Earth Based Torah Certification Course
Announcing the Eber-Lat Living Lab
National Certification Course
in Earth Based Torah
with Rabbi Sarah Etz Alon–
A Two-Year Dedicated Course of Study for those Seeking a
Firm Grounding in the Basics of Earth Based Torah
and the Indigenous Hebrew Wisdom Tradition
By Weekly Conference Call, Individual Mentoring, and
Two, Week-Long Wilderness Based Intensives
Begins Wednesday, October 6th 2010,
**A Northern California, Bay Area Chevre Group for this Course
with special teachings and intensives may be forming–
stay tuned for details**
This Course is intended to give participants a roadmap understanding of the key elements of Earth Based Torah, to cultivate a movement of teachers who can mainstream this knowledge in their home communities, and to craft a core community of Earth Based Torah Chevre.
Some areas of study in this course include:
Indigenous Hebrew perspectives on the Jewish Calendar, including:
Earth Cycles/ Seasonal Cycles
Tshuvah Cycles
Torah Cycles
Abriginal Hebrew Cosmology:
Creation Kabbalah
Mishkan Shamanics
12 Tribe Stuff
Indigenous Hebrew Word Roots
Names and Naming in the Hebrew Shamanic Tradition
The Arba Ruchot/ Four Winds
Animal/ Plant/ Mineral Totems
The Wisdom of the Old Letters, Old Hebrew
Indigenous Hebrew Mind:
When Non-Ordinary Consciousness Becomes Ordinary
Sacred Silence
Kedusha, aboriginal Hebrew perspectives on “holiness”
Blessings and Invocations
Being in the Presence of the Ancestors
Dreams, Vision, and Soul Journeying
Sacred Sound
Additionally, students are encouraged to take advantage of learning opportunities with our mentoring organization, The Walking Stick Foundation, and her Rabbis, Rabbi Miriam Maron and Rabbi Gershon Winkler, whenever possible as they are the pioneer and master teachers in this field whose teachings will greatly enhance the knowledge and understanding of the Aboriginal Hebrew ways of being gained in this course.
Meeting Times: We will meet by conference call on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Pacific Coast Time.
If there is enough interest from people on the East Coast or in Eretz Yisroel, we may be able to form a second section over this upcoming year more suited to those time zones.
Tuition: Fees for this course are set at $1,000/ each year, not including the week long intensives for which arrangements will be made separately. Payment and Financial options may be available– we want you to participate, contact Rabbi Sarah if you need to discuss these options.
