history & documentation
This article by Benjamin Adamah proposes the Kabbalistic concept of Hafradáh—a condition of metaphysical and psychosocial separation—to describe a long civilizational trajectory in which the human relationship with nature, embodiment, and immanence becomes progressively...
Introduction Among the most enigmatic and enduring ideas in Jewish religious thought is the tradition of the Lamed Waw Tzadikim (ל״ו צדיקים), literally “the thirty-six righteous ones.” According to this belief, the world is...
Do two manuscripts the German church tried to erase challenge the official story of Jesus? A new translation of these texts—suppressed by church authorities and even police—raises the question. What if Jesus’ life unfolded...
Jewish magic is a type of magic that derives from Jewish religious and cultural traditions. It utilizes traditional Jewish texts, such as the Bible and Talmud, as well as Hebrew language, symbols, and imagery....
In kabbalah, it is believed that we are composed of different soul levels, each corresponding to a different aspect of the divine. Eight main components (condensation levels or subjectivities of the all-encompassing divine consciousness)...
Jewish culture is rather cramped, when it comes to human sexuality. In ancient times the Egyptians, Babylonians and, of course, especially the Greeks, were a lot more liberated in this context. It is therefore...
In Ashkenazic Jewish folklore a Dybbuk (Yiddish: דָּבַק, dāḇaq) is an evil spirit which enters into a living person, cleaves to his soul, causes mental illness, talks through his mouth, and represents a separate...
Pulsa deNura, Pulsa diNura or Pulsa Denoura (Aramaic: פולסי דנורא “The Lashes of Fire”) is a purportedly Kabbalistic ceremony in which the destroying angels are invoked to block heavenly forgiveness of the subject’s sins,...
