Abraham Abulafia
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Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia was the founder of the school of "Prophetic Kabbalah". He was born in Zaragoza, Kingdom of Aragon, in 1240, and is assumed to have died sometime after 1291 following a stay
Abraham Abulafia's "Light of the Intellect" 1285, Vat. ebr. 597 leaf 113 recto
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Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla
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Joseph ben Abraham Chiquitilla was a Castilian kabbalist. Gikatilla, who was at first greatly influenced by Abraham Abulafia's ecstatic, prophetic system of kabbalism, soon showed a greater affinity f
Abraham Abulafia
…Torah. He soon left for Castile, where he disseminated his prophetic Kabbalah among figures like Rabbi Moses of Burgos and his most important disciple, Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla. However, it bears mention that Abulafia is not mentioned in any of Gikatilla's works. Some time around 1275; he taught The Guide for the Perplexed and…
Portae Lucis, Latin from Hebrew translation by Paolo Riccio of Gikatilla's work Shaarei Ora - Gates of Light (Augsburg, Johann Miller) 1516; woodcut Sefirot-diagram and woodcut title illustration by Leonhard Beck depicting Jewish scholar seated in interior, holding orbs with Hebrew lettering with text printed in red ink above