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Lessons in Derech Hashem – The Way of God – Divine Inspiration (Ruach HaKodesh) – Lesson 15 of Sec 3

Divine Inspiration: A special gift from God, given to any person who is deserving of it. In Hebrew, it is called Ruach HaKodesh and it refers to a unique ability to be aware of certain things that most people would not be aware of by themselves.

Lessons in Derech Hashem – The Way of God – The Purpose of Evil – Lesson 13 of Section 3

What exactly are black-magic and sorcery all about?! These are the other powers of the spiritual worlds that God has created.

Lessons in Derech Hashem – The Way of God – The Purpose of Evil – Lesson 12 of Section 3

We conclude the paragraph dealing with the use of God’s Names and making using of the Names of Angels to perform certain wonders.

Lessons in Derech Hashem – The Way of God – Using God’s Names (Part 3) – Lesson 11 of Section 3

Though there are means to making changes within the spiritual realms through the use of G-d’s Names and even interacting with angels, not everyone who uses the known methods will succeed. In addition, making use of the Names when not permitted is really forbidden and will ultimately cause problems at a later stage.

Derech Hashem – The Way of God – Using God’s Names (Part 3) – Lesson 10 of Section 3

The Ramchal teaches us that God wants us to connect with the spiritual worlds. We can do so by making use of His Names. The various Names produce a certain energy which draws down blessing into the world – and also allows us to connect with the spiritual worlds and spiritual beings literally. These are the concepts of Ruach HaKodesh (Divine Inspiration) and Nevuah (prophecy.)

Derech Hashem – The Way of God – Using God’s Names (Part 2) – Lesson 9 of Section 3

God created the world to function in a certain way. At the same time, He also wants us to interact with creation and with Him. He therefore gives us Names that we may use in order to bring Shefa (abundance and and a flow of blessing downwards) into this world and into ourselves. We use these Names when we pray using a Siddur and through doing so, the spiritual force behind these words (Names) causes changes to occur.

Derech Hashem – The Way of God – Lesson 6 (of Part 3) Making Use of Spiritual Beings

The Ramchal, in the second chapter of Part 3, discusses the issues of using Divine Names and Witchcraft. What are the spiritual and divine forces all about?

Derech Hashem Lesson 5 – The Reason for Day and Night

In our fifth lesson (of Part 3) of the Ramchal’s work Derech Hashem, we move deeper into the realm of the soul. The Ramchal brings us into understanding the mystery of G-d’s creating the day and the night. Night is not just a time for sleep. There is more that happens to the soul during this period. It is as much a part of our lives as the day. Whereas the day allows us to attend to our physical matters, the night allows us to explore the spiritual worlds.

Derech Hashem- The Way of God – Lesson 4 (of Part 3) – Deja Vu!

Our fourth lesson of the wonderful work of the Ramchal – Derech Hashem -concerns itself with deepening our understanding of the higher level Godly soul and how it is given the ability to interact in our lives. Though it is constantly attached to a higher source and though it may also seem like we don’t really feel it, there are moments in our lives when we get a glimpse that this soul is well, healthy and active in our lives. Just look – you’ll see it!

Derech Hashem – The Way of God – Lesson 3 – The Five Levels of the Soul

Our third lesson in this exciting work written by the Ramchal adds to our previous lessons discussing the animal and Godly souls in each of us. Now we delve deeper into understanding that in fact there are five levels to the soul known as the Nefesh, Ruach, Neshamah, Chayah and Yechidah. Through these different levels, the soul is able to interact in various ways in higher and lower ways with both the physical and spiritual worlds.