From sorcery to animal totems, buzzard feathers to hawk spirits, sacred circles to healing rituals, this book offers us a rare and generous encounter with a body of wisdom that has been long neglected and even longer misunderstood. Magic of the Ordinary reconfigures our understanding of Judaism as a spiritual path that is founded on a conscientious and sacred relationship with the magic of the physical universe. This book is an initial attempt to restore recognition of Judaism as a shamanic religion after centuries of ideological suppression forced upon it by intolerant host cultures and religious systems.<BR>Unknown to most, ancient Jewish tradition teaches prolifically about the Four Directions and the medicine attributes of animals, plants, and minerals. The earth is sacred and all beings, including the stars and planets, are imbued with divine consciousness. Magic of the Ordinary shows us how Judaism considers the Earth Mother as the keeper of all the gates to mystery and all the paths to spirituality.