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A Model of Integral Scholarship — Marc Gafni

Posted on: February 27th, 2011 by Marc Gafni No Comments

by Marc Gafni The General Features of Acosmic Humanism The following excerpts are Chapters 6 and 7 from a forthcoming book by Marc Gafni, Levels of Consciousness in the Torah of Mordechai Lainer of Izbica: A Model of Integral Scholarship. In Chapter ...

Evolutionary Kabbalah – Marc Gafni

Posted on: February 17th, 2011 by jeff No Comments

These core sources on Evolutionary Kabbalah, a termed coined by Marc Gafni, were translated and published in a source book as the basis of the dialogues between Andrew Cohen and Marc Gafni in December of 2005. Marc Gafni gave teachings on these sourc ...

The Path of Wrestling – Marc Gafni

Posted on: January 28th, 2011 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Presented by Marc Gafni SAFEK: UNCERTAINTY The following two articles were written as chapters six and seven in a book called in Hebrew, Safek. Safek literally means uncertainty. The full title is Reclaiming the Spirituality of Uncertainty. The core ...

Soul Print Hints – Marc Gafni

Posted on: January 23rd, 2011 by Marc Gafni 5 Comments

Names by Marc Gafni Falstaff to Prince Hal: “I wish to God thou and I knew where a commodity of good names were to be bought.” -Henry IV 1:2:82 “You can sign your name in butter or you can sign your name in marble,” say the sa ...

Pathology Article #1 — The Way of the Dragon – Marc Gafni

Posted on: January 17th, 2011 by Marc Gafni No Comments

by Marc Gafni The spontaneous integration of body and mind―for Shelley the “eloquent blood”―tells “an ineffable tale.” Many Red Devils Many red devils ran from my heart And out upon the page. They were so tiny Th ...

House of Mirrors – Marc Gafni

Posted on: January 10th, 2011 by Marc Gafni No Comments

by Marc Gafni When the book Soul Prints was published, the bulk of the writing and thinking at the time remained excluded from the final edition. I had submitted an eight hundred page manuscript to Simon & Schuster; my editor, Emily, was less tha ...

Spiritually Incorrect – Marc Gafni

Posted on: January 9th, 2011 by Marc Gafni 1 Comment

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 ...

On the Erotic & the Holy – Marc Gafni

Posted on: December 18th, 2010 by Marc Gafni No Comments

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 ...

Integral Religion & Spirituality -Marc Gafni

Posted on: December 9th, 2010 by Marc Gafni 2 Comments

by Marc Gafni This article was born in conversations with Ken Wilber in late 2005 and early 2006. I sent him an earlier version of it and appreciate his feedback, which was in part incorporated in the article. This short piece attempts to get a grip ...

Twenty Distinctions Between Unique Self and Ego by Marc Gafni

Posted on: January 13th, 2010 by Marc Gafni No Comments

Between Unique Self and Ego Dr. Marc Gafni from forthcoming book, 
The New Enlightenment: Awakening Your Unique Self Unique Self and Ego 1) The core transition from your ego to your Unique Self takes place as a result of intense and sustained t ...

The Credo of Evolutionary Kabbalah and a Teaching of Abraham Kuk on “Evolutionary Spirituality”

Posted on: October 16th, 2008 by Marc Gafni 8 Comments

by Marc Gafni Evolutionary Kabbalah means that all of reality is evolving. It means that from a non-dual perspective there is no separation between the divine and all of reality. This means that all levels of reality, from matter to body to mind to s ...

Notes from a Lover On the Pain of Eros

Posted on: October 15th, 2008 by jeff 7 Comments

by Marc Gafni and Diane Musho Hamilton I have written before of the beauty of Eros–the divine life force–and how our sexuality models the greater movement of Eros in our lives. By Eros, I mean the fullness of presence, inner space, participating ...

A Culture of Complaint; The Hagar Complex and the Culture of Victimization

Posted on: October 14th, 2008 by jeff 2 Comments

by Marc Gafni This article is the second part of an article that appears below, The Seduction of Tears and the Hagar Complex. The reader is advised to read that teaching first and only then return to this teaching. The following introduction outlines ...

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 ...