2 hour interview with Moshe Idel on his life and Kabbalah. Unbelievable Enjoyed every minute.
@SamuelAbelow29 күн бұрын
😊
@ChabadSociologist Жыл бұрын
Surreal to watch you sit with Prof. Idel and gather as many gems of wisdom as you can before he tells you plainly he's off to go home. I cannot imagine the pressure you must have felt to make every question count.
@SamuelAbelow29 күн бұрын
so true
@SeekersofUnity Жыл бұрын
Like, comment and share for the algo ;) What was your fave moment in the interview? Check out the rest of the Hartman interview series: kzbin.info/aero/PL_7jcKJs6iwX239Hsnl7hG3p9hPB6WQ_k
@moisheherzl2493 Жыл бұрын
Did all the above, more to come after 😂
@penseespersonnelles51164 ай бұрын
I had a Mystic experience of union to the One 8 years ago and I didn't had anything like this during 8 years later. These discussions are very important. Not only for persons who don't know what is God.
@47Strong Жыл бұрын
Thank you Zevi! What a lovely gift to those of us so far from the study halls you frequent. I find him delightful. Such a thoughtful brain yet manages not to be too serious/earnest. Quite a skill. And the man is still writing! What tenacity!
@chriskenney4377 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Zevi. As a novice in this world, I have learned so much color, depth, and harmony to the Jewish scholarly tradition. Thanks again for these remarkable personalities and minds.
@SeekersofUnity Жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome. Thank you for joining us 🙏🏼☺️
@shanesullivan460 Жыл бұрын
"Fixed things are easily broken." What a terrific quote!
@TheModernHermeticist Жыл бұрын
"When in doubt, double the dose!" Thanks Zevi this is huge. Will definitely be enjoying over the next few days.
@rishikesh1087 Жыл бұрын
Haven't even begun to listen yet but this quote caught my eyes.....Very, very ballsy. I could say "Oh how this has gotten me in trouble before" but actually it never has. I better listen to the interview so I can hear the quote in the correct context and not ruin something nice with a knee jerk reaction......
@TheModernHermeticist Жыл бұрын
@@rishikesh1087 I should clarify that this is a quote by Terrence McKenna and not by one of the interviewers here, I was simply reminded of it at the opening of the interview.
@trudojo Жыл бұрын
These interviews are blowing my mind. Keep it up. You are forming this into a sort of podcast that supplements all the ideas we have been exploring together at a milder but more immersive pace.
@jbaquinones Жыл бұрын
I love this man. No to perennialism and won’t define Kabbalah in basic blocks. What a great mind. ❤❤❤
@abbasalchemist Жыл бұрын
Congratulations brother on getting to be speak with such a distinguished guest!🙏
@SeekersofUnity Жыл бұрын
Thank you. It’s a great honor.
@TheModernHermeticist Жыл бұрын
39:20: "When you use [Abulafia's techniques], you believe that his experience is your experience, and that is also a price." Very profound thought on the so-called 'scholar/practitioner' divide here. The emic/etic distinction is completely dissolved when we consider how contemporary practice is wrenched out of its original ancient/medieval context. As the idiom goes: "the past is a foreign country," and that is seldom acknowledged by modern practitioners of ancient/medieval techniques, magical, mystical, or otherwise.
@TheModernHermeticist Жыл бұрын
Zevi: "What do you think about Perennialism?" Idel: "I don't accept this way of thinking, I believe that it is an invention." *pops pill, takes a sip* I don't know why I laughed at this so much, the look on his face was priceless to me.
@Sojournersantini Жыл бұрын
I’m enjoying all the personal harmony coming from Jewish mysticism and all the connections made in simple conversation
@EverythingHumorous5 ай бұрын
Great interview Zevi! Thanks for getting this done for us! I hope you can mekarev Moshe Idel to fully embrace Judaism in general.
