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Baal Shem
A ''Baal Shem'' (Hebrew: בַּעַל שֵׁם, pl. ''Baalei Shem'') was a historical Jewish practitioner of Practical Kabbalah and miracle worker. Employing various methods, ''Baalei Shem'' are claimed to heal, enact miracles, perform exorcisms,''Studies in East European Jewish Mysticism and Hasidism'', Joseph Weiss, Littman Library: chapter 1 "Some Notes on the Social Background of Early Hasidism", chapter 2 "A Circle of Pneumatics in Pre-Hasidism" treat various health issues, curb epidemics, protect people from disaster due to fire, robbery or the evil eye, foresee the future, decipher dreams, and bless those who sought his powers. In Judaism, similar figures arbitrated between earthly realities and spiritual realms since before the establishment of Talmudic Judaism in the 3rd century. However, it was only in the 16th century that the figures were called ''Baalei Shem''. Herbal folk remedies, amulets, contemporary medical cures as well as magical and mystical solutions were us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baal Shem Of London
Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (; 1708 – 17 April 1782), also known as the Baal Shem of London and Doctor Falckon, was a rabbi, ''Baal Shem'', kabbalist and alchemist. Biography Falk was born in either Fürth (district), Furth in Bavaria or Pidhaytsi in Podolia. After the rabbi narrowly escaped being burnt at the stake by the authorities in Westphalia who had charged him with Magic (paranormal), sorcery, the German Count Alexander Leopold Anton von Rantzau secretly gave him refuge in Holzminden. During this stay there in 1736, Falk made impressive kabbalistic performances in Rantzau's castle, witnessed by noblemen and the Count's son Georg Ludwig Albrecht. The latter's memoirs contain a detailed account of these mystical demonstrations. Sometime after 1736, Falk arrived in London. He lived at 35 Prescott Street, London, United Kingdom and at Wellclose Square, London until his death. He was a neighbour of Emanuel Swedenborg and there is some evidence that he had a significant influence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
