Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi, Professor of Religion in Naropa’s World Wisdom Chair, Professor Emeritus of Religion at Temple University, was ordained by Lubavitch Yeshivah Brooklyn in 1947. He received his M.A. from Boston University in Pastoral Psychology and his D.H.L. from H.U.C. in Cincinnati. Rabbi Schachter is the author of Spiritual Intimacy (1991), Paradigm Shift (1993), Gate To The Heart, (1993) and other books. His extensive breadth of knowledge spans the worlds of Kabbalah and computers, bridging the disciplines of linguistics and metaphysics and the techniques of the psycho-physical and the intuitive. Founder of the Spiritual Eldering Seminars, he co-authored a pioneering book on the subject of Life’s Harvest; From Age-ing to Sage-ing for Time Warner. Reb Zalman as he affectionately called, has been at the forefront of pioneering Jewish spiritual renewal. Through prayer and meditation, counseling and mentoring, movement, song, storytelling and philosophical discourses, he shares the central teachings of Hasidism and Kabbalah in a manner which is, at once authentic, contemporary and compelling. The heart quality of his teaching leaves a profound effect on those fortunate enough to become his students.