Kabbalah - Reboot Golem Interview - The History and Philosophical Importance of the Golem Legend
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Hey, sorry, I know this is totally unrelated to the actual content of the video, but could you please tell me what the little device in the intro (0:04 - 0:08 ) is called? I've tried to google it; is it a "water-clock"? A drip clock? Please, I'm too curious. It's such a potent visual metaphor for certain philosophical ideas; dialectics, Chinese goblet words, etc.
The Golem might not be a physical creation but a spirit.
Is there a connection between God speaking the world into existence and the Golem not being able to speak. You called it able-ist in the video, but I'd be interested in that thread, if your willing to follow it.
You were great in the interview. Absolutely fascinating.
@@lotoreo I wondered the same thing about the water clock device!
loved "the welcome wagon might throw you out of a window." Was waiting for the laugh from the interviewers... Sad that didn't come. Does no one teach defenestration anymore? :)
Same. They left him hanging there.
Obscure humor is always a gamble in that way.
Your point about the Golem being born out of trauma and that the Golem is probably afraid of itself reminds me of a quote about Kaiju by Ishiro Honda:
"Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy. They do not attack people because they want to, but because of their size and strength, mankind has no other choice but to defend himself. After several stories such as this, people end up having a kind of affection for the monsters. They end up caring about them."
I love this perspective! Thanks for sharing the Honda quote.
Reminds me of one rendition of the Frankenstein Story where the Creature was slowly willing to integrate into society; but was driven mad that his Creator rejected him and refused to help him. Most of what he learned was from a blind old Farmer he helped out with field work during the day while the old Farmer taught him how to speak few languages, writing, and reading. (Farmer was blind from age degeneration so could teach how to write and read from memory). The only thing that stopped it was when the old Farmer's Son In-Law came for a visit was disturbed by the Creature's abnormal appearance. (The Farmer assumed the Creature was merely an especially tall muscular man). The Son In-Law decided to drive the Creature away; afterwards the Creature accidentally found his Creator's Younger Brother and accidentally killed him in an argument about why the Creator abandoned the Creature. Afterwards people kept accusing the Creatures for random murders.
I love the core of empathy that ties so much of your work together (and the smattering of nerdy historical jokes). I particularly like these more high level, accessible conversations, and would love to hear you talk more about your thoughts about the relationship humans have with magic and technology 💙
One thing I have been thinking lately that seems a bit counter intuitive is that when looking at the world through the lens of magic, my impression is that the cost of that control or understanding is front and center to the person involved. Whereas I think in modern times, we have a tendency to overlook the costs of our technology. Things appear on our doorsteps and disappear in our trashcans, without too much thought from us (until maybe the pandemic or supply chain issues). In a way, one of these seems to be much closer to the disparaging interpretation of "magical thinking" than the other
Just a thought. Keep up the great work and have a nice day!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Your comment reminds me of an article written in Psychology Today called 'The Hunger for the Marvelous'. It made the observation that, as science and technology advance and our understanding of how the universe works increases, there has been a sort of backlash where interest in the occult and esoteric studies increases in response to that. This argues that there may be a fundamental need in humanity for things that aren't or can't be explained in terms of hard scientific logic. That there is a need for the world to be a place for awe and magic.
“Be careful of what you create because what you create can uncreate you.” I like that
“It will certainly do until the magic gets here” 🤣🤣🤣 Classic Dr.Sledge!
I loved this.... I love golem stories and any occult or mystical literature on the golem.
Back in the 90s when I was in college I wrote a report on the golem. I remember I talked about the humonculus, frankinstein, and how shelley used the golem story as part of her story. I also added modern golem stories from movies. Like terminator, terminator 2, and data from ST TNG and bladerunner. Then saying that data, robots and androids are just future looking golems.
Did you happen to catch Mark Solms book "The Hidden Spring"? Chapter 16 is all about him planning to create an artificial, non-living consciousness. It was a very odd tangent to end the book on.
After reading some literary criticism of Marge Piercy's He, She, and It, I'm about to dive into this early '90s feminist SF classic that includes the golem/"made man" theme. You might enjoy it.
I’m pretty sure you aced that paper!
