#jewish divination

[thejewitches]

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[will-o-the-witch]

Isn’t tarot/divination forbidden in Judaism? Forgive me my ignorance, this comes from genuine curiosity

This is a very Jewish answer, but it depends!

To be sure, many Jews interpret the relevant texts as forbidding any sort of divination, but also many do not. Many Talmudic scholars read the texts as only forbidding certain types of divination. Which ones specifically are forbidden depends on who you ask, but most of them aren't really used anymore. Or it could be a restriction against the way it's used, such as idolatry or using divination as a substitute for exercising your own free will.

There's also a good bit of history relating to folk divination in Jewish practice, casting lots being my favorite example (I don't know how to do it the Jewish way but once I have the time, I'd really like to learn.)

It really just boils down to the way you practice Judaism and how you interpret the texts, I think. Jewitches has an excellent article that goes into more detail!

#judaism #divination #jewish #jewitch

[communistkenobi]

I’m curious if other communists have like a religious relationship to their political beliefs for lack of a better word? That’s not a good word to use but I don’t know how else to describe it. I’m solidly atheist but all of the feelings and emotions religious people talk about, revelation and spiritual connection to community and so on are all things I experience pretty regularly and I interpret those feelings as fundamentally communist. the way I take in and absorb information in particular feels revelatory in a religious sense. I’m pretty sure this is fairly common with MLs but I’m curious about it in general

#disabling rbs because I don’t want this to leave my blog #I’m using religious in a deliberately loaded way because I lack the language for alternatives #I joke frequently with my friend that communism is the religion of science but like I do unironically believe that lol #also not claiming marxism is ‘just another religion’ I do not think that’s true or useful to think of it in those terms #but if you take political theology seriously the belief in a socialist state is like the modern version of a desire for religious authority #anyway sorry extremely complicated things that I’m not remotely expanding on enough #I’ve just been thinking about it a lot recently #it’s like a totalising force in my life and shapes the way I interpret and understand the world and my relationship to it #I remember reading marx for the first time and in a very real sense I ‘converted’ to being a communist #I need to read more Benjamin because he goes into like jewish mythology and stuff in his work #but like him talking about the divine violence of the state made it click for me and is partly responsible for me making this post

[twoheartedangel]

This is really random but does anyone have any good, comprehensive resources/lists on angels and demons (other entities welcome as well!) that aren’t closed or appropriated? I know there are particular entities that only appear in particular closed religions, like Judaism, but the lists I’ve found are pretty short and just the most popularly appropriated ones. And a lot of popular demon knowledge in particular comes from Ars Goetia and other books that many view as problematic and/or appropriative, so finding works that don’t reference those kinds of things is rough. Are some of these okay to work with, as long as one does not use the information and methods described in these types of sources, or would they in and of themselves be off limits?

I don’t currently do any work with angels, demons, or similar entities at the moment, just my deities, but I am really into angelology and demonology and just general spiritual & religious stuff as a pagan/witch. But finding good resources in witchy communities that isn’t some type of appropriative is so painful cuz there’s just…. so much of it. 💀

(P.S. I hope it’s not a dick move to put some Jewish witch tags on here but since most of these issues do affect Judaism in particular like I mentioned, I thought a Jewitch perspective would probably be most helpful in my search!)

#theta rambles #angelology #demonology #demonaltry #witchblr #paganblr #angelolatry #angel work #demon work #witchcraft #infernal divine #Jewitch #jewish witch #saved for later

[snowandsage]

forever torn between lilith and selene

#witches #divination #witchlife #crystals #tarot #witches of tumblr #spells #sigil creator #baby witch #snowandsage #greek gods #greek mythology #jewish folklore #selene goddess #moon goddess #lilith

[existennialmemes]

God Gives His

Wackiest Battles

to his

Silliest Soldiers

but he can't stop us

soon our shenanigans will dethrone that fraud for good

#shitpost #shitposting #silly posting #anti christianity #when i say god i mean the hegemonic Christian one #the concept of which has been weaponized against me for too long #they can have it i do not describe my concept of Divinity with that word anymore #because now it represents a very unlikable character in my mind #the stern faces man saying Thou Shall Not #it's just not for me 🤷🏻‍♀️ #I'm still a jewish witch though so militant anti-theists this isn't for you

[whatlieswithintheorchard]

[Image ID:

A picture of white Hebrew and English lettering on a lavender wall, written by Hillel Smith, that reads

“A Jewish Blessing”

ברוך א��ה יי שעשני כרצונו

“Sheasani kirtzono”

“Blessed are you The Eternal, who made me as intended”

The artist also includes their Instagram handle, @/thehillelsmith.

