What is Hebrew Shamanism?
Hebrew Shamanism is a living expression of the Hebrew Wisdom tradition.
In the earliest Hebrew cultures, this wisdom lived through direct experience: through dreams, ritual, prophecy, song, and an intimate relationship with the sacred. While the word shamanism did not exist, the practices and ways of knowing did—woven quietly through the stories, mystical teachings, and earth-based traditions of the ancient Hebrews and the indigenous cultures of the ancient Near East.
Over time, these shamanic threads continued through the Kabbalists and into the lives of modern Jewish people, descendants of the tribe of Judah, carrying forward a lineage of embodied spiritual knowledge rooted in the land, the body, and the soul.
Shamanism, at its heart, is a toolkit for personal and collective evolution, passed from teacher to student, ancestor to descendant, and through direct relationship with spirit. Hebrew Shamanism has emerged through a living, collaborative relationship with exalted ancestral teachers such as Miriam the Prophet and King Solomon, who serve as guides and mentors within this wisdom stream.
This work unfolds in co-creative partnership with the Divine, experienced as Shekhinah - the indwelling, feminine presence of divinity - alongside the ancestral shamanic teachers of the Hebrew lineage.
Our role is to support you in establishing a direct, lived relationship with this wisdom—to listen, receive, and engage with these teachings in a way that is embodied, practical, and alive. Through this connection, each person cultivates their own access to shamanic power, ancestral guidance, and the deep intelligence carried within the Hebrew Wisdom tradition.
Seekers from all religious and spiritual backgrounds (including no religious or spiritual background), of every gender, are welcome here, and can find a home within these teachings, connecting with ancestral wisdom in a way that resonates deeply with their own path.
Meet Your Guides
Miriam Katz is a Shamanic Healer who taps into the power of creation using ritual, divination and communion with spirit to help people release emotional, physical, energetic and spiritual blocks to joy and fulfillment.
Miriam is an initiated Altomesayok, carrying the lineage of Andean Q'ero shamans. She completed four years of apprenticeship in shamanism with Tracey Forest. She regularly pursues ongoing shamanic studies with close-knit shamanic circles and with leading shamanic teachers. Miriam was certified as a Professional Coach in 2009 through iPEC, the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching. She is a certified Usui and Kundalini Reiki Master who has practiced energy healing professionally since 2003.
A member of the Society of Shamanic Practice, she received her BA in Psychology and Jewish Studies from Clark University, and an MBA in Nonprofit Management from Boston University. Miriam is co-author of The Other Baby Book: A Natural Approach to Baby's First Year and is currently writing a book about the Goddess in Judaism
Learn more about Miriam and explore healing offerings at miriamjkatz.com
Rabbi Aaron Philmus has served as both a spiritual leader and educator for many years. He currently serves as the Rabbi of Temple Israel in Manchester, NH. In addition to teaching at several Jewish High Schools, he served for eight years as the spiritual leader of Temple Torat Yisrael, a Jewish congregation in Rhode Island. Rabbi Aaron is co-chair of the Rabbinical Council of Hazon: the Jewish Lab for Sustainability. He received ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Prior to that, he studied Natural and Cultural Ecology at UMASS Amherst and studied Aboriginal cultures in Australia.
In his former life Aaron was a Wildlife Ecologist and Jewish Nature Educator. He has undertaken several vision quests including one in Israel. Rabbi Aaron continues to learn Torah from the earth, but now he also learns Torah from books and people too. He lives with his wife and children, and recently retired his herd of goats, flock of chickens and ducks. Rabbi Aaron loves going for wanders in the woods, leading songs and chants with his guitar, and exploring Jewish values and spirituality through food, agriculture, and nature connection.