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Mythic Dimensions of the Afterlife Journey in Tibetan Buddhism and Kabbalah

Reb Simcha Raphael
Start Date: 29/10/2025
End Date:19/11/2025
Scheduled course
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Overview

Within the ancient writings of 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 shall explore these teachings as archetypal, mythic maps of consciousness, providing wisdom in encountering the enigmatic mysteries of living and dying, bereavement and healing. Through exploration of sacred texts, group processes, and meditation practices, participants shall be guided to explore the human encounter with death in their own lives, and ways these two wisdom traditions provide practical approaches to companioning the dying and the bereaved.

This Course is ideal for:

  • Students in the helping professions, chaplaincy, social work, nursing.
  • Practitioners working in hospice, pastoral care, funeral care and other areas of end-of-life care.
  • Individuals wrestling with their own grief journey issues.

Learning Objectives (for CECs):

  • Investigate and compare teachings on the journey of the soul—birth, death, afterlife and reincarnation—in two separate and distinct religious traditions—Vajrayana Buddhism and Kabbalah.
  • Demonstrate how these two traditions can be used as mythic maps of consciousness that explain inner dimensions of psyche, both in life and death.
  • Utilize these teachings to explore personal issues and experiences around death and grief prepare participants to deal with bereavement issues that emerge in personal, family and professional life.
  • Apply these teachings of afterlife and the journey of consciousness as an agent of transformation in the emerging death-positive culture.
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