@FraterRC Жыл бұрын
Zevi, I loved how he kept insisting publishing a major study every year or two is normal. :P Fabulous interviewed, shared it everywhere!
@Bildgesmythe Жыл бұрын
It's so wonderful to listen to a series that not only teaches but challenges my mind.
@opposingshore932211 ай бұрын
I love when he (with a smile) schools you on what you don’t know and haven’t read about being Ashkenazi! So good :) We need our learned elders to remind us that we don’t know nearly as much as we think we do.
@jessesaranow7724 Жыл бұрын
How exciting! For as long as I've loved this channel (a long time), Zevi has never disappointed!
@TO-Aloha11 ай бұрын
What a blessing to be able to listen to our beloved Moshe Idel!
@SorayaAzizSouleymane Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this interview. Very insightful and relatable
@andrewkuiper8831 Жыл бұрын
2 hours with Moshe Idel??? Did you have to sell a kidney to make this happen? This video should have ten billion likes. If it ever happens again, I would love further questions about his work on Italian Kabbalah and what he makes of Elliot Wolfson's arguments that Reuchlin was interested in a genuine theurgic kabbalah and not simply a hermeneutic one (as Idel argues makes the difference in his New Perspectives book). Or questions drawing out the differences between his Divine Feminine book and Peter Schafer's work on the Shekhinah in light of High Mariology. Thank you for this great interview!
@thesjewishpsychedelicsandbox Жыл бұрын
Oh dear, this is bound to be epic! Thank you oodles for continuing to inspire us all with your dedication and bringing us incredible content
@moisheherzl2493 Жыл бұрын
OMG, Professor Idel himself! That's a real treat
@jbaquinones Жыл бұрын
Oh snap. I love his books. ❤❤❤
@yotamschmidt570Ай бұрын
What a lovely and humble soul!
@calebbuhr581811 ай бұрын
Incredible. What a blessing to be able to be as a fly on the wall for this conversation. Thank you for sharing!
@SeekersofUnity11 ай бұрын
You’re very welcome. Thank you for joining us.
@yitzyfink Жыл бұрын
Been waiting for this one since the beginning of the series! 😍 Thank You Zevi!!!
@tracyking4518 Жыл бұрын
Zevi, you're quite prolific yourself! Thank you for your quality, inspiring work🙏❤️
@SeekersofUnity Жыл бұрын
You’re most welcome. Thank you friend 🙏🏼
@PathOfAvraham Жыл бұрын
We've been waiting for this interview since the inception of youtube . Mori Zevi does it again 🙌🏾
@SeekersofUnity Жыл бұрын
Thank you for joining us for it. It’s an honor 🙏🏼
@jasonneely-beach2606 Жыл бұрын
How humble. Thank you for this Zevi. I had no idea even how much I needed this.
@SeekersofUnity Жыл бұрын
You’re most welcome. Thank you for joining us 🙏🏼
@IpsissimusPrime Жыл бұрын
Thanks Zevi! Love your interview style, and the giggles were icing on the cake! That "Next time you have to increase the dose" comment! LOL I hope you can have more interviews like this with other living scholars. Wow, lots to think about now! Several of his works in my library are definitely on my re-read list, especially his favorite, Messianic Mystics. Some of the zingers: "I don't know what Reality is..."; "Scholars take mystics too seriously..."; "Unfortunate to say non-dual... I see too many dualities... I don't understand non-duality." Not really surprised that he espouses a Constructivist view like Katz, or something similar. Surprised at how humble and relaxed he is. More please.
@SeekersofUnity Жыл бұрын
Thanks my friend. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Good to doing this work with people like you around :)
@asielnorton34511 ай бұрын
As a person who has interest in Jewish Mysticism, and as a person who does watch things with the podcast format, I hope this channel doesnt drop its survey content of mysticism in general. i really enjoy the videos examining and explaining the various mystical and philosophical schools throughout history.
