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Azriel ben Menahem - On ecstasy
Identifier
014916
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Azriel of Gerona, Azriel ben Menahem (Heb. עזריאל בן מנחם) (c. 1160 – c. 1238) was one of the most important kabbalists in the Catalan town of Girona (north of Barcelona) during the thirteenth century when it was an important center of Kabbalah. He was the teacher of Nahmanides and in turn the pupil of the mystic Isaac the Blind.
A description of the experience
Azriel ben Menahem - On ecstasy
When the pious were involved in supernal mysteries, they imagined by the power of their thought that these things were engraved before them and when they linked their soul to the supernal soul, these things increased and expanded and revealed themselves… as when he cleaved his soul to the supernal soul, these awesome things were engraved in his heart.