{"product_id":"the-book-of-desire-paperback","title":"The Book of Desire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbraham Abulafia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTyler Kimball\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbraham Abulafia (1240-c.1291) was a widely-traveled Jewish writer and visionary mystic famed for his blend of Maimonidean rationalism, Neoplatonic philosophy, Hermeticism, and ecstatic Kabbalah. Born in Zaragoza, Spain, Abulafia traveled throughout the Mediterranean, writing and spreading a universal message to both Jewish and gentile audiences. His travels included a daring attempt to convert Pope Nicholas III, though the pope died the day he arrived in Rome. Despite his attempts to spread a popular message, Abulafia's writing is obscure and abstruse, rich in technical jargon and symbolic language drawing from Torah, Talmud, history, Kabbalah, astrology, and even early atomic theory, using mystical tools such as meditative practices, gematria, ciphers, and permutations of divine names and strings of letters. Abulafia is, therefore, rarely translated, as his wordplay and codes are bound to elements of the Hebrew language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Book of Desire is a work of Prophetic Kabbalah which seeks to unify the world of physical mechanics with theology via the concept of Desire as the cosmic, motive force behind all action, using language as a bridge between the material and the psychic realms. Through this insight, Abulafia seeks to cleave to G-d, the universal source of all being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52725733097779,"sku":"9798349542473","price":15.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VEiwfpHWQS9798349542473.webp?v=1763719012","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-book-of-desire-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}