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Alien Thoughts
Author_Mordechai Rotenberg
Avodah Zarah
Baal Shem Tov
Boxing Glove
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Contemporary Jewish Writers
Ecstatic Kabbalah
Ecstatic Prophecy
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Feminine Romanticism
Gender Egalitarianism
gender roles analysis
Hasidic Literature
Jewish psychology
Latens Deltas
mystical symbolism
Neurotic Creativity
Ordinary Sexual Intercourse
orgasm
Past Dating Failures
psychoanalytic theory
psychological study of desire and creativity
religious identity formation
Romantic Flirtation
sexual ethics research
Shabbetai Zevi
spiritual
Spiritual Orgasm
Spiritual Sexuality
Tantric Yoga
Unio Mystica
Vaginal Envy
Wild Ducks
yetzer
Yetzer Hara
Yetzer Yetzira Sequence
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138521469
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 06 Oct 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Judaism openly recognizes, as an integral part of human nature, the enigmatic relationship between yetzer, or physical desire, and yetzirah, or spiritual creativity. Creativity and Sexuality, written as a fictional dialogue, clearly delineates the psychic interdependence of these two drives, as well as the integration of the concepts as they are defined by both Jewish mysticism and modern psychology.Mordechai Rotenberg is interested in the impact of religion on the psychology of everyday life. He was prompted to write Creativity and Sexuality by the popularity of writings that explore Jewish texts on the subject of sexuality from a historical or literary point of view, but that do not hesitate to include psychological evaluations based on popular secondary psychological concepts. This work seeks to provide an accurate psychological analysis of sexuality and spirituality from a Jewish mystical perspective. As such, it both reconstructs the interdisciplinary bridge between Judaism and psychology and deconstructs some exegetical traditions. The goal is to present new paradigmatic options, which may help modern society struggle more efficiently with its sexuality. Ultimately, the author sees physical desire and spiritual creativity as a regulative continuum. People learn how to spend the tremendous power of energy that the sexual yetzer produces not only on physical sex, but on the spiritual yetzirah.In an introduction written especially for this new edition, the author explains the continuing relevance of Creativity and Sexuality, and the ongoing relationship between sexual desire and a healthy spiritual self-fulfillment. This volume will be of interest to students of Judaism, psychology, mysticism, and sexuality.
