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With Co-Founding Director of Alef Trust
Les Lancaster, PhD
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Discover how the ancient Western mystical tradition of Kabbalah bridges science and spirit providing a portal for opening yourself to new dimensions of consciousness.

Explore how sacred sound, breath, and symbolic language can reshape your perception, deepen your awareness, and offer a grounded path to the Divine in this age of quantum reality.

Have you been feeling curious about the connection between science, consciousness, and spirituality and wondering if there’s more to life than what you’ve been taught?

Not toward religion as you knew it or the latest spiritual fad, but toward something deeper… something that makes sense not just to your heart, but also to your mind.

You’ve always wanted to understand how things really work not just on the surface, but in the layers underneath. Maybe you’ve tried meditation, explored psychology, or found yourself drawn to a quantum physics documentary or two. You’re fascinated by consciousness, the nature of reality, and the big mystery behind it all.

But so much of modern spirituality bypasses intellect, and so much intellectual discourse bypasses spirit. You’re left wondering: Where’s the system that honors both?

Les Lancaster, author, professor and co-founding director of Alef Trust, shares that there is a tradition that can hold the complexity of the modern world while synergizing our understanding of consciousness with its roots in the mystical nature of ancient wisdom.

Join Les for an illuminating event, where you’ll experience the Kabbalah as it was meant to be encountered: as a living, evolving mystical tradition that speaks directly to the crisis of meaning so many of us are facing today.

You’ll also explore how Kabbalistic wisdom aligns with the discoveries of quantum physics and modern psychology, offering a sophisticated map for understanding consciousness, the Divine, and your own path of awakening.

Rooted in the Hebrew Bible, the Kabbalah is a Western path of mysticism that explores the nature of consciousness, the unfolding of the Divine, and the symbolic language through which deeper truths reveal themselves. At its core, it invites us to become receptive to “receive” wisdom from higher levels of awareness and perceive reality through a more refined lens.

You’ll come away with a new perspective on your inner world, a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness that underlies all things, and an invitation to engage with ancient wisdom in a way that feels deeply relevant to your modern life.

Les is a senior academic and one of the world’s leading authorities on the interface between mysticism, psychology, and consciousness studies.

With more than five decades of experience studying the Kabbalah, over 35 years researching the science of consciousness, and 40 years of guiding groups through deep inner work, Les brings a rare combination of scholarly rigor and heartfelt spiritual wisdom.

We’re living in a time of upheaval. Many of the frameworks we once relied on religious, scientific, cultural feel incomplete or outdated. We long for something that speaks to both the mystery and the logic of our lives. The Kabbalah offers just that a tradition that doesn’t require blind faith, but invites experiential knowing.

You’ll begin the session by participating in a powerful breathwork practice called Breathing the Name of God. This gentle but profound exercise draws on a sacred Hebrew name to balance the inbreath and outbreath helping you attune to the relationship between the body, the soul, and the divine mystery.

In this free hour-long wisdom-packed event, you’ll:

  • Experience a powerful breathwork practice called Breathing the Name of God that uses a sacred Hebrew name to deepen your awareness, balance your breath, and connect your body, soul, and the divine mystery
  • Learn why Kabbalah is uniquely relevant in today’s quantum age and how it bridges the gap between science and mysticism without diluting either
  • Get a rare opportunity to learn from a teacher with five decades of Kabbalistic study and a deep academic and experiential understanding of consciousness
  • Discover foundational Kabbalistic teachings that offer a sophisticated framework for understanding different levels of consciousness and the meaning of God
  • Explore how ancient meditative and ritual practices from the Kabbalah align with modern transpersonal psychology and how they can support your journey toward higher states of being and a more meaningful life

In this event, you’ll begin to see how Kabbalah can illuminate the spiritual dimension of your life not by replacing your intellect, but by expanding it into new ways of being.

Whether you’ve stepped away from traditional religion or you’re simply craving something that feels authentic, grounded, and resonant with your roots, this session will offer a meaningful path forward.

You don’t have to choose between science and spirit. Between intellect and intuition. Between ancient and modern. There’s a place where they meet.

And it’s waiting for you.

When you attend, you’ll also be among the first to hear about Les’ new 7-week live video course where you’ll explore a contemporary, transpersonal approach to the Kabbalah and receive practices for accessing higher states of awareness through breath, imagination, and mystical insight.

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What People Are Saying About Les Lancaster, PhD...

“Les opened the door to understanding the wisdom and technique of Kabbalah.”
I was fortunate to have been taught by Professor Les Lancaster during the master’s program at Alef Trust. I took his course on Kabbalistic Psychology as I was curious about the Jewish wisdom tradition. Les opened the door to understanding the wisdom and technique of Kabbalah. It was an inspiring class. His depth of knowledge and vast experience brings a mastery to the learning environment. And yet, it infuses the learning process with simplicity that allows the student to feel secure and comfortable. It was indeed a privilege to be in that class, and I would definitely recommend learning with Les to anyone who would like to immerse themselves in the mystical tradition of Kabbalah and consciousness studies.
Manjusha Nair
India
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“I found [Les] approach to be both thorough and thoughtprovoking.”
I studied Les’ Kabbalistic Psychology course as part of my MSc and found it to be absolutely fascinating. Les is incredibly knowledgeable about the subjects he teaches, and I found his approach to be both thorough and thoughtprovoking. He was able to weave together the ancient principles of Kabbalah with modern psychological studies and theories in a way that made both things seem more rooted and accessible, without ever losing an ounce of the mystical! 
Ceryn Rowntree
UK
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“Les beautifully balances sharing technical instruction and intellectual knowledge...”
As a great teacher, Les beautifully balances sharing technical instruction and intellectual knowledge while making space for the emergent and experiential. However deep into topics we went as a group, I always felt that we were only just scratching the surface and that Les could help us to discover and integrate even more. Working with and learning from Les was an immense privilege.
Joel Lazarus
University researcher, UK
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About Les Lancaster, PhD

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Les Lancaster, PhD, is a founding director and Dean of the Alef Trust. He is also Professor Emeritus of Transpersonal Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK, and an Honorary Research Fellow in Religions and Theology, University of Manchester, UK.

He has previously served as Chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society, as President of the International Transpersonal Association, and as a Board member of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology.

Les’ research interests focus on the cognitive neuroscience of consciousness and the connections between this topic and mysticism, specifically focusing on Kabbalistic psychology. He has researched consciousness for more than 40 years and studied the Kabbalah and other schools of mysticism for over 50. His focus has been to formulate a neo-Kabbalistic approach that is informed not only by centuries of Kabbalistic texts but also through the insights of modern transpersonal psychology.

He is a prize-winning author, having written numerous journal articles and chapters in edited books. His own books include The Essence of Kabbalah... Approaches to Consciousness: The Marriage of Science and Mysticism... and the forthcoming Kabbalah in the Transpersonal Age: Psychology, Mysticism, and Soul.

Mystical Kabbalah & the Psychology of Consciousness
Les Lancaster, PhD
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