Pascal Themanlys

Pascal Themanlys (born September 27, 1909 in Paris , † June 25, 2000 ) was a French (later Israeli ) poet , Zionist and Kabbalist . His books on Jewish mysticism were published in French, English, and Hebrew.

Pascal was born in Paris; his parents Louis and Claire Themanlys were important students of Max Théon and were committed to the Mouvement Cosmique in France, which he founded. Pascal Themanlys only met Theon once in 1920 (at the age of eleven, Théon was already over seventy at the time), but he later claimed to have been initiated by his father . This complemented his own studies of traditional Lurian Kabbalah .

During the Second World War Themanlys was in the French Resistance . In 1949 he emigrated to Israel, where he became head of the French section of the Jewish Agency . He was the founder of the Israeli-French friendship.

Fonts

• Le monocle d'émeraude . Preface by Hélène Vacaresco , Delpeuch, Paris 1924.
• Le prompter . Marcelle Lesage, 1927.
• Figures Passionnées . Delpeuch, Paris 1930.
• Les merveilles du Becht . Lipschutz, Paris 1934.
• Grands d'Israël . Rieder, Paris 1938.
• Cocktail de fruits . Beresniak, Paris 1938.
• Détresse et Resistance Juives . MNCR, Grenoble 1944.
• Influences . Pro Libro, Paris 1949.
• Max Théon and Cosmic Philosophy . Cosmic library, 1955.
• Un itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem . Books of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 1963.
• Shaar Lesodoth Hahitbonenouth . Argaman, Jerusalem 1981.
• In Way of Meditation in the Light of the Kabbalah . Argaman, Jerusalem 1981.
• Likrat Haboker Hagadol? . Argaman, Jerusalem 1982.
• Si 'hou Bekhoi Niflotav (conversations with Danièle Storper). Argaman, Jerusalem 1987.
• Or 'Hadash al Tsion . Argaman, Jerusalem 1987.
• Visions of the Eternal Present . Argaman, Jerusalem 1991.
• A l'approche du grand matin . Argaman, Jerusalem 1996.

Web links

• Pascal Themanlys - Biography in the Revue Cosmique (French)
• Oscar Laurens Schrover 2002 Pathotism is empathy - incl. Biographical notes (eng.)
• Pascal Themanlys Various Notes (eng.)