Or HaShem (4:5) Do amulets and spells have any influence on human activities?: There were in fact some wise men of our nations who took took an extreme position on this and held that the one who believes in them is a mistaken and gullible person. Nevertheless, we can not deny our senses and what was stated openly by the Sages in many places in the Talmud that attest to the validity of amulets and spells. , However we need to clarify this question and the appearance of the negation of this claim., and it is how the intended action will reach the action in amulets or spells, which is the question of how amulets and spells might work to influence human activities since they are clearly outside the natural reality? And this has already been explained in what is beyond nature, and that whatever brings out the potential in something into reality, can only produce that which exists in them. Therefore, amulets and spells do not act to do what is expected in them since they don’t possesss the necessary abilities. And thus they can not independently to produce the desired effects. We have already said that G-d also does not directly cause the activity. Thus the desired consequences which are attributed exclusively to the amulets and spells in fact requires G-d’s involvement. While at first thought this seems very disgusting and degrading especially sometimes what is desired is good and sometimes it is bad and harmful that G-d should assent to the evil in addition this seems to contradict free will of man. Thus it would seem that neither man or G-d is the actual agent in their influence. So what is the source of the power of amulets and spells? One possibility is that there is not a single explanation that applies equally to all amulets and spells. In other words perhaps some work by the power of the mazzel while others work because of G-d. Thus the amulets and spells serve merely as intermediaries. Thus some work through widom and fear of sin and are actualy holy activities and correct thought like prayer or Divine worship which we have established actually work. In other words some amulets and spells help establish proper thought. Others work primarily through mazzel and thus serve as tools to direct the power of mazzel down to our lowly world. While the philosophers claim they are useless and mere false fantasies unable to accomplish anything except by accident and chance. In fact we see that the Sun causes heat in the world while the Moon cools it off. How is this possible? It must be that the Sun somehow influences the natural heat and the Moon influences the natural coolness. Thus heavenly bodies clearly influence Nature
Rabbeinu Bachya (Devarim 18:11) “practicing divinations;” It is important to appreciate in the context of this whole subject matter that when G-d created the universe out of “nothing,” He made the celestial beings into leaders of the terrestrial creatures who were below them. He established a kind of hierarchy in which “lower” creatures were subjected to input by “higher” creatures. Eventually, at some point, even these higher creatures become subject to direct input by totally abstract beings, angels, which have been assigned certain tasks by G-d. These angels, when they represent the nations on earth, for instance, may be perceived as the “soul” of their terrestrial protegees. This system is permanent for the duration of the terrestrial universe and the commander-in chief of these angels who represent these nations is the Lord Himself. However, G’d allowed these “protective” angels of the nations to “reverse direction,” on occasion in order to head off certain dangers threatening their protegees as a result of planetary, horoscopic forces.
