Introduction 1 Part I: So, What's the Big Secret? Unmasking Kabbalah 9 Chapter 1: What Is Kabbalah? 11 Chapter 2: Magic, Mishegas, and Other Things that Kabbalah Isn't 29 Chapter 3: Looking Back: A Brief History of Kabbalah 35 Part II: Cutting to the Core of Kabbalah 53 Chapter 4: The Link between Heaven and Earth: Kabbalah's Own Top-Ten Countdown 55 Chapter 5: Everything (Even a Traffic Jam) Is for the Best 75 Chapter 6: Our Bodies Don't Have Souls; Our Souls Have Bodies 91 Chapter 7: Like Déjà Vu All Over Again: Reincarnation in Kabbalah 101 Chapter 8: Instant Karma's Gonna Get You 113 Part III: Livin' La Vida Kabbalah 125 Chapter 9: Living One Day at a Time 127 Chapter 10: Living One Week at a Time 149 Chapter 11: A Year in the Life of a Kabbalist 173 Chapter 12: A Kabbalist's Life Cycle 191 Part IV: Fine-tuning the Essential Skills of the Kabbalist 207 Chapter 13: Discovering the Kabbalistic Books that Really Matter 209 Chapter 14: Hitting the Books -- and Kissing Them: Studying Like a Kabbalist 227 Chapter 15: Praying Like a Kabbalist 245 Chapter 16: Knowing the Unknowable God 269 Part V: The Part of Tens 287 Chapter 17: (Almost) Ten Myths about Studying Kabbalah 289 Chapter 18: Ten Great Kabbalists in History 297 Chapter 19: Ten Places that Kabbalists Visit 313 Part VI: Appendixes 323 Appendix A: Books and Authors You'll Thank Me for Recommending 325 Appendix B: Patriarchs, Swindlers, Prophets, and Sinners: Meet 100 Torah Characters 329 Appendix C: A Glossary of Everything Kabbalah 335 Index 349.