Abstract
This article deals with mystical-magical activities carried out in Jerusalem by kabbalists and rabbis during the years of the Third Reich as part of their struggle against the Nazi threat. It focuses on a page written for Eliyahu Mizrahi Dehuki, a relatively unknown Jerusalem expert in practical Kabbalah, containing three magic recipes for killing Adolf Hitler. The article opens with a discussion of the tradition of practical Kabbalah and the role of aggressive magic within it. It then proceeds to describe the two-pronged (defensive and aggressive) struggle that Jerusalem kabbalists and rabbis conducted against the Nazi foe during ww2. The discussion then turns to Eliyahu Mizrahi and to the page that was sent to him. The concluding section meticulously examines these magic recipes and the ritual acts they offer in the context of other insider sources, attesting to the nature and the symbolic language of Jewish aggressive magic.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 171-214 |
Number of pages | 44 |
Journal | Aries |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 Copyright 2017 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Keywords
- Eliyahu Mizrahi Dehuki
- harmful magic
- Jerusalem kabbalists
- Jewish magic
- magic recipes
- practical Kabbalah
- ritual violence
- ww2