[Judaic] "The Spirit of God hovers over the waters (Gen. 1:2)." From this passage Jewish esoteric tradition derives the belief that water is a key component in invoking and encountering divine power and in other paranormal experiences. Water is the force of chaos and order only emerges as God drives back and delimits the watery abyss. Separating the waters into heavenly and earthly zones then permits the cosmos to appear. With the appearance of dry land, God traps the primordial waters under the earth and seals them in place with the Foundation Stone on Zion. According to the Talmud, all the water of the universe is divided between the female tellurian waters and the male celestial waters. Their joining together fructifies the earth (P. Ber. 14a). There is a similar gender distinction made between rain and dew. The kings of Israel can only be anointed standing over water. Studying Torah by a stream ensures that one's memorization will "flow like a river. (Horayot 12a)." According to Eccl...
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