@esthersilberberg869211 ай бұрын
What a talk. Prof. Idel definitely knows how to keep an audience on their toes, having no idea what might come out of his mouth next. Between shrugging off psychology and telling you that you have no idea what your roots are, this was a fun one :) Kol Hakavod on the very elegant interviewing.
@SeekersofUnity11 ай бұрын
☺️🙏🏼
@shari6063 Жыл бұрын
I would love to see an episode on Eastern Orthodox mysticism in comparison to Jewish mysticism.
@bloominlikearedrose Жыл бұрын
Yet another amazing interview! There have been so many. I’m so grateful. This interview was enthralling. They all are in different ways. I get so excited when I get a notification from your channel lately. I liked this one a lot. He’s got that mystic vibe. Don’t know how else to explain it. Some people just have it. Also, I couldn’t help but giggle when you told this wonderful 76 year old man that “next time you have to increase the dose” 🤭
@lynnlavoy6778 Жыл бұрын
So much love to all! Blessings
@benrohr Жыл бұрын
Moishe Eidel. This is holy KZbin moment.
@LetsTalkReligion11 ай бұрын
Amazig opportunity and really well done!
@SeekersofUnity11 ай бұрын
Thank you Filip. That means a lot.
@madsenketty Жыл бұрын
1:34:16 No man is an island… except a Mystic… lacking anyone to unite with, except God!
@mwbgallery Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing.
@Hermetics Жыл бұрын
A perfect example of knowing a lot, yet understanding nothing (et) all.
@glitterrgirrl11 ай бұрын
Lol moshe Idel is very much the reall deal: unapologetically says what he thinks 😆Got a few chuckles out of some of his responses. but even more than the awesome quirky moments there were some real truth bombs that he subtly dropped which I loved 🌼 For one, his approach to life is so calming because I tend to get 0verwhelmed with the need to figure everything out. so to hear how someone as accomplished as he is say that he Is Ok not knowing everything. And how his Not Knowing is actually what opened up his curiosity and lead him to contributing all that he has. so instead of being overwhelmed with this empty state of Not Knowing, we can see it as in invitation to explore. and not to stress about figuring everything out right away, just like how prof idel didnt even plan to be an author or Kabbalistic researcher- and yet he became a highly respected & well known figure of kabbalah, simply by following his Joys. Its like, Life is what happens to you while you are trying to figure it all out. And one day we wake up & we’re that old and have a whole life of accomplishments to look back on that we never even intended to create. 0ur Joys dont lie to us; they guide us to our higher potential if we just let them lead the way~. Thats the beauty of destiny. I also appreciated how prof idel reminds us quite a few times in this interview that reality is NOT set. Our eyes may be under the illusion that everything around is is solid & fixed, but as soon as we put it under a microscope we can see how everything truly is just floating particles. Judaism is also always reminding us to get out of this fixed mindset, where we are commanded not to make a carved image of G-d or to do the same for ourselves. The idea is that we are always given the opportunity for renewal. and that is where the greatest growth happens☀ Its this fluidity of life that had us grow from just a seed into the person we are today ~ Idel's comment on “not being for unity” also made me laugh at first but thinking more about it I realize there is great depth behind that thought. At first unity seems like a worthy pursuit but in actuality may not always be the greatest goal. For example, Evil is not worth uniting with. Or a married couple that is exclusive to one another, shouldn't necessarily be 'uniting' with others at the expense of their relationship. Even in nature, unity is not always the goal. In science & chemistry not every element can form a covalent bond with one another. Not every element is destined to unite, and if they do, they can sometimes create a destructive force and toxic structures 🜡 That's why Judaism also isn't always pro Unity. although on one hand we have shabbat, a day of complete unity, but on the other hand we have havdala right after, where we are meant to make a separation between the Holy & the Profane, between shabbat and the rest of the week, and not to mix them. What seems more important than Unity in Judaism is Holiness/ kedusha. And ironically, some of the well known commentators translate the word Kadosh to mean “Separate” - the opposite of unity. Because Separation is what allows for unity to be Sacred. Such as in a marriage, by a couple separating themselves from every other person, that is when the couple is truly unified. or by separating ourselves from evil, that is when we can Unite with goodness. Another great paradox.
