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Stories are the fabric of the human connection. They plunge us into imaginative spaces of alternative perspectives, where we try on characters and viewpoints. They inspire, and elicit the emotions that are the engines of change. Stories – not dry philosophies or academic theories – are our teachers.
The ancients knew this more than any modern academic, and they conveyed their wisdom teachings through stories, poems, and epic tales. To understand these stories, we have to step into the dream of them.
Torah class looks at the ancient Jewish stories that are the cornerstone of Western culture and thought, and which are foundational to the West’s esoteric tradition. Through the stories found in the Torah text and oral tradition we enter as dreamers to understand the ancient, Jewish perspectives of the human condition. Desert-walkers, these aboriginal tribal people sat beneath galaxy-filled skies, dreaming and envisioning and weaving together the perspectives that have, for centuries, continued to inform us about the pitfalls and the possibilities of a human life. In them are found the roots of the dreamwork taught at the Institute.
The dreamwork of the Institute is based in these ancient roots. We explore them as dreamers, relating them to modern day challenges and weaving between ancient insights and modern perspectives. This class is for anyone, of any background, and any religious or spiritual practice.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn the tenants of basic human development and psychology
- Explore the tension between individual expression, family cohesion, and community development, and possible resolves
- Learn how to create a container of debate with space for many, divergent points of view
- Discover innate paradoxes and learn how to hold them at once without tension
- Learn to view multiple perspectives and strengthen your ability to creatively explore them
- Explore humankind’s material and spiritual yearnings, the challenges of each, and possible resolves
- Learn the spiritual underpinnings of Western culture and how it has shaped modern, Western thought
If you are a training practitioner, or would like to deepen your understanding of dreaming, this class is recommended. Many foundational principles of the specific lineage of dreaming taught at the Institute are deeply discussed in Torah class. In these teachings one finds the genesis of understandings around the numbers, directions, movements, colors, and other aspects of dreams we use when working with them.
Winter 2025
Mondays | January 13 – March 17
9am – 10:30am Eastern US (15h – 16h30 CET)
Facilitator: Bonnie Buckner
Online via Zoom.
Class works with specific Torah portions per week and short advanced reading assignments are given. Classes are discussion-based.
