At this point then it does not surprise us to learn that in the Temple myth it is said that the Holy of Holies is the place of the Even Shetiya, the foundation stone of the world. In myth, it is that stone, symbol of Eros, which holds the world toget ...
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Passover and Victim Consciousness ืืื ืืจืขืืื ืืขืฆืืชื ืืืืชืจ ืฉืืฉ ืืื ืืคืกื ืืชืจืื ืืืืจื ืืืขืจืืืช ืืืืืจื ืืช? ืืื ืื ืืฉื ืฉื ืืืืจ ืฉืื ื ืืฉืืืข
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The Tale of the Harlot by the Sea
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 ...
A Poem, Two Offerings of Words to Honor the Holy Days
Pulling out the chair Beneath your mind And watching you fall upon God- What else is there For Hafiz to do That is any fun in this world! If someone sits with me And we talk about the Beloved, If I cannot give his heart comfort, If I cannot make him ...
Textual Koans/Talmudic Poem
An Offering Of Words, of Beautiful Empty Pages, in Honor of the Text, and in favor of Spiritual Artists instead of Spiritual Teachers: What kind of work Can I do in this world? Who would be kind enough To hire an old holy Bum, One with a great reputa ...
Soul Prints, Unique Self, Integral Thought and Non-Duality
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 ...
Purim and the Carnival of Alternative Selves
by Marc Gafni Things are rarely what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as Cream –W. S. Gilbert, H.M.S. Pinafore According to the Kabbalah, Purim is an explosive time of paradigm shift and radical change. We all have a Purim dimension to our pers ...
The 15th day of Shevat: “Tell them that I was here Before”
by Marc Gafni On the fifteenth day of Shevat we celebrate the planting of trees. A day of myriad symbols and imagesโall holy and sweet. There are two ways to probe the essence of a holy day. One is as a scholar, the other as a spiritual anthropolog ...
Passover Seder; Remembering the Future
by Marc Gafni The Seder is a mystical magical night. It is the Jewish Fourth of July commemorating the annivarsary of our freedom, celebrating the liberation and birth of our nation. But it is ever so much more than that. It is the night when parents ...