Three Charms for Killing Adolf Hitler

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Abstract

This article deals with mystical-magical activities carried out in Jerusalem by kabbalists and rabbis during the years of the Third Reich as part of their struggle against the Nazi threat. It focuses on a page written for Eliyahu Mizrahi Dehuki, a relatively unknown Jerusalem expert in practical Kabbalah, containing three magic recipes for killing Adolf Hitler. The article opens with a discussion of the tradition of practical Kabbalah and the role of aggressive magic within it. It then proceeds to describe the two-pronged (defensive and aggressive) struggle that Jerusalem kabbalists and rabbis conducted against the Nazi foe during ww2. The discussion then turns to Eliyahu Mizrahi and to the page that was sent to him. The concluding section meticulously examines these magic recipes and the ritual acts they offer in the context of other insider sources, attesting to the nature and the symbolic language of Jewish aggressive magic.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)171-214
Number of pages44
JournalAries
Volume17
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2017

Keywords

  • Eliyahu Mizrahi Dehuki
  • Jerusalem kabbalists
  • Jewish magic
  • harmful magic
  • magic recipes
  • practical Kabbalah
  • ritual violence
  • ww2

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • History
  • Religious studies
  • Philosophy

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