Workshops
Kabbalah: Fate, Destiny & Free Will
An evening talk at the Isbourne Centre, Cheltenham.
Thursday 25th September 2025 at 6pm. Price: £10.
Fate is what happens when we do not use our free will. Destiny is what happens when we do
No matter what is happening in our country, our family or our profession, we can step away from the wheel of fate and up into the realm of the soul—and help others to do the same.
Kabbalah (Hebrew for ‘received wisdom’ will show you how.
This evening talk with Rev. Maggy Whitehouse will demonstrate how to move skilfully between the first and second halves of life. We will use the Kabbalistic Tree of Life to understand the nature of our false self (ego) which is fully-formed by the age of seven, and our true self which is the gateway to our soul and the Soul of the World. Only from the true self can we access the free will required to update our beliefs and our practices in order to live a peaceful and happy life.
‘Kabbalah is rooted in the Perennial Tradition that teaches that all that is true, is true always and everywhere.
‘This is an oral tradition, intended to be updated by each generation’s teachers. As a woman and a Universal Christian rather than a Jewish man, Maggy is a much-needed 21st century pioneer of this important work’ — Fr. Richard Rohr.
Booking here:https://www.isbourne.org/events/Kabbalah-fate-destiny-free-will.
“Maggy Whitehouse brings clear eyes, deep thought and a loving heart to the mysterious process of unlocking wisdom from its ancient vaults. Let her entertain you, embolden you and awaken you to the power of your own essential nature”— Prof. Peter Bolland, Southwestern College, San Diego.
Kabbalah: Sex, Gender & The Rise of Fascism
Or How ‘Othering’ is the root cause of the power of the Right and humanity’s suffering.
An online course for October 2025
Do sex and gender issues form part of fascism? Hell, yes… Patriarchy is gender hierarchy and power imbalance. It thrives on ‘othering’ anyone who does not conform to its beliefs and requires control over those others in order to feel superior.
We can see this clearly in the current regime in the USA; it is inherent within the Taliban and in most world religions. It is time to dig down to the roots of hatred and learn how to heal them.
Fascism fears the feminine in both men and women and must control it to make it subservient. Ironically, Patriarchy teaches women (and other ‘others’) that the only valid system is theirs which makes them strive for the only power available instead of nurturing their own inherent powerful identity.
We’ll be exploring the history of Patriarchy primarily through religion and looking at how faulty knowledge of biology and our need to fence off land contributed to denigrating 50% of the World’s essential knowledge.
If you are thinking, ‘Interesting but Kabbalah is wrong/weird/uncomfortable/too mystical, that very thought is why you may need this course.
If you are thinking, stop blaming men; women are witches, you definitely need this course.
If you’re not sure of the difference between male, female, masculine, feminine, sex and gender and how that possibly relates to rejecting refugees, this would be a very suitable course for you.
If you are thinking, how can I bring myself into balance and help heal the hatred and pain out there? then the World needsyou on this course.
Session 1: Where God Went Wrong
(a nod to Douglas Adams)
Thursday 2nd October 2025. 8pm UK time online.
We’ve had four distinct eras of creation myths from Parthenogenesis to Patriarchy and there has long been a belief that the feminine is dark, chaotic, out of control and dangerous. All of these are true. But without those attributes we swim in too much light, too much reliance on the System, too much control and it’s clear that these are just as dangerous.
There must be balance. Today we look at creation myths and the deeper knowledge within the Hebrew Testament about the nature of male and female both at God-level, planetary level and human level so we can understand how and why things, so often, go wrong.
Session 2: The Dark Feminine
Thursday 9th October 2025. 8pm UK time online.
Today we look into the strengths and the dangers within the feminine (within both sexes); examine exactly how Patriarchal societies poison and corrupt the female and how the damaged female poisons and corrupts the male in turn.
Until we understand what the feminine is and why it is so necessary it is all too easy to reject it. The feminine is hard work; it includes darkness, discipline, grief and letting go so it is no wonder we prefer to comfort ourselves with screens, food and gossip rather than seeking the balance which will bring a genuine health. Toxic femininity means we keep our daughters in the same trap as we were taught; this cycle is the first one that both men and women have to transform in order to heal the World.
