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Apractical guide to the famed medieval book of pre-kabbalistic Jewish magic, freshly interpreted and revealed for the first time with instructions on how to use the spells. The Sword of Moses is one of the earliest Jewish magic books, which describes a rite for adjuring angels to assist in controlling and wielding the ""Sword of Moses"" for magical purposes. The rite involves a short period of purification and then the adjuring of four sets of angels, each higher than the last. These angels in turn give the magician the power to control the Sword through a series of divine names that work as magical spells. The spells, 137 in all, have a wide variety of uses, including healing, harm, love, sex, exorcising demons, divination, and more. This work was first translated by Moses Gaster in 1896, but he removed many of the spells, making the text unusable for magic. The Magic of the Sword of Moses is the first book to show in detail, exactly how a magician can use the Sword-how to do the purification ritual, adjure the angels, and pronounce and use the divine names for each spell.

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Harold Roth has gone beyond the ancient text of the Sword of Moses and its assumptions and provided suggestions for how it can be adapted to modern situations. The result makes this interesting text come alive and practical for a wide audience. --Joseph Peterson, author of the Elucidation of Necromancy

What a fascinating book, a treasure trove of both history and spells. More than any purely scholarly or purely magical text, The Magic of the Sword of Moses brings ancient Jewish magic to life in all its uniqueness and power. --Rachel Pollack, author of Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom and A Walk Through the forest of Souls -- Reviews Harold Roth provides a coherent, digestible, and wonderfully entertaining guide to the Sword of Moses. The perfect tome for any Jewish magical practitioner or occultist, it is a treat to live in this exciting time when authors like Roth are making new sense out of such seminal grimoires and ancient magical texts. There are several things from this book that I have already adopted into my own study and practice. --Cooper Kaminsky, professional diviner and teacher of Jewish folk magic -- Reviews In The Magic of the Sword of Moses, Harold Roth presents a well-organized, insightful, and informative guide to an important first century Jewish manual of magic, a critical edition of which was recently produced by Joseph Peterson, who contributed the foreword here. This is an excellent addition to any modern grimoirist's bookshelf, outlining as it does the history, background and, above all, use of the Sword of Moses. This significant work enables us to understand the use of the Sword in the past, while encouraging and assisting active engagement with it by practitioners today. --Jake Stratton-Kent, author of The Encyclopedia Goetica -- Reviews The spells in this text are as relevant today as they were 1,500 years ago when they were written. . . . I have probably learned more about Jewish magic from The Magic of the Sword of Moses than from any other single book I have read in the past. Apart from the translation of the text itself, and the modern applications that Harold suggests, the context that is given is extensive and delicious. I particularly appreciate the passages detailing the thoughts of different rabbis on magic and the relationship between angels and humans. Ancient works of magic are sometimes difficult to use in the modern day without significant changes, but the Sword of Moses can be wielded by anyone willing to follow the instructions and put in the effort. --Jason Miller, author of Consorting with Spirits and Protection and Reversal Magick-- Reviews

I have probably learned more about Jewish magic from The Magic of the Sword of Moses than from any other single book I have read in the past. Apart from the translation of the text itself, and the modern applications that Harold suggests, the context that is given is extensive and delicious. I particularly appreciate the passages detailing the thoughts of different rabbis on magic and the relationship between angels and humans. Ancient works of magic are sometimes difficult to use in the modern day without significant changes, but the Sword of Moses can be wielded by anyone willing to follow the instructions and put in the effort. The spells in this text are as relevant today as they were 1,500 years ago when they were written. --Jason Miller, author of Consorting with Spirits Harold Roth has gone beyond the ancient text of the Sword of Moses and its assumptions and provided suggestions for how it can be adapted to modern situations. The result makes this interesting text come alive and practical for a wide audience. --Joseph Peterson, author of the Elucidation of Necromancy

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Harold Rothis among the foremost authorities on plants within the modern occult community. The author of The Witching Herbs, he teaches classes on botanical magic and witchcraft. Visit him at haroldroth.com.

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