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"Practical Kabbalah" and the Jewish Tradition of Magic

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"Practical Kabbalah" and the Jewish Tradition of Magic

[Article]

Yuval Harari

Leiden

Brill

This article deals with the Jewish tradition of magic and its relationship with Kabbalah. It begins by clarifying internal and external views of magic in Judaism, the place of "Kabbalah" and "kabbalists" in the traditional Jewish discourse of ritual power, and the role of "practical Kabbalah" in Israel's market of New Age spiritual therapies. The focus is on the mutual relationships between the conceptual and performative foundations of Jewish magic practice and Kabbalah, as well as on Kabbalah's actual influence on the Jewish tradition of magic. This article deals with the Jewish tradition of magic and its relationship with Kabbalah. It begins by clarifying internal and external views of magic in Judaism, the place of "Kabbalah" and "kabbalists" in the traditional Jewish discourse of ritual power, and the role of "practical Kabbalah" in Israel's market of New Age spiritual therapies. The focus is on the mutual relationships between the conceptual and performative foundations of Jewish magic practice and Kabbalah, as well as on Kabbalah's actual influence on the Jewish tradition of magic.

2019

38-82

Aries

19/1

1570-0593

holy names

Jewish magic

Kabbalah of names

practical Kabbalah

Yuval Harari

10.1163/15700593-01901003

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[Article]

275578

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