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Jewish Magic and Superstition, by Joshua Trachtenberg, [1939], at sacred-texts.com


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER

 

 

 

Preface

p. ix

 

 

 

I.

THE LEGEND OF JEWISH SORCERY

1

 

 

 

II.

THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LEGEND

11

 

Jewish Magic • The Magician • Forbidden And Permitted • "It Is Best To Be Heedful"

 

 

 

 

III.

THE POWERS OF EVIL

25

 

The Middle World • Terminology • The Genesis Of Demons • Attributes And Functions • "Jewish" Demons • "Foreign" Demons

 

 

 

 

IV.

MAN AND THE DEMONS

44

 

Attack • Crises • Spirit Possession • Incubus And Succubus • The Evil Eye • Words And Curses

 

 

 

 

V.

THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD

61

 

 

 

VI.

THE POWERS OF GOOD

69

 

Deputy Angels • Attributes And Functions

 

 

 

 

VII.

"IN THE NAME OF. . . "

78

 

The Potency Of The Name • Abracadabra • The Golem • The Evolution Of Name-Magic • The Names Of God • Angel Names • Borrowed Names

 

 

 

 

VIII.

THE BIBLE IN MAGIC

104

 

The Word Of God • The Use Of The Word

 

 

 

 

IX.

THE MAGICAL PROCEDURE

114

 

Incantations • Numbers • The Magic Act • Sympathetic Magic

 

 

 

 

X.

AMULETS

132

 

Material Objects • Gems • Written Amulets  Preparation Of Amulets • Tefellin And Mezuzot 

 


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