Toledano Tradition
This series contains lectures, discussions and meditations by Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi and were recorded at the 2010 Kabbalistic Summer School at Hawkwood College in Stroud UK.
With enthusiasm we look to the future and all the bountiful fruit it offers. To take us there, we are preparing our Digital vehicle: pumping up the tyres, charging the batteries, checking the oil.
We apologise if you have any disruptions or oddities occur while we embark on this quest, it will all be worth while in the end.
Printemps 2020.
Chers Compagnons de Lumière,
Cet printemps, huit rencontres de Kabbale se tiendront à mon domicile, le samedi à 13 h 30.
L’Enseignement sera élaboré à partir des livres de notre maître Warren Kenton, mieux connu sous son nom de plume Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi, plus particulièrement, The Way of Kabbalah.
L’exercice : Soyez éveillés… au moins à 10 h, midi, 14 h, possiblement plus souvent. Pensez alors à chacun des membres du Groupe, votre âme spirituelle. Notez les effets ressentis pour les partager avec le Groupe.
Des agapes suivront l’enseignement qui nous permettront de partager les nourritures assiyatiques et yetziratiques.
Je vous demande de n’apporter que des denrées à consommer telles quelles et qui ne requièrent pas l’usage du four ou de la cuisinière. Par exemple, pain, biscottes, fromages, fruits, olives, humus, viandes froides, etc.
Assemblons-nous donc, Compagnons de lumière, pour recevoir la Rosée céleste et connaître Sa Présence.
Que le Voile Céleste soit levé!
Carole Bussière, 438-499-5225
Montréal, Québec, Canada
kbbl@me.com ∴ www.kabbaleqc.wordpress.com ∴ www.kabbale.ca
Translation
Spring 2020.
Dear Companions of Light,
This spring, eight Kabbalah meetings will be held at my home on Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
1 Saturday 2020/04/25 Welcome. The Way of Kabbalah.
2 Saturday 2020/05/02 Meditation. Questions. The Ladder of Creation.
3 Saturday 2020/05/09 Theory. The Way of Kabbalah.
4 Saturday 2020/05/16 Meditation. Questions. The Temple-School.
5 Saturday 2020/05/23 Spring break.
6 Saturday 2020/05/30 Meditation. Questions. The Way of the Pilgrim.
7 Saturday 2020/06/06 Theory. The Way of Kabbalah.
8 Saturday 2020/06/13 Meditation. Questions. The House of the Psyche.
9 Saturday 2020/06/20 Farewell. The Way of Kabbalah.
The Teaching will be developed from the books of our master Warren Kenton, better known by his pen name Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi, more particularly, The Way of Kabbalah.
Exercise: Be awake … at least at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., possibly more often. Then think of each member of the Group, your spiritual soul. Note the effects felt to share them with the Group.
Feasts will follow the teaching which will allow us to share Assiyatic and Yetziratic foods.
I ask you to bring only foodstuffs to be consumed as such and which do not require the use of the oven or the stove. For example, bread, rusks, cheeses, fruit, olives, humus, cold meats, etc.
Let us therefore assemble, Companions of light, to receive the celestial Dew and know His Presence.
May the Celestial Veil be lifted!
Carole Bussière, 438-499-5225
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
kbbl@me.com ∴ www.kabbaleqc.wordpress.com ∴ www.kabbale.ca
After over 30 years of running Summer Schools, our teacher Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi (Warren Kenton) decided, at the age of 82, that it was time for him to rest from this task. He announced that 2014 would be his final Summer School and this was very sad news for us all. There was a deep sense of gratitude and appreciation for the tradition that he has passed on to us so faithfully over the years. This he continues to do, with the support of his wife Rebekah.
Despite having to accept that it was the end of a remarkable era, many who attended expressed their wish to keep that annual space for the school to meet, study, meditate and enjoy the company of good companions. The work goes on.
Warren had previously approached us to ask if we would be prepared to take over the running of the annual Summer School, and we accepted, very aware of the great responsibility involved. Our intention is to continue to pass on the teaching of the Toledano Tradition, so clearly reformulated by Warren, to make it applicable to everyday life.
During the four days, contemplation, slide lectures, guided imagery meditation and ritual, will assist us in bringing the principles to life through experience and reflection. The afternoon breaks will allow time for solitude, conversation and local trips or walks in the beautiful grounds and woods.
The format for each day:
Breakfast – 8.30 am
Session 1 – 9.30 am – 11.00 am
Coffee – 11.00 am – 11.30 am
Session 2 – 11.30 am – 12.45 pm
Lunch – 1.00 pm
Afternoon free
Tea – 4.00 pm
Session 3 – 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm
Supper – 6.30 pm
Session 4 – 8.00 pm – 9.15 pm
Books: A bookshop will be available during the course for those who wish to purchase Kabbalah Society books.
