"Practical Kabbalah". The use of the knowledge of the inner workings of creation and/or the names of G-d (kabbalah) to manipulate and modify the natural order of the world.
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How do Segulas Work?
How do segulas work? For example, according to the Zohar, one who reads the Ketores daily will get all sorts of berachos in his financial areas and will become wealthy.
Yet the amount of money one is ...
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Performing miracles with Hashem's Name
Moshe killed a mitzri by uttering a shem Hashem, name of Hashem, according to Rashi, Sh'mos 2:14.
Bilaam pronounced the 42 letter shem Hashem (known as the 'sod ha'affifah) and was able to fly.
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Is practical Kabbalah forbidden today?
Is it forbidden to practice "practical" kabbalah (kabbalah maasit) today? If so, why? If it is forbidden to practice is it also forbidden to study?
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Clairvoyant Powers
Recently met a certain Rabbi with clairvoyant powers.
He was able to look at my name and tell me all sorts of spooky stuff. For example, that I have two mezuzas with problems. (I hired a sofer to ...
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Why is practical kabbalah not considered kishuf?
To preface I know next to nothing about so called 'practical kabbalah'. But from the few things I have read about, things like face or palm reading, making a golem (essentially an android) or any ...
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How/Why do amulets work?
Assuming that kameot (Jewish amulets) do provide some real protection (not simply putting the mind of the wearer at ease) how/why do they work? Meaning, why would writing the various obscure names of ...
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Is הפעולה בשמות or “theurgy” similar to prayer in the Ramchal’s Derekh HaShem?
Ramchal in Derekh HaShem III 2 (7) speaks about using the names of G-d to achieve effects not achievable using physical agencies. He says,
א׳ הוא הזכרת שמו ית׳ כמי שקורא אותו שיענהו, וימשיך על ידי ...
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Is a “Golem” the same thing as a person created through Sefer Yetzirah?
Is a "Golem" the same thing as a person created through Sefer Yetzirah? Please be clear with your answer.
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How are sorcery or witchcraft viewed in Judaism and Jewish Mysticism?
How are sorcery or witchcraft viewed in Judaism? I have heard that it has something to do with Kabbalah. Please correct me if I am wrong. Also Solomon (may peace and blessings be upon him) is falsely ...
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Was there a GOLEM?
was there really a golem made in Prague that was alive and interacted with other people?
I heard that this story was nothing more than a made up tale in a children's book. Does anyone know the real ...
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What's the source for a Cheirem al pi Kabbalah?
The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe describes:
"'a real cheirem as prescribed by Kabbalah' requires the following: a
court of seventy-two rabbis fast for forty consecutive days (excluding
Shabbos ...
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How Kabbalistically accurate is the golem-making procedure described in “Niflaos Maharal”?
There's been plenty of discussion about the historic authenticity of "Niflaos Maharal", a book that appeared in the early 1900s describing how the Maharal made a Golem to defend the Jews against blood ...
