Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Jeffrey J. Kripal, Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2010
[Primary Source] Archimandrite Zacharias, The Hidden Man of the Heart (I Peter 3:4):
The Cultivation of the Heart in Orthodox Christian Anthropology. Waymart, PA: Mount
Thabor Publishing, 2008
---- Jonathan Garb, 'Paths of Power', The Journal of Religion, Vol. 78 (1998), No. 4: 593-
601 [Review of Hollenback's book] Link to article on Jstor.org
Tanya M. Luhrmann, When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical
Relationship With God. New York: Random House, 2012
Elliot R. Wolfson, A Dream Interpreted within a Dream: Oneiropoiesis and the Prism of
Imagination. New York: Zone Books, 2011
There are also some really good Buddhist books on phenomenology of mysticism; it is
suggested to start with those ofDavid Loy, Joko Beck and Jason Siff.
Goodbye letter from Prof. Garb:
I wish to thank all the students who followed us loyally, and especially all those who
submitted and evaluated assignments. I am also grateful for all the warm thanks and also
for all the thoughtful, respectful critiques and requests for further information.
Special warm thanks to Shlomo for his tremendous dedication and wisdom.
In response to many requests for further reading tips, I recommendJohn S. Dunne's books
on Christianity, especially The Mystic Road of Love. Further suggested readings:
David L. Miller's books on psychology and religion;
Victoria Nelson's wonderful books;
David Abram's books on Shamanic phenomenology;
and the Kabbalah lectures athttp://www.kesertorah.org/audio_shiurim.html
There are also some really good Buddhist books on phenomenology of mysticism; I
suggest starting with those of David Loy, Joko Beckand Jason Siff.
As for the many requests for a future course, thank you for your confidence and interest,
yet this depends on many factors – many of them not in my control. Yet, we can be
reassured that if our paths are meant to cross they will. In the meantime, my site
athttp://huji.academia.edu/JonathanGarb is constantly being updated, and I believe that
some of my talks can also be found on YouTube…