Sunday, April 03, 2005

Kabbalah Lara



A friend of mine, Lara, is off to Israel to make a documentary on Kaballah.

She sent me an email containing these words:

Anyway, I'm in London but on my way to Israel again. This time to do some filming in Tsfat. In a nutshell, I want to make a doccie (documentary film!) that dispels some of the myths of Kabbalah and highlights its light. I don't by any means, plan to give a summary on what Kabbalah is as even if this would be possible, its not what this doc about. Its more to raise a bit of awareness and to steer people away from the celebrity, cult bullshit and give them an alternative sight.

... I plan to make Tsfat my base and to interview some of the colourful and sincere characters I met when I lived there but I still need to find someone more authoritative. Someone who can maybe provide the narrative voice in my doc. I don't want it to be a 'voice of G-d' but rather someone who can explain a few basic principles and such stuff. So do you know anyone like that?


I did suggest Sarah Tov; however I do not have her contact details. (Anyone have her details?)

anyways... If anyone out there can make any useful suggestions for her to consider; please leave a comment here for her to read.

later...

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.. It's in words that the magic is -- Abracadabra, Open Sesame, and the rest -- but the magic words in one story aren't magical in the next. The real magic is to understand which words work, and when, and for what; the trick is to learn the trick. ... And those words are made from the letters of our alphabet: a couple-dozen squiggles we can draw with the pen. This is the key! And the treasure, too, if we can only get our hands on it! It's as if - as if the key to the treasure is the treasure! ------- John Barth, Chimera