@traviswadezinn11 ай бұрын
Very enjoyable interview!
@SeekersofUnity11 ай бұрын
🙏🏼
@finnjake617411 ай бұрын
thank you for sharing this! wow.
@SeekersofUnity11 ай бұрын
You’re most welcome 🙏🏼
@finnjake617411 ай бұрын
@@SeekersofUnity I am almost done with the writing, will donate a some before sending it. Eitherway g-d speed.
@bradrandel140811 ай бұрын
That was amazing… 🕊🦋🌹
@SeekersofUnity11 ай бұрын
☺️🙏🏼
@elsoil338711 ай бұрын
With respect, am I allowed to be critical? This man has had no mystical experiences; has not sought a mystical experience (because those who do are, quote, "unhappy"); he just enjoys reading and writing about them. What value did he offer other than being a typical over-intellectual? He basically said there was not much beauty in the Kabbalah. Yet earlier he explained there were many techniques one could use with the Kabbalah to attain mystical states. I would love it if you were to interview someone who actually HAS attained mystical states with the Kabbalah and were open to talk about it, then do some comparative theological discussion afterward. Just saying. But thanks Zevi, love your content.
@williamshears9953 Жыл бұрын
This guy is so cool
@jamesalbin624911 ай бұрын
An impressive mind!
@madsenketty11 ай бұрын
47:45 The Divine and Abulafia was a match made in Heaven
@madsenketty11 ай бұрын
2:07:40 I love 💕 Kabbalah like a new pair of shoes that fit, just right
@peaquakett5 ай бұрын
Delightful! I would caution listeners that being identified as unfamiliar with mystical experience might elicit Moshe Idel’s happy amusement; there’s mischief in the dismissive wave on his hand! Perhaps, to him mystical experience has such a concrete and central presence it’s not “mystical” in the usual sense. Watch him dance and delight in staying just out of view! He plays this way as a true mystic, a man of koans. Watch Zevi persue him and try to pin him down. He loves it! 21:54
@EstherYael1984 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@SeekersofUnity Жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome. Thank you 🙏🏼☺️
@michaeldale4897 Жыл бұрын
Alright already, here's your algo bump... Now let me watch this amazing video so I can become further enlightened ;-)
@michaeldale4897 Жыл бұрын
לֵב מִמְּךָ מַתּוּק כִּנְשִׁיקָה מֵאֵת יְהוָה
@JudasMaccabeus111 ай бұрын
Prof Idel is a great scholar and writer on Kabbalah; that said, his writing style can be very difficult to push through.
@SeekersofUnity11 ай бұрын
Have you tried reading Wolfson 😅
@JudasMaccabeus111 ай бұрын
I haven’t. I’m bombarded by citations from his books and will possibly endeavor after finishing Idel’s “Primeval Evil in Kabbalah.
@shloimeslavin53097 ай бұрын
Interesting
@alykathryn Жыл бұрын
❤
@madsenketty Жыл бұрын
You mentioned neurology… the information gleaned will only encompass the metaphysical realm of the brain. The mystic exists in the realm of thought, within the mind 4:26
@youliantroyanov2941 Жыл бұрын
Moshe's da man 👍
@SacraTessan2 ай бұрын
splendid thanks 🙏his great wisdom Moche Idel ..but why the first word psychedelix in the title that would scare serious people off ❣
@comeandsee9643 Жыл бұрын
The Man, the Myth, the Legend.
