Synopses & Reviews
The ancient wisdom of the great Hebrew mystics makes one essential promise: There is a better way to live. In his follow-up to the national bestseller Soul Prints, renowned spiritual leader Marc Gafni addresses the ever-important issue of our erotic connection to the universe. The Mystery of Lovetakes us on an extraordinary journey that illuminates the path toward all-encompassing and enduring love -- one that enables us to experience the full eros of living.
With clarity and compassion, Rabbi Gafni teaches us how to live with passion and love in all facets of our lives. The Mystery of Love begins with a radical new understanding of loving, drawn from the ancient wisdom texts of the Kabbalist tradition, and explains how ten unique qualities of sexuality (The Hebrew Tantra) can serve as our spiritual guides in the creation of a loving, passionate existence in every dimension of our lives.
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Body and Soul Magazine
Intriguing...enlightening [and] full of beautiful, provocative wisdom.
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Publishers Weekly[A] mind opener....[Gafni] argues thoughtfully and thoroughly that the erotic and the holy are one and the same.
Synopsis
In the tradition of Scott Peck's "The Road Less Traveled and Gary Zukov's "The Seat of the soul, The Mystery of Love speaks penetratingly to the age-old desire to move beyond emptiness and alienation and touch the full eros of living. Gafni, with clarity, brilliance, and great compassion re-frames our understandings of the erotic and the sensual in a way that invites us to live with passion and love in all facets of our lives. While drawn from the ancient wisdom texts of the Kabbalist tradition, "The Mystery of Love speaks to all readers who seek a passionate, joyful, yet deeply grounded exploration of the ancient mysteries as their guide to enlightenment. Widely revered for his profound insight and guidance, Gafni delivers here his most nourishing message yet, empowering countless millions of contemporary souls to finally bridge the crucial chasm that separates alienation and boredom from love and passion.
About the Author
Marc Gafni is the author of the national bestseller
Soul Prints. The founder of Bayit Chadash, an international spiritual movement based in Israel, he leads retreats around the world on spiritual thought and practice. A visiting scholar at Oxford University and the Hartman Institute and frequent contributor to
Tikkun magazine, he lives in Jerusalem and in Oxford, England.