Dreaming the World to Come

Shvat with Socket Klatzker

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Socket Klatzker is a community organizer, trauma therapist, conflict mediator, and workshop facilitator, as well as a fat queer, disabled ritualist who approaches healing with a focus on Refuat Ha Nefesh- the healing of the soul from trauma, grief, conflict, and oppression. They work with various communities that experience trauma as a result of oppression. Socket is passionate about healing with nature, community, and collective liberation.  Socket lives with beloved community in rural TN.

http://www.socketklatzker.com/

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Show notes:

Intro

  • Tu B’Shvat: 15th of Shvat, the New Year of Trees, taking place on the full moon
  • Asherah Pole: A sacred tree or pole used in ancient Canaanite religious practice to honor the goddess Asherah
  • Tree of Life: An archetype that is central to many worldwide spiritual practices. In Judaism it often refers to the Torah, or the kabbalistic Tree of Life.
  • Sefirot: The emanations of the divine which are mapped on the kabbalistic Tree of Life
  • Plant a Tree in Israel: A program of the Jewish National Fund (JNF). More info here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CY2Hck2vmvs/
  • 4 worlds: Kabbalistic realms dividing the Tree of Life into levels corresponding with the four elements.
    • Assiyah: The World of Action, related to Earth and the body.
    • Yetzirah: The World of Formation, related to Water and emotions.
    • Briah: The World of Creation, related to Air and the mind.
    • Atzilut: The World of Emanation, related to Fire and the spirit.
    • Klipot: Hebrew for “husks” or “shells,” referring to barriers between ourselves and the light of creation.

      • Interview:

      • Imbolc: A traditional Gaelic festival celebrated on February 1, marking the beginning of spring and the rising of sap in the trees.
      • Refuat ha Nefesh: Healing of the soul.
      • Yiddishe Neshama: Jewish soul.
      • Siddur: Prayer book.
      • AFAB: Assigned Female At Birth.
      • Fumbling Towards Repair: A workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators, by Mariame Kaba and Shira Hassan https://just-practice.org/fumbling-towards-repair
      • Chevra kadisha: Jewish burial society, which prepares bodies of the deceased according to Jewish tradition.
      • Mikveh: Jewish ritual cleansing. Check out the Queer Mikveh Project, https://www.instagram.com/queermikvehproject/?hl=en
      • Pale of Settlement: A territory within the borders of czarist Russia where Jews were allowed to live between the early 1700’s and World War II.

        • This Way to Olam haBa

        Julianne Gale: https://www.facebook.com/JulianneGaleForWASenate/

        My Roots Go Down:

        • Nomy sings a reinterpretation of Sarah Pirtle’s “My Roots Go Down." Learn more here: https://sarahpirtle.com/hope-sings/my-roots-go-down.htm
        • The raven calling in the background throughout the song is real. Thanks for the duet, raven!
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