Studying Jewish Meditative Techniques: A Phenomenological Typology and an Interdisciplinary View

The field of mystical and meditative research lacks a basic typology delineating the varied genres characteristics experience practices that may be correlated to those. Such state hinders comparative study mysticism meditation through different philosophical, religious spiritual traditions, or along chronological development in single tradition. In this article, I introduce phenomenological typological tools developed previous monograph dealing with Jewish tradition illustrate how these can used analyze adjustments variations between contemporary mystics, examining four types five techniques.