jason Shulman
“Visions of the Night: A Study of Jewish Dream Interpretation” by Joel Covitz. This work contains a translation of Pitron Chalamot (Interpretation of Dreams) by Solomon Almoli.
“Kabbalah and the Power of Dreaming: Awakening the Visionary Life” by Catherine Shainberg
Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide by Aryeh Kaplan
b. Magical Traditions:
“Scholastic Magic: Ritual and Revelation in Early Jewish Mysticism” by Michael D. Swartz
“Ritual Practices to Gain Power: Angels, Incantations and Revelations in Early Jewish Mysticism” by Rebecca Macy Lesses
“Sepher ha-Razim: The Book of the Mysteries” by Michael A. Morgan
“The Sword of Moses: An Ancient Book of Magic” by M. Gaster.
“Jewish Magic and Superstition” by Joshua Trachtenberg
“Hebrew Amulets” by T. Schrire
“Amulets and Talismans” by E.A. Wallis Budge
“Amulets and Magic Bowls” by Joseph Naveh and Shaul Shaked
“Magic Spells and Formulae” by Joseph Naveh and Shaul Shaked
“Magic, Mysticism and Hasidism: The Supernatural in Jewish Thought” by Gedalyah Nigal
“Golem: Jewish Magical and Mystical Traditions on the Artificial Anthropoid” by Moshe Idel
“Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic” by Moshe Idel
“Magic of the Ordinary: Recovering the Shamanic in Judaism” by Gershon Winkler
“Invoking Angels: For Blessings, Protection, and Healing” by David A. Cooper
“An Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic and Mysticism” by Geoffrey W. Dennis
“Magical Ritual Methods” by William G. Gray
“Inner Traditions of Magic” by William G. Gray
Primary Texts:
“The Poetics of Ascent: Theories of Language in a Rabbinic Ascent Text” by Naomi Janowitz
“The Shi’ur Qomah: Texts and Recensions” by Martin Samuel Cohen
“Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation in Theory and in Practice” translated by Aryeh Kaplan
“Sefer Bahir: Illumination” translated by Aryeh Kaplan
“The Hidden and Manifest God: Some Major Themes in Early Jewish Mysticism” by Peter Schäfer
“The Zohar: Pritzker Edition” translated by Daniel C. Matt.
“Gates of Light: Sha’are Orah” by Joseph Gikatilla translated by Avi Weinstein
“Moses Cordovero’s Introduction to Kabbalah: An Annotated Translation of His Or Ne’erav” by Ira Robinson
“Meditation and the Bible” by Aryeh Kaplan
“Meditation and Kabbalah” by Aryeh Kaplan
“The SecretGarden: An Anthology in the Kabbalah” edited by David Meltzer
“Understanding Jewish Mysticism: A Source Reader Volume I: The Merkabah Tradition and the Zoharic Tradition” by David R. Blumenthal
“Understanding Jewish Mysticism: A Source Reader Volume II: The Philosophic-Mystical Tradition and The Hasidic Tradition” by David R. Blumenthal
“The Books of Contemplation: Medieval Jewish Mystical Sources” by Mark Verman
“Early Kabbalah” edited and translated by Joseph Dan and Ronald C. Kiener
“The Heart and the Fountain: An Anthology of Jewish Mystical Experiences” by Joseph Dan
“Safed Spirituality: Rules of Mystical Piety and The Beginning of Wisdom” translated by Lawrence Fine
“Jewish Mystical Autobiographies: Book of Visions and Book of Secrets” translated by Morris M. Feierstein
“Kabbalah: Selections from Classic Kabbalistic Works from Raziel HaMalach to the Present Day” by Avraham Yaakov Finkel
Academic Studies:
“Origins of the Kaballah” by Gershom Scholem
“Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism” by Gershom Scholem
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“Kabbalah” by Gershom Scholem
“On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism” by Gershom Scholem
“On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah” by Gershom Scholem
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“Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah” by Gershom Scholem
“The Messianic Idea in Judaism, and other Essays on Jewish Spirituality” by Gershom Scholem
“Jewish Gnosticism, Merkabah Mysticism and Talmudic Tradition” by Gershom Scholem
“The Ancient Jewish Mysticism” by Joseph Dan
“Beholders of Divine Secrets: Mysticism and Myth in the Hekhalot and Merkavah Literature” by Vita Daphna Arbel
“Kabbalah: New Perspectives” by Moshe Idel
“The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia” by Moshe Idel
“Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah” by Moshe Idel
“Messianic Mystics” by Moshe Idel
“Ascensions on High in Jewish Mysticism: Pillars, Lines, Ladders” by Moshe Idel
“Mirror of His Beauty: Feminine Images of God from the Bible to the Early Kabbalah” by Peter Schäfer
“Joseph Karo: Lawyer and Mystic” by R.J. Zwi Werblowsky
“Kabbalah, Magic, and Science: The Cultural Universe of a Sixteenth-Century Jewish Physician” by David R. Ruderman
“Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and His Kabbalistic Fellowship” by Lawrence Fine
“Through a Speculum that Shines: Vision and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Mysticism” by Elliot R. Wolfson
“Alef, Mem, Tau: Kabbalistic Musings on Time, Truth, and Death” by Elliot R. Wolfson
“The Soul of the Matter: A Jewish-Kabbalistic Perspective on the Human Soul Before, During and After ‘Life’” by Gershon Winkler
“Good and Evil in Jewish Thought” by Shalom Rosenberg
Angel related Books:
Leaves from the Garden of Eden: One Hundred Classic Jewish Tales by Howard Schwartz;
Gabriel’s Palace: Jewish Mystical Tales by Howard Schwartz;
Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism by Howard Schwartz;
Before You Were Born by Howard Schwartz;
Ascending Jacob’s Ladder: Jewish Views of Angels, Demons, and Evil Spirits by Ronald H. Isaacs;
Imagining the Fetus: The Unborn in Myth, Religion, and Culture (Cultural Criticism) by Jane Marie Law & Venessa R. Sasson;
The Legends of the Jews: Index to Volumes 1 through 6 by Louis Ginzberg
Kabbalah: Selections From Classic Kabbalistic Works From Raziel Hamalach To The Present Day by Abraham Yaakov Finkel;
All the Names of the Lord: Lists, Mysticism, and Magic by Valentina Izmirlieva;
Mystical Fiction:
“Dybbuk” by Gershon Winkler
“The Sacred Stones: The Return of the Golem” by Gershon Winkler
“The Seventh Telling” by Mitchell Chefitz
“Shelomo Molho” by Aaron Abraham Kabak
ZOROASTRIANISM:
The Kabbalah: The Religious Philosophy of the Hebrews. Translated From The French.
