Mystical Vertigo

''Mystical Vertigo'' immerses readers in the experience of the contemporarykabbalistic Hebrew poet, serving as a gateway into the poet''s quest formystical union known as devekut. This journey oscillates across subtle degreesof devekut-causing an entranced experience for the Hebrew poet, who isreaching but not reaching, hovering but not hovering, touching but not touchingin a state of mystical vertigo. What makes this journey so remarkable is howdeeply nestled it is within the hybrid cultural networks of Israel, crossingover boundaries of haredi, secular, national-religious, and agnostic beliefsamong others. This volume makes a unique contribution to understanding andexperiencing the mystical renaissance in Israel, through its multi-disciplinaryfocus on Hebrew poetry and its philosophical hermeneutics.