Shvat with Socket Klatzker

Dreaming the World to Come

Socket Klatzker is a community organizer, trauma therapist, conflict mediator, and workshop facilitator, as well as a fat queer, disabled ritualist who approaches healing with a focus on Refuat Ha Nefesh- the healing of the soul from trauma, grief, conflict, and oppression. They work with various communities that experience trauma as a result of oppression. Socket is passionate about healing with nature, community, and collective liberation. Socket lives with beloved community in rural TN.

http://www.socketklatzker.com/

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Show notes:

Intro

• Tu B’Shvat: 15th of Shvat, the New Year of Trees, taking place on the full moon
• Asherah Pole: A sacred tree or pole used in ancient Canaanite religious practice to honor the goddess Asherah
• Tree of Life: An archetype that is central to many worldwide spiritual practices. In Judaism it often refers to the Torah, or the kabbalistic Tree of Life.
• Sefirot: The emanations of the divine which are mapped on the kabbalistic Tree of Life
• Plant a Tree in Israel: A program of the Jewish National Fund (JNF). More info here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CY2Hck2vmvs/
• 4 worlds: Kabbalistic realms dividing the Tree of Life into levels corresponding with the four elements.
  • Assiyah: The World of Action, related to Earth and the body.
  • Yetzirah: The World of Formation, related to Water and emotions.
  • Briah: The World of Creation, related to Air and the mind.
  • Atzilut: The World of Emanation, related to Fire and the spirit.
• Klipot: Hebrew for “husks” or “shells,” referring to barriers between ourselves and the light of creation.

Interview:

• Imbolc: A traditional Gaelic festival celebrated on February 1, marking the beginning of spring and the rising of sap in the trees.
• Refuat ha Nefesh: Healing of the soul.
• Yiddishe Neshama: Jewish soul.
• Siddur: Prayer book.
• AFAB: Assigned Female At Birth.
• Fumbling Towards Repair: A workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators, by Mariame Kaba and Shira Hassan https://just-practice.org/fumbling-towards-repair
• Chevra kadisha: Jewish burial society, which prepares bodies of the deceased according to Jewish tradition.
• Mikveh: Jewish ritual cleansing. Check out the Queer Mikveh Project, https://www.instagram.com/queermikvehproject/?hl=en
• Pale of Settlement: A territory within the borders of czarist Russia where Jews were allowed to live between the early 1700’s and World War II.

This Way to Olam haBa

Julianne Gale: https://www.facebook.com/JulianneGaleForWASenate/

My Roots Go Down:

• Nomy sings a reinterpretation of Sarah Pirtle’s “My Roots Go Down." Learn more here: https://sarahpirtle.com/hope-sings/my-roots-go-down.htm
• The raven calling in the background throughout the song is real. Thanks for the duet, raven!