Healing Words: Short-Verse Poetry by Gil Dekel
by Gil Dekel, PhD (visionary poet and Reiki teacher.) The task of the poet is to see into the experiences we undergo every moment, and attach words to emotions. Like patchwork, these wordly emotions come together to form images through which we can see the light of people. Following the teachings of the great poets Rumi and William Blake, I observe reality around and inside, and put feelings...
Read MoreFrom Sight to Vision: a review of Maurice Bowra’s book ‘The Romantic Imagination’ (reviewed by Dr. Gil Dekel).
by Gil Dekel, PhD. This book offers an important insight into the power of imagination by clearing a prevailing mistake about the English Romantics poets. The author shows that the poets were not indulged in imaginary states ‘removed’ from this world, rather they saw imagination as a tool to ‘open up’ perception to the spiritual that exists in this world (not in so-called ‘other’...
Read MoreDon’t Worry God, We Still Love You.
I have heard the breathing of the birds in the silence of my heartbeat. And the branches of my tree, weaving words for my mouth. So my soul could, once again, praise this glorious moment we call ‘Life’. Sometimes I have memories in seconds, when the sun sets in my heart and the bees sing my thoughts into honey. For centuries I search for the soul of the One, but now I know we are...
Read MoreOars of Faith
We have seen deep into your eyes, where the flowers of joy are whispering your name. Speak up your heart, for the love within you is vaster than your mind. Do not swim in seas of despair, come now, let us help you sail the boat of hope… You already hold the oars of faith, those that bring you closer to us… Gil Dekel. Sunday, 5 Sep...
Read MoreIs Reiki Nonsense?
by Gil Dekel, PhD. The purpose of this article is to analyse the difficulties in formulating coherent arguments about the benefits of Reiki. Whilst scientific research has undoubtedly brought progress to the human race, scientific knowledge is not yet able to provide reliable evidence on the benefits of therapeutic practices such as Reiki Healing. The tools with which we measure reality are not...
Read MoreIlluminating the Word: Visualisation of Poetic Experiences Through Filmmaking.
by Gil Dekel. Freud acknowledged that poets have explored the unconscious much before he himself developed it into his psychological theories (Jay, 1984: 23). Visionary poets such as Blake and William Wordsworth suggested the psychoanalytic process much before Freud himself practised it (see also Shengold, 2004: 28). In my research I propose to direct this psychoanalytic inquiry, which I suggest...
Read MoreWordless Silence of Poetic Mind: Outlining and Visualising Poetic Experiences through Artmaking.
by Gil Dekel. This paper approaches visionary poetry from the point of view of an experiential observer. The paper explores the “poetic silence” that occurs in the moments before the poem is written, attempting to capture the moments in which a thought of poetry is formulated. This silence is defined by RILKE (1950, p.20) as “nameless”, thus may pose...
Read MoreFully Experiencing.
‘The Guide of Fridays’ (channelled by Natalie Dekel) in a conversation with Gil Dekel. ‘The Guide of Fridays’: Now, let me start by talking about the difficulties you face in life. Every day people face challenges, and many times they feel that they loose. Yet, one cannot lose a thing once one learns to see beyond the physical appearances. By seeing things from a...
Read MorePoetry counselling.
Do you believe that a message can come to you through a poem? I do not ‘write’ poems but ‘channel’ them – the Spirit Guides ‘speak’ to me and I document their words. The words are uplifting, embracing one another and becoming a speech of the Healers, with each poem delivering a guiding message. The poetry is very short, usually consisting 2-3...
Read MoreInspiration: a functional approach to creative practice (PhD Research).
By Gil Dekel. I have been conducting a practice based PhD research (University of Portsmouth) into the subject of creativity and inspiration in art, studying techniques of accessing one’s talents and opening a door to innovation. These techniques were tested with artists and non-artists alike, and proved beneficial to anyone who is willing to ask: “who am I, and how can...
Read MoreFinding My Voice.
Singer Tony Kaldas interviewed by Natalie Dekel. ‘What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.’ The Buddha. Natalie Dekel: Do you feel your work with music as part of yourself or is it more like a ‘work’? Tony Kaldas: Music is an expression to the outer world as well as a part of...
Read MoreThe Energy Behind the Sound.
Spiritual chanting artist, Russell Jenkins, interviewed by Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: How did you develop your chanting abilities? [1] Russell Jenkins: I have a hearing of an Aum. It is like you look at it and you think, ‘Oh, it’s a star that I can pluck out of the sky.’ But it is so far beyond from what I can produce with my voice through chanting. Sometimes I feel that I am really...
Read MoreCreating the Right Conditions for Music to Come.
Yoram Markreich (musician, lyricist and author) in an interview with Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: They say that there were so many wild stories around the expressionist painter Kirchner (born 1880) that it is hard to know what is true and what is fiction… How much of what was written about you and your band is true? [1] Yoram Markreich: About half of what is written about us is false…...
Read MoreListening to Yourself.
Dr. Amikam Marbach interviewed by Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: You have developed a method that employs words to help people become aware of their prior knowledge, or inner insights. With your method people can articulate these insights in a way that can help to express them, to make a good use of them, rather than keeping them locked inside. [1] Dr. Marbach: Yes, I believe that being aware of...
Read MoreSuddenly Awakened.
Author Colin Wilson interviewed by Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: How would you define your sense of artistry? Would you consider yourself a writer, philosopher, mystic, or perhaps a critic? [1] Colin Wilson: Well, as an artist/philosopher, I would say. You see, when I was in my early teens I was deeply impressed by Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman, which still strikes me as the most exhilarating play...
Read MoreExtra Light in the Mind.
Installation artist David Johnson interviewed by Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: Your work has undergone an interesting evolution over the years. [1] David Johnson: When I was young I used to paint and draw and make mono-prints. I studied architecture originally, but gave that up to go to art school. As soon as I got there I started to do works about the idea of the invisible. The invisible was just...
Read MoreThe Beauty in Temporality.
Watercolour painter Melanie Chan interviewed by Gil Dekel. Gil Dekel: You specialise in watercolour paintings of flowers. What do you see in the flower? [1] Melanie Chan: I see the beauty of nature in flowers, and I am amazed by their perfection and their symmetry. Once I start painting my mind starts to become calmer, as if the flower is encouraging me to be in the moment. I pay...
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