End ID]

#mural #jewish #blessing #jumblr #mewish #lgbtq #jewish lgbtq #queer #trans #bi #lesbian #gay #ace #aro #there is a version of this that I prefer that replaces ‘kitzono’ with ‘betzelem Elohim #in the image of the divine

[7amaspayrollmanager]

Idc about the anti semitism accusation hurled at palestinians but like what does it say that anti semitism is mostly brought up in the west when it comes to palestine and ppl say palestinians are "generally antisemitic" ignoring the fact that many of us at a young age internalize that stereotype and do our best than most non Jewish ppl to educate ourselves on "what not to say" meanwhile Canada invited and clapped for a Ukrainian Nazi in its legislature. Like r u sure its palestinians making this world more unsafe for jewish ppl or is it the rise of Christian fascism in the west normalizing nazis for their stupid little proxy war against Russia

#anyway read mohammed el kurds newest article in mondoweiss #bc holding back rhetoric such as jewish supremacy really fails to allow us to articulate something factual that is occurring as a result #of israelis using their religion to justify an innate right to palestine #like the way we talk about it is important to identify what is happening and what needs to go but we dont say it bc some anti semite will #use our words #and regurgitate it to something harmful #but im sorry in 'israel' jewish supremacy exists and it needs to be pointed out for what it is #does that mean the way israelis r colonizing palestinian land and killing palestinians is innately jewish no its not #but its important to discuss why israeli settlers come down from their settlements to spay blue stars of david on palestinian #-buildings and cars etc #its important to point out that soldiers carved the star of david on a palestinians face #why? and then u get to understanding that its not a religious conflict but the israelis do use religion as a semantic weapon- #against palestinians for a reason #it works all the time #also bc many of them really do believe that they have the right to treat palestinians like biblical enemies #its why settlers on camera are caught saying that what theyre doing is racist and immoral but they have a right to it #whats the right? the idea of divine right #but that divine right is not given to them thats a zionist warping of judaism but it has becomes ingrained in jewish institutions everywhere #and that needs to be rectified

[raayllum]

4x05 / 4x09

#the one who ruined me; i did it myself #raydia #why it ends why it always ends #anyway i'll expand on this later #s4 #4x05 #4x09 #something something divine destiny obsession and quasi-christianity martyrdom winged messenger of aaravos #pit against themes of jewish endurance #arc 2 #can't believe i found a way to write meta about fucking sir sparklepuff in a serious manner i Hate it here #kneeling motif #me rummaging through tdp's quasi religious / christian symbolism any chance i get like a raccoon looking for a snack in a dumpster

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The Call of Avram

1 Now Hashem had said unto Avram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from the bais avicha, unto ha’aretz that I will show thee;

2 And I will make of thee a goy gadol (great nation), and I will bless thee, and make thy shem great; and thou shalt be a brocha (blessing);

3 And I will bless the one blessing you, and curse him that curses you; and kol mishpochot haadamah shall be blessed through you.[T.N. There is a brocha in this verse that many do not know but that every true follower of Moshiach should know.]

4 So Avram departed as Hashem had told him; and Lot went with him; and Avram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Charan.

5 And Avram took Sarai his isha, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had amassed, and the nefesh that they had gotten in Charan; and they went forth to go into the land of Kena’an; and they arrived in the land of Kena’an.

6 And Avram passed through the land unto the makom Shechem, unto Elon Moreh. And the Kena’ani was then in ha’aretz.

7 And Hashem appeared unto Avram, and said, Unto thy zera will I give ha’aretz hazot: and there built he a Mizbe’ach unto Hashem, Who appeared unto him.

8 And he removed from there unto the harah mikedem Beit-El, and pitched his tent, having Beit-El on the west, and Ai on the east; and there he built a Mizbe’ach unto Hashem,and called upon the Shem of Hashem.

9 And Avram journeyed, going on still toward the Negev. — Genesis 12:1-9 | Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB) Orthodox Jewish Bible Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011 by Artists for Israel International. Cross References: Genesis 4:26; Genesis 11:31; Genesis 13:5-6; Genesis 17:4; Genesis 18:18-19; Genesis 33:18; Deuteronomy 30:20; Deuteronomy 34:4; Numbers 13:17; Judges 7:1; Isaiah 30:6; Luke 24:27; Acts 7:3-4; Hebrews 6:15; Hebrews 11:8-9

#Abraham #called #God #divine promise #Genesis 12:1-9 #Book of Genesis #Old Testament #OJB #Orthodox Jewish Bible #Artists for Israel International

[thejewitches]

Olive oil divination -- one of many traditional methodologies of divination found within Judaism. 

Learn about Jewish Divination. 

