Chapter 13. CODA: Gross, Subtle and Secret Moments of Devekut

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgements xiii
5. Permissions xvii
6. System of Transciption xix
7. Chapter 1. Touching God: Vertigo, Exactitude and Degrees of Devekut 21
8. Chapter 2. Why Contemporary Jewish Mysticism Needs Poetry: From Kosman’s “Our God” to ben Yitzhak’s IntegrEL Divinity “of All Worlds” 71
9. Chapter 3. Dissemination of Devekut: How Culture Can Connect Deeper. Agi Mishol’s “Woman Martyr” and “Transistor Muezzin” 81
10. Chapter 4. Contrition as a Returning to Devekut: Binyamin Shevili’s Cycle “Contrition” 94
11. Chapter 5. Opening Secrecy: Is There Duplicity in Devekut? Schulamith Hava HaLevy’s “Strange Fire” and “Impregnation” 119
12. Chapter 6. Caught in the Infinity Catchers: Devekut as A Web of Discourse. Shai Tubaly “Come Here,” “I Came to God,” and “Infinity Catchers” 145
13. Chapter 7. Auto-Erotic Cosmogeny as Devekut: Rebirthing God as Self in Haya Esther’s My Flesh Speaks G!d 154
14. Chapter 8. (Hit)Devekut as Durée of the Godlover: Disentangling Intuitive Time in Binyamin Shevili’s “HomosexuELity” 177
15. Chapter 9. Parables and Prayers of Love and Rape: Devekut as Depth and Flow of Self in Tamar Elad-Appelbaum’s “Psalms for Jerusalem” 200
16. Chapter 10. Scent of Darkness: A Synesthetic Dissolution into Devekut. Yonadav Kaploun’s cycles “Scent of Darkness” and “A Window of Opportunity” 210
17. Chapter 11. I Almost Vowed to Touch You: Breaking through Doubt to Daily Devekut. Zelda Schneerson Mishkovsky’s “On that Night” 240
18. Chapter 12. Rebirthing Devekut from Darkness to Light: Haviva Pedaya’s “Gently Please,” “The Golden Molten Stream,” “Sun-space,” “Crack the Sun,” and “Majesty Manacled” 250
19. Chapter 13. CODA: Gross, Subtle and Secret Moments of Devekut 262
20. Afterword 267
21. Bibliography 274
22. Index 291
23. Short Bio 304