In the Jewish case, probably the most famous warning is the tale of the four rabbis who entered Pardes (literally orchard or paradise, but understood to refer to the mystical quest to visit the ...

A fascinating analysis of why there are no female mystics in medieval Judaism. This book addresses a central question in the study of Jewish mysticism in the medieval and early modern periods: why are ...

(credit: Uri Bareket/The National Library of Israel) Mystical Jewish traditions, such as those found in the Kabbalah and the ...

When the hostages were paraded before their release, clear faces to the sun, surrounded by an armed, masked, brutal, dark ...

Many modern Jewish rituals can trace their roots back to warding off evil spirits, making them ideal Halloween fare. “I do not burn sage,” said Zo Jacobi, who runs Jewitches, a popular blog ...