SRS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Orthodox Judaism, Occultation, Satan

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 1110
• Professor: Shelley Rabinovitch

Document Summary

Stage entertainment (sleight of hand: stage magicians, faster than the eye, not what the course is about. Force that people believe is in the natural world that can be used and manipulated. There are ways to train and use it. Why can children see things: they do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e co(cid:374)trol. Occult k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge is hidde(cid:374) (cid:894)accide(cid:374)tally or purposeful(cid:895) fro(cid:373) people (cid:449)ho do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ho(cid:449) to use it. Occulted knowledge: cor nk (means an orthodox jew can eat it, example of occulted information. Withcraft is the art of being a witch. 5 different unrelated phenomenon that is called siberia tungus witchcraft: anthropology. Small tribes (not western european religions) with different religious and belief systems were considered witchcraft. Until after 1450s to late 1700s was when witch killing happened: religion. The practice pre christian religions out of europe are being revived and recreated. Might work with magick: feminist/ goddess worship. Part of denying the practice of men having the higher power.