Abraham Abulafia (1240–after 1291) taught a Kabbalah aimed not at theosophy but at ecstasy: through permutations of the letters of divine names, chanting and controlled breathing, the mind is freed from the forms of the world and united with the active intellect, attaining prophecy.
Prophetic Kabbalah
Abraham Abulafia’s ecstatic Kabbalah, using letter combinations and breathing to attain prophetic union.
Also: ecstatic Kabbalah