Archive for the ‘Hebrew Wisdom’ Category

Eros and Holiness: Part Three – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 15th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Eros and Holiness: Part Three The Great Dancer The truly great dancer―like all lovers―flows with the fullness of being. She trusts the universe. She knows ...

Imagination Part Two

Posted on: July 7th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com Imagination – Part Two Note for the scholarly reader of blogs: this is written in third person because I know scholars feel much better in third person. The follo ...

Imagination as the Next Step in Healing Pain – by Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 6th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com It is Sunday morning. I am at home in Salt Lake City. I just woke up; said the morning blessing on the study of dharma and torah. I am sharing with you some initial mus ...

Blog Post Two – Marc Gafni

Posted on: July 3rd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

marc gafni published on marcgafni.com please share comments on info@marcgafni.com The Evolution of Love The Evolution of God Practicing the Wounds of Love These will be the three topics which I hope to talk with you about in this blog. They are very ...

What is Original in our Book on Lilith?

Posted on: June 27th, 2008 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

On the Authorship of the Book Lilith The first part of this post addresses the content and ideas in the Lilith book. The second part of this post addresses the apology letter by Ohad in a public posting on this website, regarding the authorship of th ...

The Seduction of Tears and Victimization

Posted on: April 7th, 2008 by jeff No Comments

On Biblical Consciousness, Victimization and Hagar by Marc Gafni An excerpt from a forthcoming book, that was written in 2005 and 2006. This article, The Seduction of Tears and the Hagar Complex, and the Culture of Complaint article, which is actuall ...

The Tale of the Harlot by the Sea

Posted on: April 7th, 2008 by jeff No Comments

This article is an essay published in Marc Gafni’s English language book The Mystery of Love, and discussed in his audio series, On the Erotic and the Holy. In recent study, Marc Gafni has added and revised this article. In Talmudic Textual Koa ...

On Pagans and Prophets – On the Erotic and the Ethical מרדכי גפני

Posted on: February 27th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

This article only appears in hebrew. It appeared as the cover article in Tikkun Magazine in 2003. This article is incomplete. Some of the English has not yet been translated, not all the footnotes have been completed and some significant additions ha ...

Parshat BeShalach

Posted on: February 27th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Who cares about the Temple? by Marc Gafni Most of the talk today unfortunately relates to the temple as a physical building in Jersualem. Maybe it is the Jerusalem building contractors who are behind all the fuss about the temple. Everyone is arguing ...

Parshat Ki Tisa

Posted on: February 27th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

  המשמעות של “תשובה” בתרבות שלנו היא של תהליך המוביל אותנו אל ×¢×‘× ...

Parshat Va-Era

Posted on: February 27th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

  בכל שנה בישראל, יותר מחמישים אלף ישראלים נוטלים חלק במה שמכונה ×ª× ...

Lillith Poem

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

An Offering of Words in Honor of Lillith: Throw away All your begging bowls at God’s door, For I have heard the beloved Prefers sweet threatening shouts, Something of the order of: “Hey Beloved, My heart is a raging volcano Of love for yo ...

A Poem, An Offering of Words

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

What is the difference Between your experience of Existence And that of a saint? The saint knows That the spiritual path Is a sublime chess game with God And that the Beloved Has just made such a Fantastic Move That the saint is now continually Tripp ...

Soul Prints, Unique Self, Integral Thought and Non-Duality

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

A communication on Soul Prints and Unique Self from Marc Gafni to a leading group of non-dual theorists and teachers in the United States: Dear Friends, I am in between teachings so have time to write but a brief response to your questions about Uniq ...

Soul Prints & Parenting

Posted on: February 2nd, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

by Marc Gafni Act 8 – Soul Print Frameworks What is your original face before your mother and father were born? ~ Zen Koan Scene 1: Push and Pull – Parents and Poets A soul print mantra could well be “Follow your Joy.” For in ...