Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. The Will to Illness Aristotelian Premises of Maimonides’ Psychology, Aristotelian Forms, Actualization, Al-Farabi’s Political Philosophy, Maimonides’ Behavioral Therapy, Sin Causes Ignorance, Repentance, Conclusions 2. Worship of the Heart The Commandments of Monotheistic Beliefs and Affects, Maimonides’ Curriculum, Maimonides’ Intellectualist Mysticism, The Rational Character of Maimonides’ Intellectualist Mysticism, The Mystical Character of Maimonides’ Rationalism, Maimonides’ Practice of the Presence of God, The Therapeutic Effects of Meditation, Conclusions 3. Imagination and the Interpretation of Prophecy Imagination and Anthropomorphism, Intellectualist Mysticism and Prophecy, Dreams and Visions of Prophecy, The Psychology of Imagination, The Place of Imagination in the Interpretation of Scripture, The Prophecies of Abraham, Confirmation from Ezekiel, Conclusions 4. Perplexity and the World to Come Maimonides’ Esotericism, The World to Come, The Thirteen Foundational Principles of the Law, The Four Who Entered Paradise, Monistic Mystical Union, Conclusions 5. Secrets of the Law Arayot, The Account of the Beginning, Maimonides on Sexuality, The Account of the Chariot, Conclusions 6. Maimonides’ Psychotherapy Client Population 7. Convergences of Maimonides and Freud Freud’s Access to Maimonides, Dream Interpretation, The Privileged Place of Sexuality, Sociocultural Conflict Model, Theories of Pathology and Therapy, Psychic Reality, Understanding on One’s Own, The Unconscious, Views of Judaism, Prophetic Ambition, Conclusions References Index