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Sha‘ar ruaḥ ha-kodesh (The Gate of the Holy Spirit)
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A yihud [magical-theurgic “unification”] that my teacher, of blessed memory, taught me to remove an evil spirit: [For] sometimes the soul of an evil person is yet unable to get into Gehinnom because…

Contributor:

Ḥayim Vital

Places:

Safed, Ottoman Empire (Safed, Israel)

Date:

16th Century

Subjects:

Mysticism, Angels, demons & deities, Health, Death, Sin

Categories:

Magic & Mysticism, Mystical Texts, Magical Texts, Firsthand Accounts
Sins and Destruction
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The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of Hezekiah, during the reign of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah. I will sweep everything away From the…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Punishment, Jerusalem, Leadership, Sin, Priest/priesthood

Categories:

Literature, Prophetic Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
Prologue to Job
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There was a man in the land of Uz named Job. That man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. Seven sons and three daughters were born to him; his possessions were seven…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Angels, demons & deities, Sin, Piety, Mourning, Monotheism

Categories:

Literature, Wisdom Literature