Ecclesia Pistis Sophia - Gathering Winnipeg, Canada

03/21/2022

May the Eternal Sun shine brighter and brighter within you as we move from this Spring Equinox and the remembrance of the Resurrection and Ascension of Yeshua Messiah. Let us take up our cross, get out of ourselves and become a sanctuary of Light for others who live in darkness.

Film editing and music composition by Bevan KlassenVideos by WeVideoThis film is dedicated to my 2022 Winter Digital Storytelling Group at CancerCare Manitob...

12/23/2021

"When the Holy Light descends, when the Holy Fire ascends - when the Spirit moves - integrate that Holy Light into every aspect of your soul and body, your being and consciousness, uplift the Holy Fire and let it consume you, and transform you - let the Holy Spirit take up your person and life."
-- Tau Malachi

"When the Holy Light descends, when the Holy Fire ascends - when the Spirit moves - integrate that Holy Light into every aspect of your soul and body, your b...

07/15/2021

As well, I have some new video contemplations on a central text in Kabbalah that I will be posting with contemplations. Here is a compilation of them all: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnFHFB_anNf3O0k1Q3wqb3n8E-laQaNbp.

I have made the following short films as I contemplate the book 'Gates of Light' by Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla, a Jewish Kabbalah classic text.

07/15/2021

I haven't posted in a while. Lots underway on so many levels including a new meetup found here https://www.meetup.com/exploring-the-mystical-tree-of-life/?_ga=2.66788781.283982728.1626384424-979588134.1617079296. ...

This is a beginners level introduction to the Tree of Life understood through the lens of the Christian Kabbalah (Christian Jewish mysticism). The Tree of Life is a Western spiritual glyph and map gui

03/30/2021

"the way of prayer in the Straight Path, or Gnostic Path, no longer praying in the ignorance, the delusion of lack, the illusion of separation - twoness - but in oneness, in faith and knowledge of our innate oneness with the Holy One, Holy Shekinah." Tau Malachi
https://sophian.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=19690

The egoic nature separates us from ourselves. I've experienced this vividly over that past 9 months as the 'inner critic', the voice that diminishes. And so when it comes to experiencing the divine through prayer and meditation (prayer without words), this voice divides me in two. Yeshua (Jesus) says:

“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)

This is a call to prayer, stillness, letting go in the Presence of the Holy One. Praise God!

https://youtu.be/Rhc_6mPQzjo

‘Prayer’ is part of a series of short films I create in a response to contemplating the book 'Gates of Light' by Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla, a Jewish Kabbalah Cl...

03/30/2021

INFINITENESS IN LIMIT

"Thus says the LORD (Yahweh),
who gives the sun for light by day
and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night"
Jeremiah 31:35

The rhythms of the sky and our lives under them are measured for us. These boundaries, limits and portions exist not to hold us back, but to support us in moving deeper, beneath the surface, to know the Holy One in all that exists. When I am bored or anxious, this is a call to become curious and still feeling the Holy Presence moving through my physical senses. In these, it is God that is seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. The Infinite experiencing the finite!

'Portions, Limits and Boundaries' is part of a series of short films I create in a response to contemplating the book 'Gates of Light' by Rabbi Joseph Gikati...

02/12/2021

“This is my resting place forever;
here I will reside, for I have desired it."
(Psalm 132:14)

"If I am not the doer, but if the Spirit of God takes up my person and life, and is the doer of works, actions, then I remain in repose, at rest, and it is the Spirit of God that is in motion, engaging in the works of God - wonders." Tau Malachi

May many find an increasing desire for stillness and awareness in the fullness of life. The fruition of this is eternal life, "forever", self-actualization, enlightenment, love.

'Still While in Motion' is part of a series of short film as I contemplate the book 'Gates of Light' by Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla, a Jewish Kabbalah Classic. Th...

01/29/2021

As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God [El Chai].
When shall I come and behold
the face of God?
Psalm 42:1-3

All blessings, truth and light flow from the Living God (El Chai) the foundation (yesod) and source of all. 'Living God' is the divine name of the second leaf (sefirah), the second gate, on the Tree of Life. Opening his or her heart through the prompting of the Holy Spirit, the individual experiences spiritual individuation as every thought is a prayer joining with God and creation or separating from them. In this energetic exchange with the Living God, we receive the overflow of our hearts. When the stream is dry, uplifted thought in prayer and worship to the Living God opens a flow that fills the seeker who yearn to see the Face of God in every person, creature and creation as the Christ. Praise God!

'Foundation' is the seventh of several short films that I will be making as I contemplate the book 'Gates of Light' by Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla, a Jewish Kabba...

01/13/2021

The Hebrew word Tzaddik means 'righteous one' and we all have an Inner Tzaddik, a Christ Self. However, to assist in the integration of this inner part of our soul (who we are in God) with the outer part of our soul (who we are in ourself) requires a Root Tzaddik (an individual who is a true spiritual guide). She or he through union with the Holy One sustains and loves the world.

'And the Lord said, “If I find at S***m fifty righteous [tzaddik] in the city, I will forgive the whole place for their sake.”'
(Genesis 18:26)

'The Tzaddik' is the sixth of several short films that I will be making as I contemplate the book 'Gates of Light' by Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla, a Jewish Kabbal...

01/01/2021

Set on a vast prairie landscape, Dark Before Dawn is a short experimental documentary that plumbs the liminal moment of balance between light and darkness, b...

12/29/2020

Karma is the scales of truth and justice which no one can escape. Our every thought, word and action is remembered and leads us to the opening of our heart in the Infinite Light (Ain Sof Or) or a hardening of heart in the shades and shadows of Cosmic Ignorance (the Demiurge). The consequences of this flow or stagnation are manifest within us and out into the world as a collective intention of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health or suffering. Our Heavenly Father and Earthly Mother (Yahweh Elohim) are pure mercy as they hold our choices with grace and patience sending light bearers and knowledge keepers (Tzaddikim) to guide us to our Divine Selves. Praise God! Blessings to you in the Way!

Bevan.

Here is a link to my latest short film in a series of contemplations on the book 'Gates of Light':

'Karma' is the fifth of several short films that I will be making as I contemplate the book 'Gates of Light' by Rabbi Joseph Gikatilla, a Jewish Kabbalah Cla...