Last week, I had a mystical experience. As I took my seat on an airplane flying from Toronto to Vancouver,…
Category: Kabbalah
Shall We Pray?
Occasionally, a book about Jewish prayer will tell you that Judaism discourages spontaneous prayer. That magic of Jewish prayer, the…
The Simple Judge
So I’m driving along Commercial Drive, and I’ve stopped at a pedestrian-controlled crosswalk. A young man starts to cross the…
Researching God
Theist? Atheist? Agnostic? Don’t answer until you’ve done some rigorous research. That’s right, research: with a method, literature review, experimental…
Mystical Epistemology for Academic Junkies
Depth psychology isn’t loosey-goosey unscientific. Well, maybe it is. But scientific thinking isn’t the be-all and end-all of good thinking.…
A Serious Man
Yes, friends, I have completely lost my mind. I am taking academic classes in Depth Psychology. Teachers have assigned papers…
Kabbalah as Theology
“To my mind, Kabbalah is the theology of the Jewish People.” — Adin Steinsaltz, The Thirteen Petalled Rose At the…
Wheel of Existence
Many Kabbalistic teachers present metaphysical concepts about the nature of God and creation…with a psychological twist. Words describing spirit’s emanation…
Malchut-Shechinah: Divine Mother
Though a human mother might forget her children, I never could forget you. See, I have engraved you on the…