Facing Mortality with Jewish Wisdom: Psychedelics

Описание: Centuries ago, Kabbalistic Jewish mystics often faced their own mortality through expanded consciousness as means of letting go of pain and trauma. Today, new research has touted the possibilities of the use of psychedelics in helping people overcome death anxieties and feel at peace as they approach death. Join us with an open mind and your questions as we delve into a research-based exploration of both modern and ancient Jewish perspectives on expanded consciousness around end of life.

Speakers:
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz - Founder and CEO of Shefa–is a rabbi, community leader, and aspiring psychedelic-assisted chaplain based in Berkeley, CA. He holds an MA in Biblical literature and languages from UC Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union and received rabbinic ordination in 2012. As the founder and CEO of Shefa, Zac is pioneering a movement to integrate safe and supported psychedelic use into the Jewish spiritual tradition, advocate for individuals and communities to heal individual and inherited trauma, and inspire a Jewish religious and creative renaissance in the 21st century.


Mati Esther Engel is a Spiritual Care strategist and consultant. She has extensive training in clinical hospital-based chaplaincy, specializing in treating palliative care patients and serving on transplant and addiction units. She is practiced in accompanying patients and families through important life transitions specifically, end-of-life care, goals of care decision-making, and trauma intervention. Mati uses her training in performance art to develop spiritual care techniques in the service of bringing spiritual care, grief counseling, and theological artistry to a public audience. Her research bridges the worlds of existentialist and humanist thought; utilizing poetics and ritual as mediums for facilitating conversations for our times. She received her Masters’ degree from The University of Chicago and in Jewish studies at the PAIDEIA Jewish Institute. Mati completed her chaplaincy training in palliative care at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, serving the spiritual and existential needs of hospice patients in the New England region. She is currently serving as a Spiritual Consultant and Guide, at Inward, a Spiritual Care startup that is driven to democratize and innovate chaplaincy education and best practices. She also offers psychedelic integration counseling to clients across the United States. You can find her chaplaincy work documented in the recently released U.S Documentary, A Still Small Voice, featured at The Sundance Film Festival in 2023.