528. Zvi Ish-Shalom - a podcast by Rick Archer

Rabbi Zvi Ish-Shalom, Ph.D., is a professor of wisdom traditions at Naropa University and is the founder of Kedumah, a universal mystical school that teaches a step-by-step approach to spiritual awakening and personal development.

Integrating the timeless wisdom of the great mystical traditions with cutting edge knowledge of psychology, science, and the somatic healing arts, Zvi gently points us toward the primordial light of boundless freedom that abides at the heart of our experience.He is the author of the book The Kedumah Experience: The Primordial Torah and teaches retreats, workshops, and inner work groups internationally.

Website: kedumah.orgDiscussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group.

Transcript of this interview.Interview recorded November 30, 2019

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.Chapters:


00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump00:05:02 - Understanding the Vibration of Texts
00:09:32 - Early Religious Experience and Discovery of Mystical Texts00:15:13 - The Shifting Inner Transformation
00:19:23 - Early Devotional Phase00:23:54 - Diving into Devotion and Meditation
00:29:59 - Shuckling and Divine Presence00:34:11 - A Deepening Journey of Annihilation
00:39:24 - Connection with a Divine Presence00:44:37 - Annihilation of the Self
00:49:31 - The Black Annihilation Fire and the Primordial Point of Light00:54:04 - The Primordial Starlight00:59:05 - Experiences of the Kabbalistic teachings
01:03:22 - Anointing with Divine Oil01:08:03 - The Power of Ritual and Symbolism
01:12:23 - The Colors of Creation and Manifestation01:17:13 - The Essence of Formlessness
01:22:02 - The Meaning of Torah, Kabbalah, and Kedumah01:27:00 - Revealing the Kedumah Teachings
01:32:13 - The Five Dimensions of Experience01:37:34 - Contraction and Concentration in Life
01:42:43 - Integrating the Inside and Outside01:48:10 - The Culmination of the Spiritual Journey
01:52:44 - Contractions and Radical Awakening01:57:08 - The Primordial Light of the Sun
02:02:01 - Reincarnation and Karma in Kabbalah and Kedumah02:06:29 - Simultaneous Lives and Realities
02:10:49 - Worship through Materiality and the Feminine Principle02:15:52 - The Vastness of Intelligence and the Soulship
02:20:39 - Nondimensional Soulship and the Next Buddha02:26:06 - Farewell and Blessings

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