Rabbi Miles Krassen, PhD, is a teacher, author, and scholar in the fields of comparative mysticism and the World's Wisdom Traditions, and musician. He completed his doctorate in Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and received rabbinic ordination from the P'nai Or Fellowship. Currently located in Albuquerque, NM, he serves as Rabbi of Planetary Judaism, an organization for disseminating progressive mystical Jewish teachings based on the spiritual insights of early Hasidism and Kabbalah. Krassen has taught at Smith College and at Oberlin, where he served as Associate Professor of Religion and Director of Jewish Studies, as well as at Naropa University.