This kind of magic is not only as demanding in terms of Jewish knowledge and faith, but is also highly tuned to local dangers, customs, and resources.
Understanding these practices is important for the apprentice Jewish monster hunter. These practices sometimes get picked up and made cannon in the main rabbinic texts, but are often only available through family or communal traditions or the few decent folklore ethnographies out there. Jewish magic is also a wide range of segulah, amulets, and ritual practices passed down and innovated by the women of the community (and non-rabbi men of the community). Jewish magic isn’t just about about amulets or segulah (charms) written by the rabbis….who are highly trained, high status, and male (yeah…I went there)(1). But right now, I want to make an important point. There are a lot of practical tips that Jewish monster hunters need to know.
There’s a lot of amulet lore to work through and I’m going to come back to it over and over again.
Last time, I wrote about Jewish magic amulets.
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