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