Session 3: Ego and The Soul of the World
Thursday 16th October 2025. 8pm UK time online.
What it is, what it does and how it’s a great servant and a terrible master. Kabbalah teaches the importance of understanding that our ego is who we think we are and our Self is who we truly are, Only our Self has access to our Soul.
We’ll examine how our egos are trained by the age of seven to have powerful societal beliefs about what is right and wrong. Our views about men and women and male and female roles are programmed in by our family, school and tribe and ego hates change. There is only one thing more dangerous than a toxic ego, and that is a toxic group ego.
It takes discipline and free will to update harmful or out-of-date beliefs.
So what were you trained in which is now unhelpful? We look at the prejudices we don’t even know we carry, how to question the ego’s power and grant ourselves access the Soul of the World.
Session 4: Race, Colour and Tribe
Thursday 23rd October 2025. 8pm UK time online.
Once we understand ego we can learn to understand the group ego’s power of projection and desire for war. Today we look at healthy and unhealthy boundaries and how it is self-hatred and weakness that project onto ‘the other’ and can only temporarily be assuaged before a new enemy emerges.
There is a view that agriculture meant the end of equality—once there is a fence, there is ‘mine and yours’ and a need to protect what is fenced in and reject what is fenced out.
When we make tribal decisions based on those projections, we become destroyers each other and our planet rather than blessings.
Session 5: Living the Honourable Life.
Thursday 30th October 2025. 8pm UK time online.
This session is a summing up of what we have learnt, questions and resolutions and a guide to techniques and practices which help us become a loving and powerful spiritual warrior. A spiritual warrior is not a soldier sent into battle to fight for someone else’s cause, they are a soul standing in the power of Now, using a perfect balance of masculine and feminine energies for each moment. They are the still eye at the centre of the storm which offers refuge and transformation for anyone who cares to step into Light
The Course is weekly on Thursday evenings at 8pm UK time. It will take place on Zoom.
Start date: Thursday 2nd October; end date Thursday 30th October 2025.
Cost: By donation. Requested donation £250.
I understand that this is a lot of money for many people and as I believe this course is important work for the current era, no one will be turned away whatever you can donate.
However, please give what you can both to support this teaching and those who need the course but do not currently have the resources to pay the full requested price. (If for one moment you are thinking ‘why should I support others?’ then please understand that that belief is grounded in the heart of the Patriarchal system and is exactly the reason why a course like this is so very needed).
Course leader: Rev Maggy Whitehouse. Maggy is an independent sacramental ‘edge priest’ who has studied and taught Kabbalah (Judaeo-Christian mysticism) for more than 30 years. She is the author of 21 books on faith and mysticism, a former BBC World Service journalist, a cancer survivor, a sacred geomancer, has been happily married for more than 20 years and is fairly sure this is her first time down as a woman…
Kabbalah: Sex, Gender & The Rise of Fascism
Or How ‘Othering’ is the root cause of the power of the Right and humanity’s suffering.
An online course for October 2025
Do sex and gender issues form part of fascism? Hell, yes… Patriarchy is gender hierarchy and power imbalance. It thrives on ‘othering’ anyone who does not conform to its beliefs and requires control over those others in order to feel superior.
We can see this clearly in the current regime in the USA; it is inherent within the Taliban and in most world religions. It is time to dig down to the roots of hatred and learn how to heal them.
Fascism fears the feminine in both men and women and must control it to make it subservient. Ironically, Patriarchy teaches women (and other ‘others’) that the only valid system is theirs which makes them strive for the only power available instead of nurturing their own inherent powerful identity.
We’ll be exploring the history of Patriarchy primarily through religion and looking at how faulty knowledge of biology and our need to fence off land contributed to denigrating 50% of the World’s essential knowledge.
If you are thinking, ‘Interesting but Kabbalah is wrong/weird/uncomfortable/too mystical, that very thought is why you may need this course.
If you are thinking, stop blaming men; women are witches, you definitely need this course.
If you’re not sure of the difference between male, female, masculine, feminine, sex and gender and how that possibly relates to rejecting refugees, this would be a very suitable course for you.
