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\nLugnePaul  \n# Magic of theOrdinary\n\nOther Books by Gersbon Winkler  \nThe Way of the Boundary Crosser:An Introduction to Jewish Flexidoxy  \nThe Place Where You Are Standing Is Holy:A Jewish Theology of Human Relationships  \nSacred Secrets:The Sanctity of Sex in Jewish Law and Lore  \nThey Called Her Rebbe:The Maiden of Ludomir  \nThe Golem of Prague  \nThe Soul of the Matter  \n# MagiC of theOrdinary\n\nRECOVERING THESHAMANICIn JUDAISM  \nGershon Winkler  \nFoREWORDS BYDAVID CARSON AND GABRIEL CoUSENS,M.D  \nNorth Atlantic BooksBerkeley,California  \nCopyright C2003 by Gershon Winkler.All rights reserved.No portion of this book,exceptfor brief review,may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any formor by any means—electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise—withoutthe written permission of the publisher.For information contact North Atlantic Books.  \nPublished by  \nNorth Atlantic BooksPO.Box 12327Berkeley,California 94712  \nCover and text design by Susan QuashaPrinted in Canada  \nMagic of the Ordinary is sponsored by the Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences,a nonprofit educational corporation whose goals are to develop an educational and cross-cultural perspective linking various scientific,social,and artistic fields;to nurture a holisticview of arts,sciences,humanities,and healing;and to publish and distribute literature onthe relationship of mind,body,and nature.  \nNorth Atlantic Books'publications are available through most bookstores.For furtherinformation.visit our website at www.northatlanticbooks.com or call 8oo-733-200o.  \nCover:Diagram found in the writings of the eleventh-century Kabbalist,Rabbi Avrahambn Daud,in his commentary on the ancient Sefer Yetsirab,or \"Book of Formation\"(SecondMishnah,)describing the ten spheres of the primeval Life Force of all plants,animals,stars,mountains,and spirits.Known as the ten \"R'ki'im,\"these spheres are in turn spiraled by theflame of\"Without What\"that dances at their center in the midst of the Chaotic Void andemanates all into existence.The flame of\"Without What\"is actually in the shape of theHebraic letter\"yod,\"which numerical value is ten,a number that in the Kabbalah connotesboth absolute unity and relative diversity.  \nISBN-13:978-1-55643-444-0  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nWinkler,Gershon,1949-  \nMagic of the ordinary:recovering the shamanic in Judaism/byGershon Winkler;forewords by David Carson and Gabriel Cousens.  \np.cm.  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index  \nISBN -55643-444-8(pbk.)  \n1.Spiritual life—Judaism.2.Shamanism.3.Magic,Jewish.4.  \nMysticism—Judaism.I.Title.  \nBM723.W542003  \n296.7't—dc21  \n2002153833  \nContents  \nFoREWORD,BACKWARD,WHICHEVERWAY VIIFoREWORD:INTO THE PAST IXAUTHOR's INTRODUCTION XVIl Jewish Shamanism??I2 Mystery of the Void153 The Wbel of the Four Winds424 Sorcery645 The Soul Knows:Shamanic Healing in the Judaic Tradition  I026 The Sanctity of Darkness and the Dangers of light 1477 Animal Powers and Attributes 1598 Mgic of the Ordinary:The Sacred WalkI90NoTES 207INDEX 231  \nTwo souls exist in the earth being,Wind Spirit and Breatbh Spirit.Wind Spirit journeys fromone end of the universe to the otherwbile a person dreams.Breath Spirit dwells deepwithin the chamber of chambers  \n(MIDRASH OLAM KATAN,No.4)  \nForeword,Backward,Whicheverway  \nBY DAVID CARSON,CHOCTAW PIPE CARRIER  \nAn Ode to Gershon:Yes,I know they speak harshly of you.You only laugh as a hawk might laugh.In circles.As a snake might uncoil them.  \nTio god ehonwnhue S  ieloetake long walks down in the rock-walled canyons of New Mexico,outon the mesas,climbing over perilous precipices.I've taken these insanewalks with him,my heart pounding,out of breath.He's a goat.I swear.Sometimes I think he is going to leap over the treetops.Exuberance.How can he go on,I wonder.All the while he celebrates 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