The Abomination of the Occult (part 1)

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September 04 2019
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The series of occult practices, including divination, necromancy and soothsaying, are presented in Devarim 18 as תועבות, abominations which were the root cause for the nations of Canaan, who practiced them, to be uprooted and allowed us to disinherit them. What are these practices, are they considered "idolatrous" and, if so, how? Why does the Torah prohibit them and how are we to view these practices - as reliable vehicles for controlling the environment that are banned from us - or as ruses and vanity? All of this is taken up in this 2-part series.

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