Increasingly, we are learning to appreciate the diverse range of animal communications and behaviors. While the communicative mechanisms may be somewhat different from our own, there is such a strong human-animal relationship that Jewish mystical thought produces an entire psychology out of the overlapping modes of experience. What is our inner animal nature, and how is it expressed?

This lecture was delivered at the 13th annual National Jewish Retreat. For more information and to register for the next retreat, visit: Jretreat.com.