Baal Shem Tov

"Even as fell upon the angels in the presence of Adam when he uttered greater sounds than his status ion the creation justified, sounds caused by the one who invisibly had deposited in Adam seeds of celestial substance so that Adam expressed himself freeely, so also among the generations of men of our world, the works of men become objects of fear to their own makers, as in the instances of of statues, images and everything which hands fashions in the name of a "god". For Adam, being fashioned in the name of "man", inpired angelic fear of the pre-existent man because pre-existent man was in Adam. They, the angels, were terrified and quickly concealed or ruined their work."

Valentinus: first great rock critic? Discuss

I'm currently reading abook called "The Complete Guide To Devils And Demons" and find it fascinating that Judaism stole so many deities from everyone else.

Jewish wizards?

yeh, like sammy davis jr.

You get to make gollums and stuff font yeah? Olde Skool XXXtian mysticism is kewl too! The Xman himself as magician.

Golems are cool! Rabbi Loew was, like, a dude.

The Mystical Goys and their Bagel of Wonder

There is a neat book called The Bee Season that touches on Jewish Mysticism in its story. Its a good read. Also, those Hasidic Jews in the movie Pi were just the coolest.