by Marc Gafni This article, written in 2007, represents a small elaboration on my thinking in the book The Mystery of Love. There is much more to say―which I will do, God willing, in a full-length book―but for now this small offering wi ...
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On the Erotic & the Holy – Marc Gafni
by Marc Gafni The mystery begins in the inner precincts of Solomon’s sacred temple in Jerusalem, unraveling the deep, wondrous and provocative relationship between sex, Eros and love. It is the unpacking of this first stage of the mysteries tha ...
Essay On Gratitude – Marc Gafni
FAITH: IS IT TRUE OR AM I TRUE? by Marc Gafni This essay was written in different forms over many years. I first taught this Torah some 13 years ago in 1995 in Jerusalem at talks I gave in the Yamim Moshe neighborhood of Jerusalem at the Zionist conf ...
The Pain of Eros Poem – Marc Gafni
An Offering of Words: I would not want all my words To parade around this world In pretty costumes, So I will tell you something Of the Barroom view of love. Love is grabbing hold of the Great Lion’s mane And wrestling and rolling deep into Existen ...
Homo Imaginus and the Erotics of the Imagination — Marc Gafni
by Marc Gafni A version of this article was published in Journal of Myth and Culture Parabola under the title “The Kabbalah of Imagination in 2006.” In that version, the issue of imagination was separated from the issue of Eros. The versi ...
Full Schedule for Integral Spiritual Experience 2: The Future of Love with Marc Gafni Now Available!
Made plans for New Year’s Eve yet? Be with us for a global celebration and spiritual practice retreat unlike any other! With over 20 practice sessions ranging from shaktipat meditation to Christian prayer and from coaching to shamanism, and 14 ...
The Evolution of Divinity — Dr. Marc Gafni
Marc Gafni met Andrew Cohen through a mutual friend and student of Andrew’s in 2005. Andrew Cohen invited Marc Gafni to visit and teach in Andrew’s community to his senior students in Lenox, Massachusetts. Marc Gafni visited and taught an ...
The Integral Feminine: “Who Is She”
by Diane Musho Hamilton Sensei Enlightenment knows no differences – no man, no woman, no gender, no sex, no self and no other. In this context, a question like, “What Is the Integral Feminine?” evokes immediately the sound of Zen ma ...
Soul Print/Unique Self Poem
An Offering of Words in Honor of your Unique Self – Your Soul Print: You don’t have to act crazy anymore- We all know you were good at that Now retire, my dear, From all that hard work you do Of bringing pain to your sweet eyes and heart. Loo ...
Love Me Do — Marc Gafni
by Marc Gafni Recently, I was at a New York publishing house presenting a book proposal. Half a dozen professionals were seated around a great oak table looking very official, very sharp, literary, and daunting. I fled to the bathroom for a moment ...
The Erotic & The Holy Poem — Marc Gafni
An Offering of Eros: Come to my house late at night― Do not be shy. Hafiz will be barefoot and dancing. I will be In such a grand and generous mood! Come to my door at any hour, Even if your eyes Are frightened by my light My heart and arms ar ...
On the Erotic & the Holy – Marc Gafni
by Marc Gafni The following is part of a one-thousand page version of a book I wrote many years ago called “On the Erotic and the Holy.” We plan to post the full version over time. Part of this book, about 315 pages worth, was published a ...
Falling in Love; Rising in Love
by Marc Gafni There is so much we do to undermine the sustainability of love. There is so much we do to murder love. We limit love. We envision love in one mode, and any violation of that mode, which is really our desperate craving for egoic validati ...
Future of Love & Sex Poem — Marc Gafni
Two Offerings: Isaac of Acre, 13th Century Kabbalist: “Whoever has not Desired a Woman is like an Ass and even less than an Ass, For it is from the Sexual that one Understands Divine Service.” From Ikkyu, 14th century Zen Master: With a y ...
Attend This Year’s Integral Spiritual Experience From Home — Dr. Marc Gafni
Attend This Year’s ISE From Home You already know that this year’s Integral Spiritual Experience event is the place to be (get your tickets now before it’s too late!) But if you are unable to attend this year, don’t worry– ...