The Dream Assembly: Tales of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

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Gateways/IDHHB, 1989 - Hasidic parables - 199 pages
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A book of mystical tales set in the old world of the Hassidic masters, beautifully illustrated by Israeli artist Yitzhak Greenfield. The only collection of stories in print from Reb Zalman, acknowledged as a unique living kabbalist and esoteric teacher in this tradition. "Reb Zalman is one of the great teachers of our time." - Jean Houston, founder of The Mystery School and co-director of The Foundation for Mind Research.

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The exercise towards the end entitled "entering the silence" is worth the cost of the whole book, but the rest of the book is fascinating. Read full review

Contents

Blessing the Moon
1
The Dream Assembly
5
The Nigun of the Birds
11
Copyright

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About the author (1989)

Professor of Literature at University of Missouri-St. Louis, Mr. Schwartz is a world-renowned specialist on Jewish tales, author of fiction and poetry, and editor of the best-known collections of Jewish folktales and mystical stories.

Reb Zalman has been a pioneering founder of the Jewish renewal movement in the United States and world-wide. A modern master of transformational psychology, he uses prayer and meditation, movement and song, storytelling and philosophy, to present the central teachings of Hasidism and Kabbalah along with universal spiritual truths gleaned from other world traditions.

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TitleThe Dream Assembly: Tales of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Consciousness Classics Series
AuthorZalman Schachter-Shalomi
EditorHoward Schwartz
ContributorHoward Schwartz
Edition2, illustrated, reprint
PublisherGateways/IDHHB, 1989
ISBN0895560593, 9780895560599
Length199 pages
  
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