#jewitches #jewitch #jewish magic #divination #jewish #judaism #jewish divination

[doyouknowthisjewishcharacter]

Do you know this Jewish character?

#jewish characters #jumblr #sam lloyd #the diviners #Sergei Lubovitch #other in media confirmation #it comes up a couple times. #one time he tries to introduce his catholic girlfriend to his aunt but the girlfriend pretends to be jewish #and the aunt says they should come for shabbos some time #and the girlfriend says “oh yes! I love to shabbos all the time :)” #sam lloyd my beloved

[infinitymythos]

Sefirot✨🌙👁️

By:

https://www.deviantart.com/animafelis/gallery

#fantasy #digital art #digital painting #digital arwork #sefirot #binah #kabbalah #kabbalistic #fantasy art #deviantart #divine feminine #jewish mysticism #aesthetic #great mother #star goddess

[shabosher]

Eve, the first woman throughout the Abrahamic faiths. Created from the first man, Adam’s, rib, Eve was created to be a companion for the lonely Adam. The two of them fell in love, with them enjoying the paradise of Eden. One day however a snake spoke to the two, it manipulated the innocent humans to defy God’s will and eat from the tree of knowledge. Because of this Eve and Adam were cast out of Eden. Despite the newfound darkness within their hearts the two stayed together, from their love birthed two children Cain and Able. Cain grew jealous of Able and in a cold fit of envy, murdered him. As punishment Cain was banished forever rejected from his family forced to forever wander without end, for his transgression God cursed Cain with a touch that would wither and kill anything he touched. Despite this tragedy Eve gave birth to many more children, most importantly Seth, the originator of the biblical blood line of kings.

Eve is one of the most important figures in all of the Abrahamic religions. She is given a significant amount of reverence in most denominations, though some cast her in a negative light placing the blame for the fall entirely on her despite there being little to no canonical basis for such radical blame. An idea first recounted in some Kabbalist beliefs was that Eve was Adam’s second wife, the first being Lilith who was cast out and turned into a demon. In Gnosticism she’s seen as the human embodiment of Barbelo, the primordial female principle emanated from the real God, similar to how Adam was said to be in God’s image. In Christian tradition, Eve was said to be the precursor to the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, to the point where Mary was said to be the second Eve. Eve is believed to be the Abrahamic version of the divine mother goddess, this is accentuated by her connection to the original Semitic mother Goddess Asherah, the both of them sharing many of their names and roles.

#art #character design #mythology #eve #culture hero #abrahamic religions #judaism #gnosticism #christianity #islam #mother goddess #garden of eden #eden #divine ancestor #gnostic #christian #jewish #muslim #first human #first woman

[aeshnalacrymosa]

Santa Teresia Benedicta a Cruce (Edith Stein)

Born and raised Jewish, Edith Stein converted to Catholicism following a period of spiritual dryness. She became a Discalced Carmelite nun, and she adopted the name Teresia Benedicta a Cruce. She was later killed in the gas chambers of Auschwitz for her Jewish heritage.

Iconography: yellow badge; flower crown given to newly cloistered Discalced Carmelite; her book Kreuzeswissenschaft: Studie über Johannes vom Kreuz (The Science of the Cross: A Study of Saint John of the Cross). I also used the image of the scratched gas chamber walls as the background.

#edith stein #Teresa Benedicta of the Cross #jewish convert #catholic convert #religious art #christian art #catholic saints #roman catholic art #catholic art #auschwitz #Holocaust death #carmelites #catholic church #roman catholic #catholique #Holocaust victim #divine feminine #aeshna's art #artstreet medibang #medibangpaint #medibang paint #medibang art #medibang #christian saint #saint #wwii #ww2 #world war 2 #world war ii #second world war

[brightgnosis]

The Rabbis of the Talmud refer to God��s actions as 'middot'- 'attributes' or 'character traits', [...] Maimonides explains that God Himself does not [actually] have any emotions [however], as God is infinite and not restricted to feelings. Rather [...] middot [is] used in reference to God’s actions and not His qualities [... and the term is ...] not to be taken literally [...]

Chassidic thought further expounds on this idea, explaining that God Himself is beyond emotions and not tied down to them [...] There is God in actuality, in His essence and glory. On the other hand, there is how God portrays Himself and relates to us in this finite world. When God appears to be angry or merciful it is because that is how we perceive His Godly light as it shines in this world.

From 'What Are the 13 Attributes of Mercy? Understanding the Yud Gimel Midot Harachamim'; Dovie Schochet via Chabad (My Ko-Fi Here)

#What Are the 13 Attributes of Mercy? Understanding the Yud Gimel Midot Harachamim #Dovie Schochet #Chabad #God / Divine Androgyne / Divine Hermaphrodite #Jewish Studies #Quote