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Never as happy about a RUclips notification as from one from Esoterica. Thank you Dr. Sledge 💚 Golem is a gateway drug to occultism. A positive in my book.
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Pinocchio was a golem, no? He had a rough time but turned out ok.
@@OGV5 I couldn't remember the whole story but yes, something like that.
I guess the original 1880s version had the fox and cat hang Pinocchio from a tree. He died. Never made it to real boy status.
That wasn't very happily ever after. Disney needed a new script.
@@gmw3083 technically if he wasn’t really alive he couldn’t really have died
Probably died of meth
@@chuth2768 Yeah. I didn't describe that properly. The puppet was executed by hanging. According to Wikipedia. That's as far as I've delved into it. Would require some degree of autonomy it seems. Maybe it was a drug deal gone bad rather than too much meth. Too much crack? Too big of a crack. This is an endless rabbit hole already. I'm not diving in.
Ya but he had no strings to hold him down
Dr. Sledge, I absolutely love your channel. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and wisdom. When you talked about the Trinity test, I recall Oppenheimer's quotation from the Bhagavad Gita "I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds" on realizing the destructive force he'd helped create. Also Einstein's trepidation about sharing his famous equation E=mc^2 that proved that the atom bomb was possible with the US military scientists. It's the universal question of how we should use the knowledge we acquire that goes on even today.
I find it ironic that Oppenheimer misquoted the Gita. If I'm correctly informed, that should have been translated "I am become Time, Destroyer of Worlds"
🎧 Podcasts? 🎧 Does this creator have a podcast on Google or can anybody recommend any good Podcasts along this or any other interesting genres? I'm very open and broad minded. Many thanks 🙏😉
My kids who play Minecraft want to know about the golem too lol
Thanks dr sledge, you’re the baddest contributor on RUclips. Best channel ever❤️
Agreed!!!
For the kiddos, there's a fun golem on The Adventures of Puss in Boots TV series on Netflix. (Not the movie; it's pretty meh.) The TV series does some great trope subversions and its four-season arc has a surprisingly deep story when it comes to unifying "good" and "bad" forces.
The golem of prague story has some pretty interesting lessons embedded in it. Better than frankenstein. It gets in to creation myths and what life force and consciousness is made of,the power of writtenand spoken words, power vs goodness, and the dangers of naming your golem Emet. Lol
Dr.Sledges take is most illuminating. It fleshes out plenty stuff i didn't know about.
So , my understanding of a golem is not always a supernatural being , but also refers to any human , animal or device that is programmed for a specific purpose , regardless of wether or not the motivations of the programmer are based on causing or preventing trauma .
Most breeds of dogs could be considered golems as most breeds were carefully bred to serve specific purposes .
Israel’s “ Iron Dome defense system “ could also be seen as a golem .
Excellent. Thank you.
(You're A Wizard) ...beyond wise... thanks for the lessons!
I saw a performance of this movie at an arthouse cinema years ago. It had a live piano and theremin accompaniment. The eerie theremin performance made it unforgettable, and I still occasionally think about it.
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A wonderful video - many thanks. Perhaps the golem story has such appeal because it reminds us of our own descent into a physical body. Clumsy, obedient up to a point, potentially destructive - that sounds like the human body itself, viewed from various spiritual traditions.
X Files golem was my introduction to this legend. And what a sad story it is.
The "Prague golem" does not have soul...
I mean, when I was there, in Prague, I felt nothing of the real mysticism I empathically feel when in a place. The holocaust "soul" is strong there though, so make sure you visit the cemetery there. Also, the Spanish synagogue is breathtaking.
Much love to you all ❤
It's interesting that both the Golem and the word 'robot' come from Czechia
Another master at making Golems was the Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer. It's too bad that he didn't make a film about the Legend itself. When it comes to a creature that goes out of control, I suggest you watch his "Little Otik", it is a gem. So well done and funny.
I keep thinking... AI- is a sort of Golem? Golems are brought to life with a sort of code, so to speak, as are AI written in code. Just a thought.
As you are discussing the concept of the Golem, Dr. Sledge, I can’t help but think of the Sumerian tale of Enki and his sister making servants from the clay, in terms of their imperfections. It’s fascinating how our stories intertwine.. regardless of the timeline. Move the cursor forward in time to the MetaVerse being proffered by Mark Z., and the same certainly holds true to form. I prefer the natural to the artificial.. despite the flaws.
