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We also find mention of many types of “good magic” in the Talmudic sources, such as blessings, amulets etc. How do we distinguish between the two types of spiritual forces?

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We also find mention of many types of “good magic” in the Talmudic sources, such as blessings, amulets etc. How do we distinguish between the two types of spiritual forces?

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The perspective most widely used is that of the Nachmanides, the great 12th century thinker. We will try to adapt and explain his perspective. Although God was the sole creator of the universe, He created an autonomous system of “nature” that serves as an intermediate layer between God and man. The system of nature is self-contained and has its laws and its causes and effects. Being that one can use this system without immediate recourse to God, it allows for a sort of atheism. It is easy to think that the system runs on its own, independent from God. Gravity, inertia, electro-magnetism etc. all work whether the person is a sinner or a saint. A person who buys into the phenomena of nature, without bothering to ask himself about their cause, nor being sensitive to God’s manipulation of natural events, is misled by the system into disbelief in God. Between God and this world of nature lies another bridge, which we shall call the “occult” or the quasi-spiritual. It has the ability to chan

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