Authors & Contributors

Ariel Evan Mayse is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University, the senior scholar-in-residence at the Institute of Jewish Spirituality and Society, and an ordained rabbi. He is the author of Laws of the Spirit: Ritual, Mysticism, and the Commandments in Early Hasidism (2024), Speaking Infinities: God and Language in the Teachings of Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezritsh (2020), and Guest Editor for JCS Special Issue #03: Contemplative Ecology.

JOURNAL OF CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES

• The Affordances of Mind: Contemplation, Ecology, and Jewish Thought by Ariel E. Mayse
• Review of Neuroscience for Designing Green Spaces: Contemplative Landscapes by Ariel E. Mayse
• Review of Night of Beginnings: A Passover Haggadah by Ariel E. Mayse
• Guest editor for Special Issue #03: Contemplative Ecology

CONTEMPLATIVE CURRENTS

• What is Contemplation?: An Interview With Ariel Evan Mayse by JCS Editor