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Religion is a system on which people form and base their hopes and beliefs. It should be a system that brings people together, despite their chosen faith. Religion is also the foundation of a person’s reality, revealing their true nature. This Author feature: Michael Hattwick talks about his book, The ABBA Tradition.
The ABBA Tradition is a book that dared to touch on a topic that not so much literature would dare venture into, and that is a world where consciousness and reality meet through the coming together of the four worlds of the physical, psychological, transpersonal, and transcendent. The book highlights the significance of bridging barriers between different religions through thoroughly understanding and respecting each faith. It is also a vital source connecting Western religions’ and modern cultures’ spiritual and mystical traditions.
This author feature: Michael Hattwick, will discuss how the author successfully weaves through these realms, bringing them together to form this literary masterpiece. What would a person be without physical and spiritual aspects? How can a person live without either a soul or a spirit? What would a person’s purpose and meaning in life be if there’s no God?
Michael Hattwick did more than produce profound magic with his words. He revealed the reality that man is incomplete or nothing if man has not touched base with his soul and with God.
The Man Behind the Literature
In the language of the Christian Kabbalah, author Michael Hattwick plowed through and explored Judaism and Christianity, reconciling the Old and New Testaments, ancient religions, and modern-day science in this must-read literature.
Born in Illinois and raised in Texas, the author’s extensive experience led to the production of a book celebrated for its in-depth research and analysis. Educated at Harvard, Georgetown, and the University of London, Michael Hattwick has been a student and teacher of the theory of Western Spiritual Tradition for many years.
His learnings of the Western Spiritual faith led to the 2010 publication of The ABBA Tradition. This book spotlights the spiritual and mystical traditions within the realm of Judaism and Christianity.
At Harvard, Dr. Hattwick was a member of the David Reisman Freshman Seminars and majored in Chemistry and Physics. And for two years, he studied western civilization with Paul Tillich. In 1962, Dr. Hattwick was a member of a seminar taught by Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (aka later Ram Dass), and Ralph Metzner.
He went with Leary, Dass, and Metzner to a summer school in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, before traveling to Europe, where he met his future wife. By 1963, Dr. Hattwick returned to Harvard, continued his studies, and graduated Cum Laude. He then earned an MD from Baylor College of Medicine and continued his medical training at Georgetown University in DC General Hospital.
From 1970 to 1977, Dr. Hattwick was in the Public Health Service Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) program at the Centers for Disease Control. At the Center, he was put in charge of Viral Diseases, where he treated and published the first reported case of recovery from Rabies. In 1977, he ran the National Influenza Immunization Program (Swine Flu).
With his Harvard experiences, the author began to explore philosophically (Tillich) and mystical (Leary) traditions of Christianity. Teaching himself Greek to read and analyze the New Testament, Dr. Hattwick then moved on to Hebrew to apply it to his studies on the Old Testament after realizing that Jesus Christ works in the Hebrew language.
His interest in the Jewish spiritual and mystical traditions led the author to study the Kabbalah, leading the author to a fateful to meet up with Warren Kenton (Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi), a modern Kabbalist and one of the founding members of the Kabbalah Society. Kenton’s seminars and 12 books on Kabbalah introduced Dr. Hattwick to the Four World Traditions. Recognizing that Jesus taught Kabbalah, the author asked Halevi to speak more about Jesus. Halevi responded, “That is your job,” which became a turning point in the author’s life.
Thus, Dr. Hattwick’s published paper “The ABBA Tradition” in 1995 at the International Kabbalah Society meeting in Toledo, Spain. The article then became a book version and was published in 2010.
Since 1978, Dr. Hattwick has been a primary care physician board-certified in internal medicine and preventive medicine and a health care consultant in the Washington area. He currently lives in Virginia with his wife, Barbara. He has three children and two grandchildren.
The ABBA Tradition
The book is an excellent resource for Christians to develop an appreciation for the Jewish tradition that Jesus Christ lived through. Understanding the past leads to more excellent knowledge and respect for different religions that could initiate the healing of wounds and bridge the barriers between other religions.
Discover the wisdom behind worlds of physicality, psychality, spirituality, and divinity. Grab a copy of Michael Hattwick’s The ABBA Tradition on Amazon, or visit our author feature: Michael Hattwick at www.abbatradition.com.
