On the first day after Simchat Torah: by the counting of the land of Israel The Textualization of Eros When the Temple was destroyed the masters knew that the holy writ of biblical myth needed to be expanded and deepened. The temple, which was the ar ...
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The Feast of Tabernacles {Sukkot} and Eros: Marc Gafni
advanced post for those initiated into kabbalah: The Baal Haleshem says explicitly that the cherubs are Ze’ir Anpin {the masculine expression of the divine} and Nukva {the feminine manifestation of the divine} (Sha’arei Haleshem, section 1:17; se ...
Yichud=Eros
Yom Kippur is the day of Yichud. Complete Unification. Let the blog below manifest Yichud. May we all be sealed in the book of life. In Luriannic myth, these are the 288 sparks of light that remained in the shattered vessels of the Kings after they d ...
On Yom Kippur
posted by Gafni assistant: This is the first in a series of Yom Kippur posts that Marc Gafni has prepared. Yom Kippur -day of atonement – at -one- ment is the ultimate day of eros in hebrew wisdom. Yom Kippur – speaks to every human being ...
The Split of Sex and Eros: Marc Gafni
One of most famous images of the Shechina in exile laced throughout the Zohar is the prostitute. The problem with prostitution is not primarily an ethical problem. Ethical prostitutes can have far more moral decency then the ostensible pillars of the ...
The Fall of Eros: Marc Gafni
However we cannot live in non erotic world. So unconsciously we seek compensation. We look to get our erotic fix in the sexual. But this doesn’t work either. For when you de-eroticize all of the world except sex, then the sexual collapses as well. ...
The exile of the Shekinah is the exile of the Erotic into the Sexual: Marc Gafni
In this blog we want to provide some deep context in sources of hebrew wisdom for this core idea that that the exile of the shekinah is in one expression, the exile of the erotic into the sexual. This is important so follow closely my friends. {This ...
Love Letters: Marc Gafni
We have been talking about love letters the last day or two. Some people have written and asked about love letters. Specifically If i might share another example. I am now writing a book {not about any persons or specific events} but a more broad and ...
Love Letters
Love Letters & Love Numbers In biblical mysticism love and oneness are identical. In Hebrew, there is a mystical technique called ‘gematria’ in which each letter, and thus each word, has a numerical value. The Hebrew word for love, ahava, has ...
Desire is Holy: Marc Gafni
marc gafni posted on marcgafni.com share comments on info@marcgafni.com Yo! A good and beautiful week to everyone. i have just last week a beautiful Sabbath in Marin County. One of the more beautiful places on our planet. And i was able to spend time ...
The Dignity of Desire: Marc Gafni
marc gafni posted on marcgafni.com share comments on info@marcgafni.com ‘Tis Better to Bleed In a dialogue between a well known Buddhist teacher and myself, the teacher challenged me persistently on this issue of desire. “After all,” he said, ...
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Davinci Codes, Templars: Marc Gafni
marc gafni posted on marcgafni.com share comments on info@marcgafni.com The templars. The masons. Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Ark of the Covenant in the Temple. Jerusalem the place of the temple. The eye of the storm and the hope for peace. Davinci ...
The Third Face of Eros: Desire: Marc Gafni
marc gafni posted on marcgafni.com share comments on info@marcgafni.com The Third Face of Eros: Desire Desire has gotten a bad name. Buddhists talk about desire all the time and tell us how bad it is. Christianity and Judaism are big attackers of des ...
Stay in the Emptiness: Marc Gafni
marc gafni posted on marcgafni.com share comments on info@marcgafni.com The cherubs once again serve as our guide. Remember that the vortex of Shechina in the biblical myth is no less than “atop the ark in the Holy of Holies, between the cherubs. ...
Something Beautiful for Your Day: Marc Gafni
marc gafni posted on marcgafni.com share comments at info@marcgafni.com This is a beautiful poem which captures the living divine, who voices animates everything. It was send to me by a beautiful being whose grace, energy and integrity make God smile ...