Lorne Mallin

In November, Lorne celebrates three years of leading monthly Evenings of Jewish Chant in Vancouver. He first encountered the joy and power of chant in 1973 in a mystical school called the Arica Institute. After experiencing a chant called "Ram in the Three Centres," he discovered the exquisite stillness that follows chanting. It has been his doorway to inner quiet and ecstasy ever since.

In 2004, Lorne entered a two-year training in chant leadership with Jewish chant master Rabbi Shefa Gold at Elat Chayyim retreat center in the northeast U.S. He has led chanting in Japan, Ukraine, the U.S. and Canada. Locally, that has included a guest spot at Give Peace a Chant during Hanukkah, Meditative Shabbats at Ahavat Olam Synagogue, "Chanting at the Gates" at Or Shalom Synagogue, the Songs for the Soul concert at St. Andrews-Wesley and the Six-Day Peace Chant — both during the World Peace Forum.

Lorne is the founder of the Vancouver InterSpiritual Chant Festival in 2006 and was an organizer of the second ChantFest in 2007.

He can be reached at 604-222-3379 or lorne.mallin@gmail.com
Mini-website: www.lornemallin.com