Tenets of Indigenous Judaism

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Why Modern Torah Practices are Failing the people of Israel

Modern Jewish spiritual practice is dry and empty because it is devoid of the true essence of Torah. The true essence of Torah comes from understanding that Am Yirsael (the people of Israel) are commanded by HaShem through Torah to live an indigenous way of life. The roots of Torah and the Tribes of Yisrael are as a land-based shamanistic religion. Chesed Torah is derived from Indigenous Judaism.

Tenets of Indigenous Judaism

The Torah teaches:

• The sacredness of the earth

• That all beings, even stars and planets, are imbued by the Creator with divine consciousness. Every blade of grass is empowered as a spirit being. All trees speak to one another and all rocks and plants have healing powers that can be accessed through their spirits.

• The Kabbalistic teachings on the Four Worlds helps us to understand there are four winds which join together to form the singular spirit that animates all of creation. The four winds or directions (North, South, East & West) carry the sacred elements (Fire, Air, Water & Earth) found in all creation which mixed with the Holy Spirit (soul) create life.

• Jewish shamanism involves engaging various spirit beings, through meditation, mantras and other sacred practices.

• Hebrew scriptures are to be re-read through the lens and orientation of shamanic references.

• Communion with nature

  • Vision Quests

    • The nahvee [one who brings] in ancient Judae would receive his or her vision during an extended period of solitude in the wilderness

    • Jewish visionaries learned the skill of prophecy from solitary walkabouts and vision quests deep in the wilderness, far from the reaches of civilization.

    • Jewish ancestors were masters of shamanism, dancing between the realms of spirit and matter.

  • Star Dances

    • Sacred dances would take place under the stars at the first sliver of the new moon phase

• Communion with Self

  • Meditation

    • Meditation is an essential ingredient of Torah and the base of all observance.

    • The Jewish meditation tradition goes back at least a few thousand years. The early literature points to a variety of techniques for permuting Hebrew letters in the mind’s eye, visualizing otherworldly celestial realms, and communing with the Deity. Medieval Kabbalah continued to build on these practices, providing a symbolic map of the divine realm as the terrain for visualization.

  • Yoga

    • The Torah teaches there is wisdom from the Torah engraved in the body but it's hidden. Yoga is a way to find and experience it.

  • Movement

  • Sacred Sacraments

  • Sacred Instruments

    • Musical instruments have healing powers

  • Icaros / Pslams

    • Icaros are sacred prayer songs. The Psalms are meant to be sung too.

• Prayer Practices

  • Blessings when waking

  • Blessings over water

  • Blessings over nourishment

  • Blessings when going to sleep

References https://www.academia.edu/24088962/New_Age_Jews_Jewish_Shamanism_and_Jewish_Yoga