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To remove a demon [sheyd] from the body of a man or woman, or anything into which a male or female demon has entered
Take an empty flask and a white waxen candle, and recite this adjuration in…
Contributor:
Joseph Tirshom
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1550
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Kabbalists prayed using the basic Jewish prayers, but added certain elements according to their own tradition. The prayers are often presented with kavanot (special devotional forms, meanings, and…
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Unknown
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1734
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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
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One who uses the Ineffable Name in this world will have a great punishment, and the reason for this is that he mentions holy letters in impurity, and combines that which is holy with that which is…
Contributor:
Moses Cordovero
Places:
Safed, Ottoman Empire
(Safed, Israel)
Date:
1549