WATCH: CAEF presents A Universe Made for Two: Genesis Through the Lens of Chinese Cosmology and Medicine
- CAEF
- 3 days ago
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CAEF presents A Universe Made for Two: Genesis Through the Lens of Chinese Cosmology and Traditional Chinese Medicine
A cross-cultural exploration of Genesis as a relational, dynamic act of creation, viewed through the complementary wisdom of Jewish tradition and ancient Chinese cosmology.
Jack Daniel is best known for his breadth of knowledge and extensive experience in multiple traditions of Oriental Medicine, which he has seamlessly united through over thirty-eight years of clinical experience.
Drawing from his book A Universe Made for Two (Mosaica Press), this talk invites cross-cultural exploration of Genesis as a relational, dynamic act of creation, viewed through the complementary wisdom of Jewish tradition and ancient Chinese cosmology, with a particular focus on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
While the book ranges widely across physics, philosophy, and theology, this session will highlight a more specific and evocative frame: how the Genesis creation narrative resonates with the Chinese understanding of yin and yang, qi, balance, and the generative cycles of nature. Rather than static creation ex nihilo, both traditions describe a universe brought into being through polarity, differentiation, rhythm, and relationship.
Jack Daniel, M.Ac.(UK), L.Ac., Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM), has a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from The University of Connecticut (1970), and Licentiate, Bachelors and Masters degrees from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture, UK, (1972-1979).
Miriam Pineles, DACM, LAc, MSTOM, is the Moderator for this discussion. She is a doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, working in private practice 16 years in New York. She also teaches a regular class on the 5 elements to help mothers better understand and nurture their children.
Key themes in the conversation include:
Creation as a process of balance and harmonization, not merely a single event
Parallels between biblical separations (light/dark, heaven/earth, male/female) and yin–yang dynamics
How TCM’s view of health as balance and flow mirrors Genesis’s moral and cosmic order
What these convergences suggest about human responsibility, embodiment, and ethical living
This program is designed for an intellectually curious audience interested in Torah, science, and cross-cultural wisdom. The goal is not synthesis or conversion, but deepened appreciation: seeing familiar sacred texts anew by placing them in conversation with another ancient, sophisticated worldview that also understands the universe as purposeful, relational, and alive.
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