We've spoken about Rabbi Kook's school,Rabbi Ashlag's school, Iwant to stress that, the citizen also getsstrong afterthe 2nd World War, about Ludovich that Imentioned, re-establishedhimself in America, in the United States,in New York.So then we're speaking about 2 centersafter 2nd world war.Because of the Holocaust, the Europeancenter is much weaker.Not much left of mysticismsin Europe.So, we're not really speaking any moreabout European mysticism, but maybepost-European mysticism.People of European origin or schools ofEuropean, European origin.People like Lubavitcher Rebbe.Re-establishing themselves on new shores,the American Center in the United States.We spoke about the 60s, how it fueled thismovement, Chabads.The absorptionof the certain parts of Ashlag's schoolhave popularizedthemselves in the West, in Europe, in theUnited States.The Ashlag school also has strongfollowing in other parts of Europe.And also United States, of course, withLaitmanand the Kabbalah Center in the UnitedStates,even though, for me, it's really beyondtheborders of, what I would properly callKabbalah.Andwe also see other movements outside what'scalled the Orthodox World.We have a Jewish renewal movement.People like, Zalman Schachter, whoestablished the Jewish Renewal Movement.Which grows out of Habad in away, and becomes non-orthodox, much moreuniversalistic,much more mixed in with Eastern mysticism,with Sufism, even a bit of Christianmysticism.Students turning to the United States,beginning to move in Israel as well, fromthe United States.That's another development in the 2nd partof the 20th century.Very much a 60s kind of development.We spoke about, the 70s, 80s, the highGush Emunim movementof Rabbi Kook's Circle became much weaker,

a series of political defeats.1982 the evacuation of Sinai, 2005 theevacuation of Gaza,and for even 90s evacuation of certainparts of Judea and Samaria over West Bank.So this movement still a force in Israelipolitics, but not like it used to be.And not coincidentally, the interest ofKookis shifted from the political, thenational.Especially after the death of his son in1982, also of rabbi Feuda.Focused today is far more on theindividual.On individual selfdiscovery, in the spirit of a new age.In the spirit of contemporary mysticismthat will speak about in the 7th lesson.This far more focus on Rabbi Kook'sdiaries, onhis teachings about positive psychologyand individual self confidence.So this is what's happening today with thelegacy of Rabbi Kook.Now striking development in the late 20thcentury, and thiswill be the last part of this lesson, isthedevelopment of what's called In my view,incorrectly, the Ultra-Orthodoox world, orthe Haredi world, that is today not oneworld, but many worlds.One of them is the ongoing strength of theHasidic world, the vocabulary of Habadthat have developed theentire network of mysteries around theworld, of representativesall over the world, of unimaginable,far-out places in Himalayathe no, the Australian desert, wherever.practically, all of the world.[INAUDIBLE] one writer called The Rebbe'sArmy, spread outthroughout the world winning the message,the mystical message.Some are thwarted down, some arepopularized ofHabad, which is deeply psychological inits thinking.And it'll be discussed, hopefully, in abookthat I've devoted to the soul andKabbalah.I'll go into that in more length.Now, a movementwhich was marginal in early Hasidismbecomes much stronger in the2nd part of the 20th century, Braslav,that is, BRASLAV.

Mystical genius Rabbi Nachman of Braslav,his teachings arevery popular today, and other sects of theHasidic world,other Hasidic teachers in Jerusalem, someof whom I'vebeen in contact with, are really makingthe Hasidic messagemore vital I would say, new teachings,interesting teachings, stronger focus andmystical practices.It's all going strong in Jerusalem, andelsewhere.So, the Israeli new age begins in the1990s.There's a strong interest in Kabaalah aspart of a new age,mixed together to some extent witheastern systems, with westernpsychological techniques.Things which are, well, wewant to call alternative healing,alternative psychology,various forms of psychological self worth,self development, humanistic psychologybecomes popular.Positive psychology as I've mentioned,trans-personal psychology.All this gets part of this big mix thatI'll speak about of the New Age.In the second, towards the end of the 20thCentury, early 21st Century.However, one must remember that thefastest growingdemographically and in some way culturallyforce inIsraeli society today, which is very muchnowthe center of the public debate in Israel,is the Haredi World, the so calledultra-Orthodox world.The whole world of the Hasidim, the worldof the Lithuanian Yeshivas, theschool of Rabbi Kramer, the Mussar school,which is also has a certain revival.This is often largely due to the work ofmy own first teacher, Rabbi Wolbe, Wolbe.All this is reviving at the moment.And the Haredi world is getting largerbecause of very large families, and lowmarriage,people getting married very early, evenbefore 20,and large families of 6, 8, 10 children.So the Haredi world is numericallyexpanding, is developing far moreself-confidence asa certain political force, which comes andgoes, but 1st certainly a cultural force.And Kabbalah is

become stronger as part of this.So we speaking about the development ofan entire network of Kabbalistic Yeshivastoday,in Jerusalem, in other places in Israel,to some extent even in New York.All forms of Kabbalah are being developed.The Kabbalah of Lutsato, of Rabsharabi, ofRab Kaimer, of Cidism.New forth, forms of Kabbalistic thought,new forms of Kabbalistic psychology.To some extent, a lot of psychologicalwriting,a lot of books about psychological issuesabout the soul, about the heart.To some extent, in dialogue with Westernpsychology, criticalof Western psychology, yet in dialoguewith Western psychology.Rabbi Wolbe himself that I mentioned, hestudied psychology.In academic setting, just like forLubavitch, who had also went touniversity, to Sorbonne, and others.People coming in, maybe 120, maybe 150,000people, used to be secular, have nowhave become observant or traditional Jews,so-called Orthodox.And this also brings in new ideas, moreexposure to Far East, more exposure toWestern psychology.And all this is very, very exciting, avery creative moment, reallya laboratory of religious ferment, ofdevelopment of new forms of Kabbalah.So Kabbalah is really notan archaeological record, and not merelyhistoricalrecord, but a vibrant force in Israelisociety.Was won elections in 1996, Netanyahu, thecurrentprime minister, it's not his first term,henever would have won the election, partlybecausethe blessing of a Kabulist, Rabbi Kauduli,that's KADURI.Since they all Kabulists since then hasmoved on.And, so we see it's a force inIsraeli society, in Israeli politics, inthe Jewishworld today, in the Jewish renewal, otherformsof Jewish life in the United States, andelsewhere.All part of really, a very vibranthistory.Which still needs to be explored, and what

needs to befollowed, which is part of what I'm doingfor field work,for meeting of Kabbalah studied of himfollowing the text thathave been written and being publishedtoday, the things that are beingposted on the Internet.A lot of people like Boaz Huss in[UNKNOWN] university that H-U-S-S are alsoworking in thisdirection, of really trying to keep ourfingeron the pulse of what's happening today inKabbalah.