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Elijah Falkon
16th Century
We lack information about the life of Elijah Falkon (possibly Falken, Folqen, or Folken), who wrote an account of an exorcism that took place in 1571 in Safed. The verity of the account was certified by witnesses, among them the kabbalist Solomon Alkabetz (1505–1584). In all likelihood, Falkon was one of Alkabetz’s contemporaries in the mystical circles of Safed.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Safed Exorcism
I was in the midst of a large group of people who were there, close to a hundred people, among them scholars and heads of communities. And two men, who knew adjurations and many things, approached the…