Daniel C. Matt, PhD, is a professor at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. He is best known for establishing the Pritzker translation of the book of Zohar and translating the first nine volumes of the twelve volume series. He is also author of God and the Big Bang, The Essential Kabbalah, Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment, and most recently Becoming Elijah: The Prophet of Transformation. His website is https://www.facebook.com/daniel.matt.16.

Here he describes the transformation of Elijah from a religious zealot who slays 450 prophets of the Caananite god Baal to a mystical angelic figure who brings enlightenment and connects humanity with the divine. He points out the influence of Elijah’s story upon Christianity and Islam. He addresses the enormous influence of Elijah upon the Kabbalistic writers. He also describes the false messiah, Shabbetai Tsvi, and draws lessons from this sad historic episode.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death.

(Recorded on June 29, 2022)

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