Rabbi Shefa Gold

The Magic of Hebrew Chant (eBook, ePUB)

Healing the Spirit, Transforming the Mind, Deepening Love

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A few short words-repeated with passion & intention-can unlock treasure upon treasure of healing, wisdom & love

"Chant is a path for all of us who lead with our hearts, who are determined to seek out the truth that is buried deep beneath the ground of our lives, and who have made a commitment to live that truth, from moment to moment, breath to breath, 'one little bit at a time.'"
-from the Introduction

Chant is a meditative practice that fully engages the body, heart and mind, and facilitates healing and expansion of consciousness. Rabbi Shefa Gold, beloved teacher of chant, Jewish mysticism, prayer and spirituality, introduces you to this transformative spiritual practice as a way to unlock the power of sacred texts and take prayer and meditation into the delight of your life. She illuminates the usefulness, benefits and blessings of chant by:

• Teaching you the theory and foundations of chant-its relation to beauty, pleasure and the deep wisdom buried in sacred texts
• Providing-for the first time-complete musical notations for many of her popular chants and practical instruction for how to use them to cultivate self-awareness and love.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781580237475
• Artikelnr.: 49988386

Autorenporträt

Rabbi Shefa Gold, is director of C-DEEP: The Center for Devotional, Energy and Ecstatic Practice in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. Shefa composes and performs spiritual music, has produced several recordings, and her liturgies have been published in many prayer books. She teaches workshops and retreats on the theory and art of chanting, devotional healing, spiritual community building and meditation around the world. She also trains chant leaders in Kol Zimra, a two-year program for rabbis, cantors and lay leaders. Shefa, who is on the faculty of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, combines her grounding in Judaism with a background in Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Native American spiritual traditions to make her uniquely qualified as a spiritual bridge celebrating the shared path of devotion. She is author of Torah Journeys: The Inner Path to the Promised Land and In the Fever of Love: An Illumination of the Song of Songs. For more information about Rabbi Shefa Gold, please visit her website at www.RabbiShefaGold.com.

Rabbi Shefa Gold is available to speak on the following topics:

• The Magic of Hebrew Chant
• Ecstatic Meditation
• The Path of Love
• Gratefulness as the Foundation of our Spiritual Practice
• The Power of Intention

Click here to contact the author.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword xiii
Introduction xv
Abracadabraxix
Fundamentals of Chant 1
Chant
What It Is 3
The Sacred Phrase
Or ... How a Chant Is Different from a Song 7
The Ground of a Chant 8
Components of a Chant 9
Entering the Silence 10
Intention 11
Cultivating Four Pathways of Intention 13
Memory 14
Imagination 19
Presence 22
Attunement 24
"That This Song May Be a Witness"
The Power of Chant 27
Entering the Mishkan 28
Developing a Chant 29
Obstacles and Traps 31
Meditative Practice in Relation to Prayer 32
The Lineage of Chant 34
Chant as a Core Spiritual Practice 41
Why We Value This Practice as a Core of Contemporary Jewish
Spirituality 41
The Relationship between Chanting and Other Spiritual Practices 42
Meditation as the Foundation for Chant Practice 45
The Functions of Consciousness 46
Rhythm 49
The Secrets of Chant 51
The Inner Dimensions of Chant 53
Eight Functions of Consciousness in a Spiritual Group 56
Power and the Open Heart 67
Longing
Fuel for Spiritual Practice 73
Focus, through Pleasure, All the Way to Basking 77
T he Uses of Chant 81
Chanting as a Healing Modality 83
Chant in Ritual 86
Chanting During Taharah 92
Chant
Transformation, Purification, Healing, and Renewal 97
Inquiry and Shadow Work 104
Ecstatic Practice and the Establishment of Basic Trust 109
Soulful, Wholehearted, Embodied Text Study 113
Gratefulness as the Foundation of Practice 119
Healing the Spirit, Transforming the Mind, Deepening Love 125
Chanting-Alone and Together 131
The Practices 135
Liturgy 137
Scripture 159
Psalms 173
The Daily Psalms 205
Isaiah 209
A Few More Practices
Elements, Directions, Spirit Buddies 220
The Musical Notations 225
Introduction to the Musical Notations 227
Liturgy 231
Scripture 253
Psalms 266
The Daily Psalms 298
Isaiah 305
Acknowledgements 315
Appendix 1 316
Suggestions for Further Reading318
Index of Practices and Notations319
Index of First Lines323