Kurt Browne and Joanna Lapage-Browne
Kurt and Joanna have studied in the Toledano Tradition School of the Soul, founded by Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi (Warren Kenton), since the early 1970s. They live and work in London and have a son, two daughters and six grandchildren. They run Kabbalah groups together and have led courses on the tradition for over 25 years in Europe, Africa, the USA, Mexico and Japan.
Hawkwood College: An old English mansion with exceptional views overlooking the countryside, surrounded by woodland and fields. Even the distant mountains of Wales can be seen from there. While the course is intense, it is also a holiday in good company. Here, enduring friendships are forged between people from many lands. This is a characteristic of the Kabbalah Society’s School of the Soul.
Booking information: If you would like to enrol, please book directly with Hawkwood College. Please contact Hawkwood regarding bursaries, if applicable: https://www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/terms-conditions/
Price per person: Residential-Single: £515. Residential-Shared £455. Non-Residential £395
Hawkwood College
Painswick Old Road
Stroud, Glos. GL6 7QW
United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) (0) 1453 759034
Fax: (+44) (0) 1453 764607
https://www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/event/kabbalah-summer-school-2/
Kabbalah and the Divine Feminine.
Maggy Whitehouse
LOCATION: EXETER, DEVON. Booking via Colin John. 01392 221066 / 07376 489302 email: colinjohn1st@outlook.com.
DATE: Sunday 1st March. Cost: £35.
Stories of love, hate, adultery, deception, betrayal, murder, compassion and redemption — it could be any soap opera on the television today. But this is a much older production; a blockbuster told by over 20 generations of feisty and powerful women, every one of whom still has something to teach us today.
We will learn of the different levels of humanity and how rising to the place of the Soul can transform our own lives just as the heroines of the Bible discovered. They can be our guide to our own Soul’s purpose.
Maggy will weave the story of Sophia, the feminine wisdom tradition from Shekhinah to Mary Magdalene via the women of the Bible — including Sarah (survival), Rebekah (ego), Ruth (self-knowledge), Jael (discernment) and Esther (unconditional love).
We will look at these Matriarchs and Heroines through the filter of Judaic mysticism and historical and social fact to see what we can still learn from them today. Each of them is an archetype within us and can show us our strength – and our shadow.
Kabbalah: The Wisdom of Your Soul
Maggy Whitehouse
St Bede’s Pastoral Centre, 21 Blossom Street, YORK, YO24 1AQ on Saturday 25th April. Enquiries and booking: martin.nathanael@btinternet.com
We humans are complicated, dualistic beings, focused on being busy and appreciated and fretting about external circumstances such as finances, work and the troubles of the world. From birth, we are trained to fit in and, whether we agree or rebel, our ego’s belief about what is right and what is wrong will drive our lives unless we make conscious efforts to change that.
We know that we are a soul with a body, not the other way around, but the soul seems to be a slippery thing and there is so much confusion about what is self, soul, spirit and higher self. Kabbalah offers a clear and practical design that shows us clearly the difference between who we think we are (ego), who we truly are (self), who we are meant to be (soul), who we came here to learn to become (higher self) and the help that is perennially available (spirit).
Using stories, discerning through Kabbalistic astrology, the blueprint of each participant’s soul, practical exercises and a life-changing internal journey to the heavenly Jerusalem, we will learn to recognise, listen to, and understand the levels within us in order to become our best (and happiest) selves.
All participants are requested to let Maggy have their birth data to help them understand the blueprint of their soul.
Kabbalah: The Wisdom of Your Soul
Maggy Whitehouse
Atlantis Bookshop, London, Saturday 14th March. Cost: £50. Enquiries and booking: Atlantis Bookshop, 49A Museum St, London WC1A 1LY Tel: 0207 405 2120 Email: atlantis@theatlantisbookshop.com.
We humans are complicated, dualistic beings, focused on being busy and appreciated and fretting about external circumstances such as finances, work and the troubles of the world. From birth, we are trained to fit in and, whether we agree or rebel, our ego’s belief about what is right and what is wrong will drive our lives unless we make conscious efforts to change that.
We know that we are a soul with a body, not the other way around, but the soul seems to be a slippery thing and there is so much confusion about what is self, soul, spirit and higher self. Kabbalah offers a clear and practical design that shows us clearly the difference between who we think we are (ego), who we truly are (self), who we are meant to be (soul), who we came here to learn to become (higher self) and the help that is perennially available (spirit).
