Making Sense of the World (part 2).

Making Sense of the World (part 2).

Author and designer Gavin Ambrose, MA, interviewed by Dr. Gil Dekel. Part 2.  Back to Part 1. Gil Dekel: What does it take to be ‘good’ graphic designer? Gavin Ambrose: To be a good story teller – that’s all. Be it a brand, a poster, a book – tell a story....
Making Sense of the World (part 2).

Making Sense of the World (part 1).

Author and designer Gavin Ambrose, MA, interviewed by Dr. Gil Dekel. Part 1. Part 2. Gil Dekel: When you look at letters, what do you ‘see’? What do you ‘feel’? Gavin Ambrose: Typography and letterforms create a large part of visual culture and communication. To a...
Dr. Dekel’s 10 most important rules for Graphic Designers

Dr. Dekel’s 10 most important rules for Graphic Designers

Dr. Gil Dekel. 1. Break the Rules: Learn the rules, and then break them. Invent new rules. But remember to first learn the existing rules, and only then to break them. 2. Listen: You have two ears and only one mouth, so listen twice than speaking. Listen, look, and...
Reiki First Degree Course Details

Reiki First Degree Course Details

With Reiki Masters Natalie Dekel (MPhil) and Gil Dekel (PhD). Reiki is a powerful spiritual experience and consequently is not taught in the same way as other healing techniques are taught. The ability to ‘attune’ to Reiki is passed from teacher/master to student...
Buy Reiki 2 Manual PDF

Buy Reiki 2 Manual PDF

Manual by Reiki Masters Gil Dekel (PhD) and Natalie Dekel (MPhil). [see our Reiki 1 Manual for FREE, here.] For immediate download of Reiki 2 Manual PDF*, you can pay via paypal (you can also use credit card) by clicking this button: Reiki 2 Manual PDF > Buy here....
Releasing the Hastings Vision

Releasing the Hastings Vision

by Gil Dekel, PhD. I have this long-held vision, and I am now ready to release it… Myself and Natalie fought in the Battle of Hastings (October 1066, England). We both were highly-ranked officers, and I think we fought in the Norman-French army. We had many men...
Evolution by choice, not chance (part 4 of 4)

Evolution by choice, not chance (part 4 of 4)

Barbara Marx Hubbard interviewed by Dr. Gil Dekel. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Gil Dekel: I think you once said that we all volunteered to come to planet earth… Barbara Marx Hubbard: The question I asked was: do you remember having volunteered? Gil:...
Evolution by choice, not chance (part 4 of 4)

Evolution by choice, not chance (part 3 of 4)

Barbara Marx Hubbard interviewed by Dr. Gil Dekel. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Gil Dekel: You had a spiritual experience in 1966. Barbara Marx Hubbard: Yes, I did. I was asking the universe what story could we tell comparable to the story of the birth of Jesus?...
Evolution by choice, not chance (part 4 of 4)

Evolution by choice, not chance (part 2 of 4)

Barbara Marx Hubbard interviewed by Dr. Gil Dekel. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Gil Dekel: Do you think that each one of us invents themselves? Barbara Marx Hubbard: I would use the word ‘discover’ rather than ‘invent.’ It seems like everyone has a unique DNA or a...
Evolution by choice, not chance (part 4 of 4)

Evolution by choice, not chance (part 1 of 4)

Barbara Marx Hubbard interviewed by Dr. Gil Dekel. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Gil Dekel: What is the purpose of being a human-being?… Barbara Marx Hubbard: The purpose of being a human-being is to fulfil the divine potential in each one of us… to express...
Sukkot Workshop and Art Activities

Sukkot Workshop and Art Activities

With Gil Dekel. The word Sukkot means ‘huts’, little temporary shelters. In this article you will find: Free templates (click here) for your Sukkot activities, Sukkot story, and video of Sukkot workshop.   Many years ago, when the Hebrew people, the first Israelites,...
Consistent Pacifism: Natan Hofshi’s Uniqueness.

Consistent Pacifism: Natan Hofshi’s Uniqueness.

Prof. Anita Shapira and Dr. Gil Dekel in a conversation. Gil Dekel: How did you come across Natan Hofshi? Prof. Anita Shapira: I came across Natan Hofshi’s name when I worked on the biography of Berl Katznelson. I did not do a research specifically on Natan. The...
ראיון קצר עם דב ירמיה, בן כיתה של אבשלום, בנו של נתן חפשי

ראיון קצר עם דב ירמיה, בן כיתה של אבשלום, בנו של נתן חפשי

גיל דקל: הכרת את נתן חפשי דרך בנו? דב: כן. אני הייתי חבר טוב של הבן שלו, אבשלום חפשי. היינו באותה כיתה, אבשלום ואני, אבל ניתק הקשר אחרי שעזבתי בגיל עשרים את נהלל. כיום אני בן 98. אותו גיל של אבשלום. הייתי בן בית אצלם בנהלל. אני זוכר שהיינו מקבלים הרצאות מפיו של...
The Sharing Network

The Sharing Network

Facilitated by Dr. Gil Dekel and friends.Would you like to get involved?   Feel free to get in touch here. Talk: The 32 Paths of Wisdom – introduction to Jewish Mysticism. 2 May 2024: Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet will cover Kabbalah’s history and theology, focusing...
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The Original Usui Reiki System (extract from Reiki 2 manual)

by Natalie and Gil Dekel, Reiki Masters. The original Japanese style of Reiki Healing is different from the way it is practised in the West today. The original Usui Reiki was very simple, and less complex than the Western style. It did not have a name; and Usui...
The Kingdom of Now.

The Kingdom of Now.

by visionary artists & Reiki Teachers: Natalie Dekel (MPhil) and Gil Dekel (PhD). How can we share with you the innocence of the so-called ‘angels’, and their loving fingerprints they imprint on our hearts? We can try to do so in this article, using words of...
Learning from the rain

Learning from the rain

By Natalie and Gil. The rain does not fall out of ‘its own accord’; rather it is pulled down by the earth. And as the drops hit the roofs, the trees, the ground, they splash in such shattering joy, breaking up into millions of diamonds of Life; exploding with the...
‘A-Learning’ method to retrieve angelic academic data.

‘A-Learning’ method to retrieve angelic academic data.

By Dr. Gil Dekel and Dr. Loykie Lominé. Drawing from the Platonic idea of anamnesis, and Carl Jung’s practical experiments, Dr. Dekel and Dr. Lominé link creativity, pedagogy and spirituality. Facilitating a guided meditation within academic context, they explore...
So the Soul Can Shine.

So the Soul Can Shine.

Spiritual Activist Gabriel Avruj interviewed by Dr. Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: Why do you want to help motivate people? Gabriel Avruj: From personal experience I know that the biggest barriers are mental. The mind is a double-edged sword if we do not train it. Our thoughts...