Gems from the Zohar
21/09/2009
Bronte, Sydney
Kabbalah Workshop with Nathan Wolski & Merav Carmeli
The Zohar is the major work of the Kabbalah, recounting the adventures of a mystical fellowship, its thousands of pages delight in revealing the mysteries of the Torah, the cosmos and the divine.
In this two-part workshop, we welcomed Zohar scholars Nathan Wolski and Merav Carmeli from Melbourne, to explore two passages from this kabbalistic masterpiece which reveal the secrets of the soul - it's descent from the divine realm, it's life in this world and it's return to bathe in the delight and bliss of God.
Monday 21st September
The Magical Book in the Cave of Souls: The Descent and Ascent of the Soul in the Zohar
An exploration of the descent and ascent of the soul (the life of the neshama) and our primal soulfulness.
Presented by Dr. Nathan Wolski
Tuesday 22nd September
In the Image of God: The Secret of Mortality According to the Zohar
The mysteries of the soul, life, death, exile and homecoming.
Presented by Merav Carmeli
The Presenters
Nathan Wolski is a lecturer with the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University. He is the translator of Melila Hellner-Eshed's celebrated work, A River Flows from Eden: On the Language of Mystical Experience in the Zohar. His book, A Journey into the Zohar: An Introduction to the Book of Radiance will be published by SUNY Press in 2010.
Merav Carmeli is manuscript editor for the Zohar: Pritzker Edition.
She has been teaching Zohar for many years. Recently, she was the chief convenor of a major Zohar conference held in Prato, Italy 2009 and is currently editing the proceedings of the conference.
Dates
21st & 22nd September
Times
7.30pm - 9.00pm
Venue
Bronte, Sydney
Bookings
info@neshamalife.org