@madsenketty11 ай бұрын
If you can’t be in the presence of God all the time, you can at least be in the presence of a perennial flower 🌹 1:03:06
@Truth_Matters53011 ай бұрын
Thank you Zevi, this is amazing and you are such a Mensch! in 2:04 you asked Moshe a question about the two god's in Kabbalah, the Ein Sof and the God creator described in Bereshit. Could you elaborate on that? Maybe you can recommend some reading material on this division or direct me to a video that explain it? Thank you! S
@SeekersofUnity11 ай бұрын
You're most welcome friend. Thanks for joining us. On the issue of En Sof vs God see: Scholem, Origins of The Kabbalah, 1950, pp. 431-34, 442-43
@Truth_Matters53011 ай бұрын
@@SeekersofUnity Thank you! I will have a read asap. Is this viewpoint accepted by Rabbis and Kabbalists or is it considered a misinterpretation of traditional Kabbalah?
@FraterRC Жыл бұрын
heads up: clicked on your website url 6 times to be sure and each time it took me to an online Canadian casino ...odd. But thought you'd wanna check that out, especially after Angela's scary hack.
@bayreuth79 Жыл бұрын
Where would you recommend I study Kabbalah? I'd prefer to study in Israel. I'm not looking for the celebrity version of Kabbalah but something much more authentic.
@garethsmith3036 Жыл бұрын
Commenting 😊
@SeekersofUnity Жыл бұрын
Legendary 😉
@jamescastro2037 Жыл бұрын
Reality is to real it with a y. And that brings the quest i on. Unity involves u n i ty the nots. A k in a not is a kink is it not?
@Tzimtzum26 Жыл бұрын
Great talk. Btw, your website link doesn’t work, maybe check out if it’s been hacked or something. כל טוב
@SeekersofUnity Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏼
@madsenketty Жыл бұрын
42:47 I am curious if your guest experienced a shock to his sensibilities during his time in the army?
@madsenketty11 ай бұрын
The United States, Declaration of Independence, mentions ‘Nature’s god’. I can imagine the Founding Father’s as Nature Worshipers utilizing ‘magical methods’ to unite with their god and then permanently entrenching it in a document for the common folk. 53:27 💭
@madsenketty Жыл бұрын
48:24 Webster!
@CarlosMdz7211 ай бұрын
Where is the part of the psychedelics?
@angelwhitewolf1116 Жыл бұрын
Zevi rules 🤘🏻
@lewiakk584411 ай бұрын
Who’s higher than Prof. Idel! You can’t top this! The only thing that can is an actual Kabbalist.
@minimusmaximus913510 ай бұрын
a finder.
@madsenketty10 ай бұрын
53:38 Grace connects the Christian to the source of the Collective Unconscious: Judaism’s Creation Story
@JIMA-Club11 ай бұрын
"...but you have your own inner life..." around 1:12 - good interviewing. Too bad it didn't work.
@JIMA-Club11 ай бұрын
Really good interview
@noachyoder104510 ай бұрын
Perhaps I'm simply uneducated on the man and his work, but I feel there was a fundamental mistake in this interview. He seemed very clear that he is not a mystic, has no interest in mysticism on a personal level, and is simply a person who enjoys studying mystical texts as a scholarly pursuit completely emotionally removed from the subject matter, however he was interviewed as if he was a mystic of some sort or was mystically inclined. While I don't know his works personally, and I don't doubt the quality of his scholarship, I found his personal views on the subject frustratingly apathetic.
@user-zh6vx9fc7y Жыл бұрын
וואו זבי, זה היה קשוח!! אבל עמדת בזה בגבורה. אידל ממש לא עשה לך חיים קלים. אני חושב שזה קשור לכך שאידל הוא ממש אולד סקול. כמה טוב שיש גם את מלילה.😊 שבת שלום.
@emac3854 Жыл бұрын
Jesus is the Messiah your making a huge mistake
@Cymatic-Mage Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking about this channel. Its such a blessing that you are still doing the work and seeking wisdom. 🕊️🫂