In Popular Culture
In Myla Goldberg's novel Bee Season, eleven-year-old Eliza Naumann, after a surprising success in her Spelling Bee, is introduced to the writings and techniques of Abraham Abulafia by her rabbi father, in an effort to help her 'see' the spellings.
A central plot device in Umberto Eco's novel "Foucault's Pendulum" is a personal computer named Abulafia.
In Richard Zimler's international bestseller, The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, the narrator and his spiritual mentor (his uncle) make it clear that they follow the practices of Abraham Abulafia.
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“Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious.”
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