Jay Michaelson beschäftigt sich mit den radikalen Wegen des Judentums und dessen spiritueller Tiefe. Sein Schreiben erforscht die Vernetzung aller Dinge im Göttlichen, oft mit Betonung nicht-dualer Perspektiven. Michaelson hat sich tiefen Meditationsretreats unterzogen, die seine Weltsicht und sein literarisches Schaffen beeinflusst haben. Seine Werke laden die Leser ein, tiefere Ebenen der Existenz und Spiritualität zu erkunden.
Interconnected tales explore the themes of mysticism and heresy, intertwining faith and desire. The collection delves into provocative narratives that challenge conventional beliefs, showcasing the author's unique storytelling style. Through these stories, readers are invited to reflect on the complexities of spirituality and the human experience.
Introduction: The boundary crosser -- "I tell you everything and tell you nothing" : charlatan, fool, deviant, heretic--who was Jacob Frank? -- "I do not look to heaven but at what God does here on Earth" : Frankist antinomianism as materialist skepticism -- "Everything that is of the spirit has to be turned into flesh" : magic, myth, and the material imaginaire -- "To make a man in wholeness, stable and possessing eternal life" : the occult quest for immortality -- "With this deed we go to the naked thing" : sexual antinomianism as mystical messianism -- "We have no need of books of Kabbalah" : rejecting Kabbalah and Sabbateanism -- "The gods of freemasonry will have to do that which those two did" : Frankism as Western esotericism -- "All religions change and go beyond the borders laid down by their ancestors" : foreshadowing secularism and spirituality.