The Soul’s Journey
Death and Afterlife in Kabbalah and Tibetan Buddhism
Facilitated by Reb Simcha Raphael, Ph.D.
9:30am - 5:00pm ET, Saturday and Sunday
Mar 29 and Mar 30, 2025
Workshop Credit Cost: 2 credits (Click Here to Purchase a Credit Package)
à la carte Price: General Public - $250.00; One Spirit Alumni - $200.00
“Between this world and the world beyond is a window not a wall.”
Within the ancient writings of both the Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book of the Dead) and Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) are depictions of the ever-changing journey of the soul from birth to death, into the world beyond and reincarnation. This workshop will explore these teachings as transformational maps of consciousness, providing wisdom in encountering the enigmatic mysteries of living and dying, bereavement and healing. Through study of sacred texts, group explorations, and meditation practices we will be guided together to explore the soul’s journey within our own lives.
Who this workshop is for
This workshop is for anyone curious about the afterlife, eager to explore their views. It will be of particular benefit to helping professionals, clergy, and anyone wrestling with death and grief.
What you’ll explore
Afterlife myth and symbolism from Kabbalah and Tibetan Buddhism
Teachings as transformational maps of consciousness
How afterlife teachings can help us deal more consciously with both dying and grief
What you’ll experience
Register for this two-day workshop to explore texts, meditation, and processes on healing of grief, with group sharing throughout.
Following this workshop, you’ll gain an appreciation of how teachings on life after death help us heal incomplete grief and live life more fully alive.
Weekend Workshop | 9:30am - 5:00pm ET, Saturday and Sunday — Mar 29 and Mar 30, 2025
Day 1 | Welcome and In-Womb Consciousness
We will begin by exploring the stages of the afterlife journey and the state of the soul before birth.
Introduction to Jewish Mysticism and Tibetan Buddhism
Exploring the Ancient Texts
Meditation on connecting with our inner calling within the womb
Day 2 | Continuation and the Soul Journey
We will continue by allowing ancient texts and guided meditations to help illuminate our own attitudes and images of the Soul's Journey.
Dying in Jewish mysticism and Tibetan Buddhism
Afterlife and Grief
Reincarnation in Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah
Together we will engage in meditations that:
Encounter our own image of death
Encounter loved ones of the world beyond
Closure, past life meditation
About the Facilitator
Reb Simcha Raphael, Ph.D. (he/him) is Founding Director of the DA’AT Institute for Death Awareness, Advocacy and Training. Currently, he works as a transpersonal psychotherapist and spiritual director in the Philadelphia area, and has served as Adjunct Professor in Religion at LaSalle University and Temple University, and is a faculty member of the One Spirit Alliance Art of Dying Institute. Ordained by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi as a Pastoral Rabbi, he is a member of the Rabbis Without Borders Network. Simcha has authored seven books on death and Judaism including the groundbreaking book Jewish Views of the Afterlife, and the recently published, Musings with the Angel of Death: Poems of Love, Life and Longing. His website is www.daatinstitute.net.
Where can I access the workshop?
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