Thanks for sharing your considerable knowledge with us, sir.
Blessings.
Dr. Sledge, trust me. You are one righteous dude!
I am addicted to your channel! Thank you for your work. bless you Dr. Sledge.
Definitely check out the Jacob Geller Golem video if you can!!
Any "human", made outside the natural connection between a man & a woman is a golem, what type? it depends on the method( artificial fertilization...)
I LOVE THESE INTERVIEWS!
P.S. Ever seen the classic film "The Keep"?
Very relevant :)
The Keep is an incredible movie! I went hiking on some of the locations where it was filmed in Wales.
Wasn't Mary Shelly's 'Frankenstein' influenced by the Golem tale?
Government is the golem we suffer democide under which our ancestors built
"Who's the monster? It's not the bomb it's not the Golem, it's us" Well said 👏👏
I like the take Stan Lem took when writing his "Golem XIV" s-f story, where scientists create giant electron mind, which is so intelligent it no longer can communicate with simple creature like people, but also becomes immensely depressed and introverted.
It's actually a very new take on the notion of "powerful creature", one which does not deprive it of it's own individuality.
The most perplexing thing about the original golem story is precisely that for some reason, despite the tradition You mentioned, that golem suppose to be a "artificial person", somehow, in the stories, it does not exhibit the actual personhood, will of it's own, let alone intelligence. You would expect a creature created by magic to excel in all those areas, rather then just be a giant brute force.
I think Stan Lem tried in his way to return the original, if not positive, then at least ambiguous and properly anthropomorphic notion of this artificial individuality.
After all we also have such stories, as f.ex. "Iron Giant", which try to return somehow the benevolence to the story of such creations, and maybe give hope that indeed some of them may come about with the help of God, rather then just from human anxieties and passions.
Ultimately maybe our anxiety about our creations is really the anxiety about the level of our own humanity, piety, personhood, reflected in them. The lesser of humans we are as designers and creators, the more our creations reveal a monstrous side to them.
For me the golem story has to be ultimately a centuries old call to excellence in study and art rather then overall discouragement.
I've been studying how the myth of the Golem informed and inspired Mary and Percy Shelley to write FRANKENSTEIN. Fascinating interview!
Moving and profound.
Your brilliance really shone through as you fielded their questions. You need to be an advisor on the next film!
Great interview. Wish you would/could come to Fountain St Church in Grand Rapids, MI to talk about your ideas.
Robert Shrewsbury 5/10/2022
What is a Golem, And, do or did the Nephilim create them?
A Golem is a human-like, intelligent creature that has been metaphysically/scientifically formed from a previously lifeless substance such as dirt/clay or earth. It is brought to life by a series of procedures, one way was by ritual incantations and sequences of the Hebrew letters. The Golem, then brought into being by a human creator, became a helper, companion, or a rescuer/guardian, depending on the selected use. One account was of a giant-sized protector, made to protect an imperiled Jewish community. This use of Golem’s was also the case with the Egyptians and they made Golem’s for labor work, physicians and soldier/guards for protection. There are indications that the advanced civilization levels of India and elsewhere did the same.
Both the Egyptians and Hebrews practiced “Magic”, a use of Metaphysical-Science (mystified and not well understood today). During the times of Moses and Noah, magic use was rampant and displayed continuously, as is written in the Bible and the Egyptian Priests records at that time. The use of Golem’s might be to control people, harm people, mess with weather, send diseases or destroy crops and finances, if out of line from basic civil values. (Arab Moon Magic often deals with forms of harming others and directly deals with Golem creations of a sort.)
In general, the image of the Golem was usually held in secret, because the Material-Figurine/Golem was used like a Voodoo Doll, for control of the Golem spirit-form. The intent was so the Golem Spirit would not get out of control and become insubordinate and disobedient, or even be stolen, used or harmed by someone else. After their creation, they began to develop will and individuality. In the case of Rabbi Loew’s (between 1512 and 1526) Golem, he inscribed YHVH on the forehead of his Golem and so when he was done with this Golem’s use, he removed the Deity name of YHVH from the Golem's forehead and the life essence departed. A time period (life-span) of how long the Golem would live was also programmed-in during their creation. The stone statues of earlier civilizations were likely Golem’s and their time of function may or may not be expired.
