This book opens up the arcane spiritual tradition of Kabbalah in ways that are both edifying and inspiring. In the introduction, the author — a professor at the Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley — surveys the history of Kabbalah and explicates some of its essential concepts and symbols. He goes on to offer his translations and notes from the literature of Kabbalah with sections on the radical transcendence of God, the ten divine attributes, the secrets of creation, mending the cosmos, and more. Some of the most soul-stirring passages deal with holy pleasure, imagination, everyday spirituality, sexual holiness, and the mystery of equanimity.