Imrei Shefer

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Imrei Shefer is a mystical work by the 13th-century Kabbalist Abraham Abulafia, reflecting his prophetic and ecstatic Kabbalistic teachings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kabbalistic work
mystical text
associatedWith Abraham Abulafia’s ecstatic techniques
Abraham Abulafia’s prophetic teachings
medieval Kabbalah
author Abraham Abulafia
century 13th century
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Sicily
describedAs ecstatic Kabbalistic text
mystical work
prophetic Kabbalistic treatise
genre Jewish mysticism
Kabbalah
hasForm esoteric manual
treatise
hasSubject divine names
ecstatic states
letter permutations
meditative techniques
mystical interpretation of Torah
mystical union
prophetic Kabbalah
prophetic experience
spiritual ascent
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
influenced early modern Jewish mysticism
later Kabbalists
influencedBy Merkavah mysticism
surface form: Heikhalot literature

Maimonides
Sefer Yetzirah
intendedAudience Jewish mystics
advanced Kabbalists
language Hebrew
mainFigure Abraham Abulafia
movement Ecstatic Kabbalah
Prophetic Kabbalah of Abulafia
surface form: Prophetic Kabbalah
partOf Abraham Abulafia’s Kabbalistic corpus
placeOfOrigin Mediterranean Basin
surface form: Mediterranean region
religiousContext Jewish esotericism
religiousDiscipline practical Kabbalah
Kabbalah
surface form: theoretical Kabbalah
religiousTradition Judaism
theologicalFocus direct experience of God
mystical knowledge
prophetic inspiration

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Abraham Abulafia notableWork Imrei Shefer
Or ha-Sekhel relatedWorkByAuthor Imrei Shefer