According to the Zohar (Rabbinical comment on the Torah for 2,000 years) we Humans were made of the same Omani-Powerful Forces of the Hebrew Letters, which were Omni-Present, Omni-Potent Gods in a Counsel of 23 beings and the name of the Head-God was never revealed in their books. This is the Elohim Council! “Adam was made from the dust of the Earth.” The great knowledge that the Hebrews and Egyptians had, originally came from the Nephilim. In the America’s, genetic half-brothers, Algonquin/Wabanaki people, at one time made Golem’s. They would designate a special person that took care of them. In one historical instance, called “The Keeper of the Doll”.
For going on 100 years, we have been developing a mechanical form of Golem’s, computers. They are “made from the dust of the Earth”, have people’s thoughts programmed in (whether ignorant, sociopathic or otherwise), and will be developing will. The largest allocation of computer time is towards warfare, spying and addictions of various sorts. Androids and Artificial Intelligence is already partly here and may climb to the “state of the art” in time.
As I see it, an increase in science and technology does not work to civilize man/womankind, but it does give them far greater weapons to abuse one another, exponentially. Our greatest developments should be in benevolence, fairness and civility and so we are behind! According to ancient and Biblical history, the populaces of Earth have had several major corrections initiated on them, when behaviors and choices drifted so far off as to be inimical to all life. Are we all ready to experience another massive Cosmic Correction??
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Cordially, Robert
You mentioned the X Files episode,cool. Out of all the people/shows I've ever heard or read about a Golem,you're the first one I can recall ever mentioning that episode. That's good because someone that's never heard of the 100 year old movie that I've never watched myself (but was aware of) might could relate more to that.
It's a pretty good x files episode, called "Kiddush" I believe.
@@DJW1981 Yeah it was something like that, one of my favorite supernatural based episodes.
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Blessed is the lord of spirits
watched 1920 version Der Golem, absolutely fantastic. upon learning that Ashkenazi is in my line, after 40 years of Scandinavian study, a whole new amazing course of study has been opened to me, love this site.
Doctor Sledge, you sir are a significant soul, that amazingly has been blessed with as much heart as you have been burdened with intelligence 😅😇 I commend you and applaud the very informative interview. God Bless.
This is the greatest thing I've ever seen 😍 the history! the analysis! and the absolute creepiness of it all! Kind of want to make a golem, but the higher powers be like, "no". Super fascinating and legit creepy!
I've read Leiwick's play "The Golem" (orig. „Der Geulem“), and in that it seems that Joseph (the titular golem) has some existential issues like how Maharal calls him a human, but then treats him like only a tool. The issue in that play imo is that Maharal refuses to realise the Golem is an entity with free will, and does what he wants to.
The freedom to say no is the most precious of freedoms. It stems not from the material wants and desires that coerce one to exert freedom. It is beautiful and perhaps the primary reason that our linguistic capabilities evolved and diversified. Which language doesn't have the word No? The language of the transgressors I believe. It also makes total sense when when you say the Kalmah " no God but god" or La Illaha. Freedom from man made superstitions in magical and ideological aspirations, starts by saying NO. Yes keeps perpetuating the same fictions that have been around since forever in one form or the other.
this was beautiful and extremely insightful. i really liked the philosophical and metaphorical insight on the story of the golem and its different meanings. thank you very much.
Thank you
You said golem only appears in psalm 39. Isn't it in bereshit bera, when "the earth is formless and void"?
Makes me think of AI.
I've definitely heard and read a version of the Golem story as a kid, but an artificial animal? That's new.
Maybe a little more visceral. Maybe it was a spiritual foil to deflect the inevitable sin that would be required by an existential event. The lawful judgement fell on the creature who then did absorb it and return to the uncreated earth.
I think we should all pray to the Lord to be more golem for sake of all mankind . Respect and support for one and other will bring this world together.
Reminds me of human cloning
Never took up an interest in what they are until my son and nephew have been talking about it from Minecraft. It makes me think of the terra Cora soldiers too, and that maybe they were an early attempt
Amazing analogy at the end. Thank you.
