“…Such mountaineers of the spirit, who created paths trodden by groups of followers over centuries and in some cases millennia, include Lao-Tzu and Chuang-Tzu, Siddhattha and Jesus, Sankara and Fa-tsang, Plato and Plotinus, Isaac Luria and Ibn Arabi, Aquinas and Hegel. Such figures, teachings and traditions (including the religions of ‘Judaism’, ‘Christianity’ and ‘Islam’; ‘Hinduism’, ‘Buddhism’ and ‘Taoism’) are understood as, at their most sublime, not final destiny and the end of the road, but signposts to a horizon of ultimate silence. …”

“…The book also examines the impact of Christian Kabbalah in the 16th century and the responses of prominent Kabbalists like Moses Cordovero and Isaac Luria. It is intended for readers interested in Jewish mysticism, interfaith dialogue, and the historical interplay between different religious philosophies…”