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.org
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Summary and transcript of this interview.
Interview recorded November 30, 2019
YouTube Video Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
00:05:02 - Understanding the Vibration of Texts
00:09:32 - Early Religious Experience and Discovery of Mystical Texts
00:15:13 - The Shifting Inner Transformation
00:19:23 - Early Devotional Phase
00:23:54 - Diving into Devotion and Meditation
00:29:59 - Shuckling and Divine Presence
00:34:11 - A Deepening Journey of Annihilation
00:39:24 - Connection with a Divine Presence
00:44:37 - Annihilation of the Self
00:49:31 - The Black Annihilation Fire and the Primordial Point of Light
00:54:04 - The Primordial Starlight
00:59:05 - Experiences of the Kabbalistic teachings
01:03:22 - Anointing with Divine Oil
01:08:03 - The Power of Ritual and Symbolism
01:12:23 - The Colors of Creation and Manifestation
01:17:13 - The Essence of Formlessness
01:22:02 - The Meaning of Torah, Kabbalah, and Kedumah
01:27:00 - Revealing the Kedumah Teachings
01:32:13 - The Five Dimensions of Experience
01:37:34 - Contraction and Concentration in Life
01:42:43 - Integrating the Inside and Outside
01:48:10 - The Culmination of the Spiritual Journey
01:52:44 - Contractions and Radical Awakening
01:57:08 - The Primordial Light of the Sun
02:02:01 - Reincarnation and Karma in Kabbalah and Kedumah
02:06:29 - Simultaneous Lives and Realities
02:10:49 - Worship through Materiality and the Feminine Principle
02:15:52 - The Vastness of Intelligence and the Soulship
02:20:39 - Nondimensional Soulship and the Next Buddha
02:26:06 - Farewell and Blessings