Dark Light of the Soul

The late Gabrielle Roth was the source and force behind a worldwide community of many thousands of people who loved and practiced "The 5Rhythms ®," a path of spiritual healing rooted in the body and movement (see 5Rhythms.com). This book is a collection of personal stories from about 170 of those people from every corner of the globe, relating intimate and powerful, unforgettable and often life-changing moments they experienced engaging with Gabrielle. She was known far and wide for being outrageous, profound, hilarious, mysterious and impenetrable, as well as utterly transparent, vulnerable, and completely attentive, present and loving with each soul she encountered. Everyone she met, for a moment on the street, or for decades doing her work, felt, above all, seen, and connected as if to a very special, life-long friend.

Eliezer met Gabrielle in 1979 and became a collaborator and performer in the original Mirrors Theater & Dance Troupe, as well as a life-long friend, student, and teacher for the next 34 years. He is the author of the prize-winning novel, Minyan; a spiritual memoir, The 99th Monkey; Wild Heart Dancing; and two picture books for people with dementia: Blue Sky, White Clouds and L'Chaim! Eliezer also blogs for Psychology Today. www.eliezersobel.comAndrew Harvey, the author of THE HOPE, THE DIRECT PATH, TEACHINGS OF RUMI, among other spiritual classics is Founder and Director of The Institute for Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability.