SECRET GARDEN: An Anthology in the Kabbalah New edition

Publisher Marketing: A collection of Jewish Kabbalistic writings from Hellenistic times through the 17th century. In addition to well-known works such as The Sephir Yetzirah, the anthology includes texts by Moses Cordovero, Isaac Luria, and Chaim Vital, Luria's well-known disciple. Contributor Bio:  Meltzer, David David Meltzer is a poet associated with both the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance. A pioneer of jazz poetry readings, Meltzer also formed a psychedelic folk-rock group. He continues to perform with the music and poetry review, Rockpile. He has edited many anthologies, including SAN FRANCISCO BEAT: TALKING WITH THE POETS (City Lights Publishers, 2001), and has published 11 erotic novels. He also taught for many years in the poetics program at New College of California. In 2005, Penguin Books published David's Copy: The Selected Poems of David Meltzer. His recent work includes WHEN I WAS A POET (City Lights Publishers, 2011). Contributor Bio:  Rothenberg, Jerome Jerome Rothenberg is a poet and one of the world's leading anthologists. His more than fifty books include "Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania" (California, 1985). He is Professor of Visual Arts and Literature at the University of California, San Diego. Pierre Joris is a poet and has published over twenty books and chapbooks of poetry as well as many anthologies and translations. He is Professor of English at the State University of New York, Albany.