If you are thinking, how can I bring myself into balance and help heal the hatred and pain out there? then the World needsyou on this course.
Session 1: Where God Went Wrong
(a nod to Douglas Adams)
Thursday 2nd October 2025. 8pm UK time online.
We’ve had four distinct eras of creation myths from Parthenogenesis to Patriarchy and there has long been a belief that the feminine is dark, chaotic, out of control and dangerous. All of these are true. But without those attributes we swim in too much light, too much reliance on the System, too much control and it’s clear that these are just as dangerous.
There must be balance. Today we look at creation myths and the deeper knowledge within the Hebrew Testament about the nature of male and female both at God-level, planetary level and human level so we can understand how and why things, so often, go wrong.
Session 2: The Dark Feminine
Thursday 9th October 2025. 8pm UK time online.
Today we look into the strengths and the dangers within the feminine (within both sexes); examine exactly how Patriarchal societies poison and corrupt the female and how the damaged female poisons and corrupts the male in turn.
Until we understand what the feminine is and why it is so necessary it is all too easy to reject it. The feminine is hard work; it includes darkness, discipline, grief and letting go so it is no wonder we prefer to comfort ourselves with screens, food and gossip rather than seeking the balance which will bring a genuine health. Toxic femininity means we keep our daughters in the same trap as we were taught; this cycle is the first one that both men and women have to transform in order to heal the World.
Session 3: Ego and The Soul of the World
Thursday 16th October 2025. 8pm UK time online.
What it is, what it does and how it’s a great servant and a terrible master. Kabbalah teaches the importance of understanding that our ego is who we think we are and our Self is who we truly are, Only our Self has access to our Soul.
We’ll examine how our egos are trained by the age of seven to have powerful societal beliefs about what is right and wrong. Our views about men and women and male and female roles are programmed in by our family, school and tribe and ego hates change. There is only one thing more dangerous than a toxic ego, and that is a toxic group ego.
It takes discipline and free will to update harmful or out-of-date beliefs.
So what were you trained in which is now unhelpful? We look at the prejudices we don’t even know we carry, how to question the ego’s power and grant ourselves access the Soul of the World.
Session 4: Race, Colour and Tribe
Thursday 23rd October 2025. 8pm UK time online.
Once we understand ego we can learn to understand the group ego’s power of projection and desire for war. Today we look at healthy and unhealthy boundaries and how it is self-hatred and weakness that project onto ‘the other’ and can only temporarily be assuaged before a new enemy emerges.
There is a view that agriculture meant the end of equality—once there is a fence, there is ‘mine and yours’ and a need to protect what is fenced in and reject what is fenced out.
When we make tribal decisions based on those projections, we become destroyers each other and our planet rather than blessings.
Session 5: Living the Honourable Life.
Thursday 29th October 2025. 8pm UK time online.
This session is a summing up of what we have learnt, questions and resolutions and a guide to techniques and practices which help us become a loving and powerful spiritual warrior. A spiritual warrior is not a soldier sent into battle to fight for someone else’s cause, they are a soul standing in the power of Now, using a perfect balance of masculine and feminine energies for each moment. They are the still eye at the centre of the storm which offers refuge and transformation for anyone who cares to step into Light
The Course is weekly on Thursday evenings at 8pm UK time. It will take place on Zoom.
Start date: Thursday 2nd October; end date Thursday 29th October 2025.
Cost: By donation. Requested donation £250.
I understand that this is a lot of money for many people and as I believe this course is important work for the current era, no one will be turned away whatever you can donate.
However, please give what you can both to support this teaching and those who need the course but do not currently have the resources to pay the full requested price. (If for one moment you are thinking ‘why should I support others?’ then please understand that that belief is grounded in the heart of the Patriarchal system and is exactly the reason why a course like this is so very needed).
Course leader: Rev Maggy Whitehouse. Maggy is an independent sacramental ‘edge priest’ who has studied and taught Kabbalah (Judaeo-Christian mysticism) for more than 30 years. She is the author of 21 books on faith and mysticism, a former BBC World Service journalist, a cancer survivor, a sacred geomancer, has been happily married for more than 20 years and is fairly sure this is her first time down as a woman…