Ancient Israelite Spirituality
IS ANYONE ACCEPTED TO TRAINING PROGRAMS OF THE IAIS-MAKOM SPIRITUAL RETREAT CENTER—OR ARE THERE SOME RESTRICTIONS?
Abraham—the first Hebrew proselyte who has crossed over to the Promised Land—has always had his and Sarah’s tent open to visitors who sought their God, the God of that Promise. Theirs is an example of openness, willingness to share the incomparable intimate, direct relationship with the God of Israel with all who would respond to…
Read MoreWHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THE IAIS-MAKOM SPIRITUAL RETREAT CENTER’S PROGRAMS?
The trainings offered by the iAiS-MaKoM Spiritual Retreat Center are intended for Seekers who may wonder about the never-solved puzzle pertaining to the origins of the Jewish people’s extraordinary religious outlook and the unparalleled, still observable dramatic effect and inexplicable role played by them throughout history. iAiS-MaKoM Spiritual Retreat Center welcomes all genuine spiritual seekers.…
Read MoreWHAT ARE THE EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMS OF IAIS-MAKOM SPIRITUAL RETREAT CENTER?
The iAiS-MaKoM Spiritual Retreat Center’s training program entails access to a one-of-a-kind “spiritual technology” and self-transformational, initiatory praxis. The program’s outline entails a total of seven initiatory levels; however, only the first four are being formally taught through the Center. Some of the “coaching designations” for Center’s trainings and retreat activities are: kabbalistic…
Read MoreWHAT AND WHERE IS THE IAIS-MAKOM SPIRITUAL RETREAT CENTER? WHAT IS ITS MISSION? WHAT ARE ITS ORIGINS?
The iAiS-MaKoM Spiritual Retreat Center is based in Colorado, from where the Center’s instructional activities extend to multiple annual events at locations around the U.S. and Israel. The iAiS-MaKoM Spiritual Retreat Center is presently the sole organization in the world that is teaching the heretofore-undiscovered mystical-initiatory ancient Israelite system of the First Jerusalem Temple era.…
Read MoreWHAT DOES THE NAME “IAIS-MAKOM” STAND FOR?
The acronyms “iAiS” and “MaKoM” stand, respectively, for “Institute for Ancient Israelite Spirituality” and “Mosaic Kabbalah Mysticism” Spiritual Retreat Center (in Hebrew, “Makhon le-Kabala shel Moshe”). “Ha-Makom” also means “the Place”—this is one of the special appellations of God used by the Jewish worshipers. The complete system of Mosaic Kabbalah can be generally described as…
Read MoreJudaism’s Holy Book
Perhaps for today, we can just focus on Judaism’s Holy Book. So how do we define that? Is it the Torah? the Bible? the Talmud? the Old Testament? the Pentateuch? the “Five Books of Moses”? the Tahakh books? the Hassidic teachings? the Zohar? the books of the Kabbalah? One of the challenges of the different…
Read MorePriestly Initiation in Ancient Israel
The Sôd Hypothesis as the Missing Link between Israel’s Earliest Civilization and Cultic Praxis and Mysterium Tremendum of Its Deity
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