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INTRO

Some books explore movement. Others explore psychology. The Ezekiel Code: A Vision of Living Bones explores the fascinating territory where inner life, embodiment, and learning meet.

Written by David Kaetz, a Feldenkrais practitioner and scholar of religion, this short but thought-provoking book examines a deep question: What connects the inner psychological world described by Carl Jung with the embodied learning described by Moshe Feldenkrais?

Through the lens of the biblical vision of Ezekiel’s valley of dry bones, Kaetz explores how images, symbols, and lived bodily experience reflect the same living processes of transformation. The result is a reflective and imaginative exploration of body, psyche, imagination, and self-organization.

For readers interested in Feldenkrais, Jungian psychology, somatic learning, or spirituality, The Ezekiel Code offers a unique perspective on how inner images and embodied awareness can illuminate each other.

About the Book

The Ezekiel Code grew out of a question that intrigued David Kaetz for many years:

What is the bridge between Carl Jung’s exploration of the psyche and Moshe Feldenkrais’s exploration of learning and self-organization?

Kaetz approaches this question through the powerful symbolic imagery found in the biblical prophet Ezekiel, particularly the famous vision of the valley of dry bones. In this vision, lifeless bones gradually come together, forming a living body.

For Kaetz, this imagery resonates with both psychological transformation and somatic learning. Just as bones reassemble into living form, human beings can reorganize themselves through awareness, learning, and imagination.

Drawing on ideas from Jung, Feldenkrais, and thinkers such as Henri Corbin and James Hillman, the book explores how images arise from a shared territory between body and psyche—what some call the imaginal world.

Rather than presenting rigid theories, Kaetz invites readers into a reflective exploration of how symbol, embodiment, and awareness participate in the same living process.

Key Ideas in the Book

The Bridge Between Jung and Feldenkrais

The book explores the relationship between Jung’s work on the inner life and Feldenkrais’s work on learning and self-organization, suggesting they describe complementary aspects of human transformation.

The Imaginal World

Drawing on the work of Henri Corbin and James Hillman, Kaetz introduces the idea that images arise from a realm where psyche and soma meet.

Symbol as Living Process

The imagery of Ezekiel’s vision is interpreted not merely as religious symbolism but as a living metaphor for human development and reorganization.

Body and Psyche as One System

The book suggests that inner psychological change and physical learning are expressions of the same underlying processes.

Transformation Through Awareness

Just as Feldenkrais emphasized learning through awareness, Kaetz suggests that images and symbolic experiences can also catalyze transformation.

Closing Reflection

The Ezekiel Code is a small but intriguing book that opens a doorway between psychology, spirituality, and somatic learning.

By exploring the imagery of Ezekiel alongside the ideas of Jung and Feldenkrais, David Kaetz invites readers to consider how the processes of body, imagination, and awareness may reflect the same living patterns of transformation.

For readers interested in the deeper philosophical and symbolic dimensions of the Feldenkrais Method, this book offers a unique and contemplative perspective.

Related Reading

About Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais
What is the Feldenkrais Method®
Research on the Feldenkrais Method®
Other books by Moshe Feldenkrais