Kabbalah and Modernity (Aries Book Series)
Renaissance and Rebirth: Reincarnation in Early Modern Italian Kabbalah (Studies in Jewish History and Culture)
MUSIC:
Music, Mysticism and Magic: A Sourcebook (Arkana)
The Harmony of the Spheres: The Pythagorean Tradition in Music
The Mystery of the Seven Vowels: In Theory and Practice
Cosmic Music: Musical Keys to the Interpretation of Reality
The Spiritual Dimensions of Music: Altering Consciousness for Inner Development
Music Power Harmony: A Workbook of Music and Inner Forces
Music and Kabbalah
Inner Rhythms : The Kabbalah of Music
Mystical Power of Music
Jewish Musical Traditions (Jewish Folklore and Anthropology)
Contemporary Jewish religious thought : original essays on critical concepts, movements, and beliefs
The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia (S U N Y Series in Judaica)
The Kabbalah of the Soul: The Transformative Psychology and Practices of Jewish Mysticism
Kabbalah and Gnosticism:
Gershom Scholem: Kabbalah and Counter-History
The Early Kabbalah (Classics of Western Spirituality)
Kabbalistic Metaphors: Jewish Mystical Themes in Ancient and Modern Thought
Gnostic Return in Modernity
Kabbalah: New Perspectives
Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic (Suny Series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion)
Old Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism and Twentieth-Century Thought (Jewish Culture and Contexts)
Religious Apologetics – Philosophical Argumentation (see Idel’s Essay entitled “On the Theologization of kabbalah in modern Scholarship”)
Abraham Abulafia
Related texts:
Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia, The (Suny Series in Judaica : Hermeneutics Mysticism and Religion)
Kabbalah: New Perspectives
Language, Torah, and Hermeneutics in Abraham Abulafia (S U N Y Series in Judaica)
Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah (Judaica, Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion)
Messianic Mystics
Abraham Abulafia: An Ecstatic Kabbalist [Two Studies]
Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic (S U N Y Series in Judaica)
Gershom Scholem’s Major trends in Jewish mysticism 50 years after: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on the History of Jewish Mysticism
ESSAYS ON JEWISH LIFE AND THOUGHT PRESENTED IN HONOR OF SALO WITTMAYER BARON
The Secret Garden: An Anthology in the Kabbalah
The Shambhala Guide to Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism
Kabbalah: The Way of The Jewish Mystic (Shambhala Classics)
The Heart and the Fountain: An Anthology of Jewish Mystical Experiences
Abraham Abulafia – Kabbalist and Prophet : Hermeneutics, Theosophy and Theurgy (Sources and Studies in the Literature of Jewish Mysticism)
Kabbalah: Journal for the Study of Jewish Mystical Texts (Volume 13)
Like Angels on Jacob’s Ladder: Abraham Abulafia, the Franciscans, and Joachimism
Ecstatic Kabbalah
Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
Meditation and Kabbalah
ADDITIONAL texts of Note:
Renewing the Covenant: A Kabbalistic Guide to Jewish Spirituality by Leonora Leet
The Kabbalah of the Soul: The Transformative Psychology and Practices of Jewish Mysticism by Leonora Leet
The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah: Recovering the Key to Hebraic Sacred Science by Leonora Leet
The Universal Kabbalah by Leonora Leet
Adam and the Kabbalistic Tree by Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi
Kabbalistic Universe by Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi
Introduction to the Cabala by Z’Ev Ben Shimon Halevi
Kabbalah: Tradition of Hidden Knowledge (Art and Imagination) by Z’Ev Ben Shimon Halevi and Warren Kenton
The Anatomy of Fate: Astrology and Kabbalah (Arkana) by Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi
The Fool’s Pilgrimage, Second Edition: Kabbalistic Meditations on the Tarot by Stephan A. Hoeller
Talking Tree by William G. Gray
