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in the subject that is being meditated on, and second, to bring the
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interact and enclothe within each other, so in
Lurianic Yichudim meditations these supernal processes are theurgically enacted in the psyche by combining, and usually enclothing the letters of particular divine names within each other. A simple Yichud meditation example:
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traces an object or concept in this physical world, up through the various levels of God's creative process of that object or concept. The goal of a unification is twofold. One, to uncover the inherent
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Zoharic method of meditation based on his conception of the sephirot as discreet powers, Luria's Yichudim meditation method is based on the sephirot as
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direct internal consciousness of divinity. However, a very small number of extant
Yichudim for other purposes, taught by the Baal Shem Tov, are recorded in early Hasidic texts.
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for prayer and to accompany Jewish observances, these include meditations enacted while prostrated on the grave of a saint, a practice of the 16th century
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1173:Yichud Ava
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395:philosophy
315:Mystics of
1299:partzufim
1279:Partzufim
1235:Godliness
1230:Kabbalist
1043:Free will
865:Baba Sali
472:Practices
224:Heichalot
155:Notarikon
115:Partzufim
110:Shekhinah
1483:Kabbalah
1380:See also
1374:deveikut
1362:Hasidism
1338:Atziluth
1331:Yetzirah
1289:circle.
1285:and the
1209:Shekhina
1197:theurgic
1193:sephirot
1153:sephirot
1149:Yichudim
1117:Yichudim
913:Prophecy
518:Deveikut
513:Teshuvah
244:Medieval
150:Gematria
120:Qlippoth
100:Merkavah
60:Tzimtzum
49:Concepts
32:Kabbalah
24:a series
22:Part of
1416:, p.225
1386:Kavanah
1364:by new
1346:Kavanot
1320:Tiferet
1312:Malkuth
1287:Beit El
1205:Malkuth
1201:Tiferet
1189:Kavanot
1141:Halakha
982:Aggadah
977:Halakha
933:Midrash
895:History
508:Kavanot
488:Mitzvot
449:English
219:Tannaim
203:History
160:Temurah
75:Sefirot
55:Ein Sof
1308:Assiah
1244:Yichud
1171:and a
1137:Yichud
1121:Hebrew
1020:Topics
987:Hakira
908:Tanakh
623:Azriel
581:People
528:Nusach
523:Prayer
493:Minhag
413:Modern
341:Mussar
175:Tzadik
140:Gilgul
1397:Notes
1350:Safed
1324:Keter
1165:Zohar
903:Torah
847:1900s
821:1800s
760:1700s
739:1600s
688:1500s
683:1400s
667:1300s
631:1200s
610:1100s
269:Zohar
253:Bahir
1163:The
888:Role
589:100s
1466:by
1127:in
65:Ohr
1479::
1456:,
1412:,
1155:.
1147:,
26:on
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1105:e
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