Two Offerings in Words: I rarely let the word ‘No’ escape From my mouth Because it is so plain to my soul That God has shouted ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’ To every luminous moment in existence. Hafiz – – – From man̵ ...
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The Kiss of Death – Marc Gafni
by Marc Gafni The biblical myth archetypes associated with the ultimate unitive consciousness found in the Temple’s Holy of Holies are Nadab and Abihu. They are the sons of High Priest Aaron. The high priest is the paradigm of love. His sons in ...
Giving in Love: Story of the Holy Snuff Box: Part Twenty: Marc Gafni
A Shamanic Story Story of the Snuff Box The story of the holy snuff box. Here is the story as I heard it. Everybody knows that Holy Beggars hold the world together. Thus would one modern master introduce the following sacred story. Never, never pass ...
Why IS this night different then all other nights: Rabbi Marc
a Post in honor of Passover dedicated to holy brother k.d. why IS this night different then all other nights… The night of the biblical myth ritual is called “Leil Shimurim — A Night of Guarding/Watching.” Instead of being the audience of ...
A Story about Laughter and the Spiritual Practice of Sacred Study: Marc Gafni
Courting the Sacred When I sit down to prepare a teaching the process goes something like this. First is the attraction. I generally only teach that to which I am attracted. There has to be an almost unquenchable longing to explore the subject. Secon ...
Textualization of Eros: Part Three: Marc Gafni
The Torah is like a beautiful woman, who is hidden in a secluded chamber of her palace and who has a secret lover, unknown to all others. For love of her he keeps passing the gate of her house, looking this way and that in search of her. She knows th ...
The Textualization of Eros: Part Three: Marc Gafni
The Eroticization of Text: In a tour de force the process of study is described in the Zohar much in the way the 12th century troubadours a hundred years before described their flirtation with their loves. In the romantic ideal of courtly love, thoug ...
Textualization of Eros: Part Two: Marc Gafni
on the first day of Simchat Torah according to the count of the Land of Israel 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 archetypal object of eroti ...
The Spiritual Practice of Study: The Textualization of Eros:Part Three
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 ...
The Spiritual Practice of Study: Part Two: Marc Gafni
posted by Gafni assistant: We are used to thinking of intellectual pursuit as a pretty dry kind of affair. And even if it excites us it is clear that the mind is the primary faculty engaged in the pursuit of intellectual depth. Well, as you might exp ...