SPIRITUAL TRANSMISSION Last night I spent an evening with about forty people at a friends’ home, presenting my research on the Experience of Being. For an hour and a half we watched clips from my interviews and explored our own experience together. Many participants had little or no contemplative background, yet as the evening progressed,…
SPIRITUAL TRANSMISSION The Hebrew version of Spiritual Transmission is called Ma’arbolot Ru’ach (“Spiritual Whirlwinds”). A second edition of it was published in 2024 and I added to it a preface. This is its translation: In the five years that passed between the publication of the two editions, I continued to explore the topic of teacher-student…
SPIRITUAL TRANSMISSION The Afterword of Spiritual Transmission was written by American philosopher, author, and the creator of Integral Theory Ken Wilber. Below are the first two paragraphs: The theme of this important volume is “spiritual transmission”—the transmission of a special spiritual awareness from a teacher to a student—which is actually an issue that affects most…
SPIRITUAL TRANSMISSION My (Amir Freimann’s) introduction to the book Spiritual Transmission: Paradoxes and Dilemmas on the Spiritual Path is provided here in PDF format. Below is the Epilogue: When I started seeking spiritually, at the age of 16, spiritual-existential questions were the source and core of my seeking. Who am I? What is all this?…