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As understood by Jewish Kabbalists, the tradition of theurgic Practical [[Kabbalah]] is censored and forgotten in contemporary times because without the requisite purity and holy motive, it would degenerate into impure and forbidden [[ritual magic|magic]]. Consequently, it has formed a minor tradition in Jewish mystical history. | As understood by Jewish Kabbalists, the tradition of theurgic Practical [[Kabbalah]] is censored and forgotten in contemporary times because without the requisite purity and holy motive, it would degenerate into impure and forbidden [[ritual magic|magic]]. Consequently, it has formed a minor tradition in Jewish mystical history. | ||
===In the Bible=== | |||
Though [[Judaism|Jewish]] Law prescribed the death penalty to practitioners of [[necromancy]] (Leviticus 20:27), this warning was not always heeded. One of the foremost examples is when King Saul had the [[Witch of Endor]] invoke the spirit of Samuel, a judge and [[prophet]], from Sheol using a ritual conjuring pit (1 Samuel 28:3–25). However, the witch was shocked at the presence of the real spirit of Samuel for it says, "when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice." | |||
Samuel questioned his reawakening asking, "Why hast thou disquieted me?" Saul did not receive a death penalty (his being the highest authority in the land) but he did receive it from [[Yahweh|God]] himself as prophesied by Samuel during that conjuration – within a day he died in battle along with his son Jonathan. | |||
[[Category: Religions]] | [[Category: Religions]] | ||
[[Category:Kabbalah]] | [[Category:Kabbalah]] | ||