Using stories, discerning through Kabbalistic astrology, the blueprint of each participant’s soul, practical exercises and a life-changing internal journey to the heavenly Jerusalem, we will learn to recognise, listen to, and understand the levels within us in order to become our best (and happiest) selves.
All participants are requested to let Maggy have their birth data to help them understand the blueprint of their soul.
Workshop: Kabbalah and the Way of Myth
In this course we will explore through theory and practice, the metaphysics of Kabbalah in relation to the rich inner world of the collective unconscious. The way of Kabbalah and myth is the path into ourselves.
Tutor biography: Mike Bais, born and living in the Netherlands is by profession a physiotherapist and a teacher in university for medical and therapeutic studies. He has run his practice for over 18 years where he gives counseling and therapy from a holistic perspective. He teaches the esoteric ways of the west in particular the tradition of Kabbalah (Toledano) and has written many articles on these subjects and is the author of the book: “A Kabbalistic view on science”. He is an ordained priest in the mystical-Christian tradition. He also leads a group called the ‘companions of the Round Table’.
In this course the metaphysics of Kabbalah will meet the wisdom of mythology. They will cross-fertilize each other as we work towards synthesis between this deep knowledge of the collective unconscious and that of the Tree of Life and Jacobs Ladder. The course will be dynamic as we integrate theory and practice and tap into the richness of the many mythological traditions that the worlds knows. It will be a personal journey into ourselves as the myth and Kabbalah are eventually about our inner life.
At a glance:
What will participants gain:
Main content:
Myth is as old as the human psyche, speaking its own language ever since. Kabbalah is an ancient tradition that has the metaphysical teachings to explain mythological concepts and make them real in our personal world of experience. Myth, like dreams have always been a mystery for most of mankind. It talks through metaphor, symbol, analogy and the heart. To participate in the myth is to participate in the language and that mysterious world of dreams and the imagination. Like it was said: ‘myth is something that never happened and is always happening’.
Join us in this dynamic course, where we will work with old texts, poetry, meditations and some practice, to express the myth in and through our own being. Like Joseph Campbell said: the myth has four functions which are a social & pedagogical, psychological & moral, metaphysical and mystical function. The Kabbalah in this course will explain what these mean for us personally. Joseph Campbell, the concept of the hero’s journey, Jungian analysis, alchemy, the Tree of Life and Jacobs Ladder of the Kabbalah will guide us in these days at Hawkwood College. If you wish to live your myth or grow closer to the myth you are already in-tuned with, this course might be something for you. For more information contact mikebais@rocketmail.com or hawkwoodcollege.co.uk
Sunday 2nd February
A workshop on our Body and our Heart , their relationship to the Tree of Life and the psyche (the Yetziratic Tree). Physical exercises and meditations will be practised to investigate the body and its relationship to the Four Elements of Earth, Water, Air and Fire. As we work with the Way of Action and unify these Four Elem e nts more within us we can deepen our experience of the Four Worlds and hence receive more the influx of the upper worlds.
We will also study the Tree of Compassion and work on our experience of Energy and Structure, its connection to the Way of Devotion, the development of Compassion and the relationship to the Tree of Life. Different exercises and meditations will be used to research this path developing the experience of the flow of grace from above and how it comes out in the world.
Teacher : The workshops will be with Andy Henry, who has been teaching Kabbalah since 2005. He has studied Kabbalah with Z’ev Ben Shimon Halevi and other teachers since 1995. He is a well established teacher and healer in the Eastern Traditions, running healing clinics and teaching groups in England, Spain and Portugal since 1990.
For more information and for booking courses in Spain please contact Yolanda Mates at info.yolandamates@gmail.com or on (+34) 630909787 www.kabbalahiberia.com
KABBALAH AND OUR BODY
A workshop on the body and the Way of Action, its relationship to the Tree of Life and the psyche (the Yetziratic Tree). Physical exercises and meditations will be practised to investigate the body and its relationship to the Four Elements of Earth, Water, Air and Fire. As we work with and unify these more within us we can deepen our experience of the Four Worlds and hence receive more the influx of the upper worlds.
Teacher : The workshops will be with Andy Henry, who has been teaching Kabbalah since 2005. He has studied Kabbalah with Z’ev Ben Shimon Halevi and other teachers since 1995. He is a well established teacher and healer in the Eastern Traditions, running healing clinics and teaching groups in England, Spain and Portugal since 1990.
Venue : Flat A, 30 Greencroft Gdns, London NW6
Nearest Tube : Finchley Road
Time : 10:00-17:00 Cost: £70/day
Email: treeofeastandwest@hotmail.co.uk