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Henry Miller, Mystic Cultural Sexuality Spirit Politics Healing DVD Experience
I co-created this DVD to share a relevant and odd-until-you-let-it-in perspective. I'm grateful for some eloquent reviews from out there:
Review from MediaRights.org:
"Traveling by car with only a card table and chairs, a few spiritual items, a lifetime of study and experience, and a consuming drive to foster global understanding and harmony through teaching, one man named Dovid happens upon the Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur. The library is a tribute to the late author who, in the mid 20th century, represented the clash of censorship with freedom of expression. Here, under redwood forest on high cliffs above the Pacific, Dovid expounds on Cabalistic teachings of sexual energy, cosmic metaphor, and historical prophecy in the human process of repairing the universe. Arabs, Jews, the West, the East, and the Movement are all well within Dovid's experience. Passers-by and Henry Miller fans-in-residence are captivated as they discuss with Dovid subjects such as symbolism in current political, social, and military events,; how the Tarot encompasses the shape of creation; inter-generational responsibility; and Dovid's book "Listening to the Soul." Ultimately, "Henry and Dovid: Sex, God, and Revolution" shows a life that is at once a reflection of the environment while completely individual, avuncular while pushing the limits of permitted opinions, and out of place while so needed."
Review from Judd Handler:
"Henry and Dovid immediately hooks the intellectually curious viewer....The sight of this radical Jewish James Dean/Jerry Garcia, with locks of white curly hair bouncing from side to side, standing next to a pristine Big Sur spring with eagles flying overhead, is surreal.
...While Krafchow elucidates mystic ancient passages, Bedar's camera pans the natural beauty of Big Sur's towering redwood forests and 300-foot cliffs. Bedar also provides close-ups of Krafchow's Tarot card table readings. In the documentary, he interprets the cards of a 27-year old woman. "Your understanding of your sexuality is still evolving," he tells her.
...Krafchow explores the similarities between Tarot and Cabala; the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet and the number of Tarot symbols are the same (22). Nothing is a coincidence to Krafchow....Society has a way of manifesting its subconscious sexual attitudes."
Enjoy, and feel free to contact me as you go,
Sincerely,
Michael Bedar
Co-Creator
Henry and Dovid: Sex, God, and Revolution
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Michael
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posted 09/26/06
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