Perle besserman biography

  • PEARL BESSERMAN, PhD, is a descendant of the Baal Shem Tov. She is the author of Teachings of the Jewish Mystics and the Shambhala Guide to Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism.
  • Born August 21, 1948, in NY; daughter of Jacob and Lillian Besserman; married Manfred Steger (a professor of political science), 1988.
  • About the author.

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    October 30, 2016

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    Losing My Self in Myriad Things

    Perle Besserman

    The 13th-century Zen master Dogen wrote:

    To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this no-trace  Read More 

    September 4, 2016

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    Fact or Fiction—or Both?

    Perle Besserman

    I’m a writer who has never held back from mixing fiction and life experience. Remarkably, this only got me into trouble once, when a cousin was offended by my description of her father as lame, in a story about our family. She wouldn’t talk to  Read More 

    September 4, 2016

    Thoughts on Writing from an Island in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean

    Perle Besserman

    I was born in Brooklyn but am currently living on the island of Oahu, part of a group of nine Hawaiian islands located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, furthest away from any landmass on earth. Some days  Read More 

    September 4, 2016

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    Besserman, Perle 1948-


    PERSONAL:

    Born August 21, 1948, in NY; daughter of Jacob and Lillian Besserman; married Manfred Steger (a professor of political science), 1988. Education:Columbia University, Ph.D. Hobbies and other interests: Running, hiking in Hawaii, movies.

    ADDRESSES:

    Home—Melbourne, Australia and Honolulu, Hawaii. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Palgrave Macmillan, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010.

    CAREER:

    Writer. Has worked as instructor of literature and writing at New York University, Southwest China University, Briarcliff College, University of Hawaii, Rutgers University, and at Illinois State University. Professor emerita, Illinois State University. Writer-in-residence, Mishkenot Sha'ananim Artists' Colony, Jerusalem, Israel. Presenter of workshops on Kabbalah, Zen, and women's spirituality; teacher at Princeton Area Zen Group; has appeared on radio and television.

    AWARDS, HONORS:

    Theodore Hoepfner Fiction award.

    WRITINGS:


    (As Perle S. Epstein) The Private Labyrinth of Malcolm Lowry: Under the Volcano, and the Cabbala, Holt (New York, NY), 1969.

    (As Perle Epstein) Individuals All, Crowell-Collier (New York, NY), 1972.

    (As Perle Epstein) The Way of Witches, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1972.

    (As Perle Epstein) Monsters: Their Histories,

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