• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• EARLY JEWISH MYSTICISM
• From Earthly Temple to Heavenly Temple: Impurity in Early Jewish Mysticism
• The Mysticism of the Beraita d’Niddah
• Menstruation and the Mystics of Ashkenaz
• MEDIEVAL KABBALAH
• Menstrual Impurity and Mystical Praxis in Theosophical Kabbalah
• The Myth of the Menstruating Shekhinah
• The Ontic Metamorphosis of the Menstruating Shekhinah
• The Interplay between Myth, Science, and Law
• MYSTICISM & MENSTRUATION IN ISLAM & CHRISTIANITY
• Menstrual Impurity and Sufism
• Menstrual Impurity in Medieval Christianity
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
