by KittyHadm | May 22, 2011 | kabbalah-worlds
I look out at cactus and scrub, whitewashed houses clinging to the side of a hill, ancient stones fortifying terraced vegetable plots. Only the olive trees remind me that I’m in Spain. I’m in the least-visited part of the Iberian Peninsula, the southeastern tip of... 
by KittyHadm | May 24, 2011 | kabbalah-worlds
OK. Let’s get her out of the way. You know who I mean. The celebrity who is to kabbalah what the Beatles were to Eastern religions: simplifier, popularizer, provocateur. Would the world know about kabbalah if it weren’t for her music videos, her tattoos, the... 
by KittyHadm | May 26, 2011 | kabbalah-worlds
It’s such a simple question. When people learn I’m on the trail of the father of kabbalah, they invariably ask: “Are you a kabbalist?” It should be easy to answer; but it’s not. I can say I’m a mystic, sometimes; but many writers, lovers of literature, can say that. I... 
by KittyHadm | Jun 14, 2011 | kabbalah-worlds
Salmon Rushdie wrote that the 20th century was the era of vast migrations. True. But it’s not as though it didn’t happen before. In fact, movement was the hallmark of Mediterranean life, and not just for the Phoenicians. Here in Mojacar Pueblo, in the southeastern tip... 
by KittyHadm | Jun 15, 2011 | kabbalah-worlds
Those artists who work in the non-verbal media have an easier time connecting to the cultures of the countries they visit, to their fellow artists abroad. Music, visual art, dance, move easily across cultural borders to touch our hearts, even our minds, certainly our...
