The Golem

I looked forward to reading the comics with references to the Golem the most out of all of the readings for this week. Last semester I took a class on Hindu rituals and previously I have studied various pagan and even Christian mysticism but this would be the first time I hoped to get a peek at one of the "magical" practices of the Jews.

I had heard and read a little about the golem before and had also seen them used in popular games such as D&D and Vampire: The Gathering, unfortunately I was slightly dissappointed to find that the level of explaination and description given to this popular jewish myth/holy practice was so very brief. In class we did look a little further at least. The link shown to using a holy writing to empower the protector was interesting. I had never heard of Jews refered to as people of the book etc before this class and while I have heard some amazing things about the depth and complexity of their holy scriptures have little first hand experience. Their word play in particular using Emet and met to empower and destroy the golem was fascinating.

Perhaps this should promt me to add more to my reading list. I have such a stack building up on my headboard already I am reluctant to add new volumes but did find myself about to hit the BUY NOW on E-bay a few days ago to a book entitled something like The Essential Koran for Jews... I am rather curious which points were deemed so misunderstood that it deserved its own text.