I just 'chanced upon' this discussion and subscribed. I appreciate the clear, analytical discussion of what the Vedic philosophy that I have been trying to familiarise myself with for some years describes as " the divine and demoniac natures".
Is this channel run by the rabbi talking about the Golem legend? So will my subscription bring up more talks by him discussing topics of ancient Jewish tradition and teachings? Or is this channel run by the two people starting of the discussion with questions? In that case, is this a channel that informs people about various ancient philosophical traditions?
I am interested in hearing more about the parallels between the different traditions. I am trying to avoid the plethora of the 'voodoo voodoo yikes yikes ' screaming madness videos that the internet is awash with. They don't realise that they actually conjure up those elements by treating the topic in that way. We need education like this to raise our consciousness and get stronger together through knowledge.
Would you be able to reveal the names of the speakers/
Thank you.
There was an episode on the X-Files about the Golem. "Kaddish". I wonder how accurate it was.
very important episode and i love how serious it gets toward the end half. truly poignant and urgent and deep. thank you so much.
excellent!!! remember the movie Pumpkinhead.
Nice. That got pretty heavy.
If politicians were sane, I'd want them to hear what you say at about 30:00.
Another great video...very interesting....is it possible you could one day do a breakdown of Giordano Bruno and his philosophy on the shadows of ideas?....love the channel...one of my favourites....keep up the good work.
I LOVE this channel. I have been on the Kabbalist path for about 10 years. The way you present this demystifies Mysticism. 😂 i love your perspective. This is an important study and i hope people really pay attention because you break it down and make it obtainable for people meant to hear it.
I never expected such an ancient story to have such relevance to today.
This was truly a joy to listen to! And I'll definitely have to look into this show!!!
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watching one of your videos not 3 hours ago in my head i was hoping you would do another golem video. this is great
The Golem and the Jinni is one of my All time favorite books, and there is an Excellent documentary here on RUclips about said Topic. I have always loved this, I study the Kabbalah since the first time I picked up Modern Magick, And Trancidental Magic after that buy Levi which is my All time favorite occult books as well as Agrippa and The Magus by F.B and since I leaned The clay Magick man, I have loved the story, I really wonder if it's real. But it sounded too stupid I think dirt and poop is involved.
Unbelievably brilliant
You make me smile and think every time
Thank you
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What a powerful lesson. Very appropriate for today.
While listening to what you were saying about the Golem’s lack of choice, I had the thought that, in comparing the capabilities of a mortal magician to the capabilities of the Creator, perhaps the most profound mystery of creation is how to imbue a creature with free will.
The comparison with the bomb was on point.
This was a very interesting subject. I found it very intriguing. I never miss a vid Dr. I know this is a little off topic but, If you have time could you share your thoughts on who and what Asbeel is, I'm curious of your thoughts.
Thank you Dr!!
thats why the cretors are veiled, its a horror story
One of the most intriguing & fascinating videos on the subject . Thank you Dr. Sledge, for sharing your knowledge and insight! Oh, and for the jokes as well!
This was so educational and I found myself getting emotional at the description of the black hole of trauma. You always have a narrative way of speaking so it keeps me interested; you tell stories with your education, and it's great.
Also random note: Deeply appreciate the roast of Victor Frankenstein.
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I would love to share a joint with this dude.
The guy who played the golem was an old roommate's great-Uncle. He was not treated well.
Curious what you mean by "not treated well"? He was the director of the movie as well.
I'm glad I stayed till the end of the video.
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"Well, I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's certainly aliens"
~Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
A masterful presentation, interpretation and debate about this topic.
Staggering words Dr. Sledge. As a software developer, this hits home, painfully.
Thanks for the ethical lesson. Let's pray that this understanding remains always with us.
Of all of your videos, I think this is my favourite. You are always a fascinating person to listen to, but your insights about the Golem as a product of trauma was incredibly moving. Thank you.
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Good story
If this is true this is terrifying!!!
In Buddhism we have similar stories of the learned men of yore creating animals, helpers and even consorts. There is some similar history of persecution. But I feel the creation of these Buddhist Golems were not defenders, but more a bizarre aberration of Buddhist thought which allows them to have their cake and eat it too. These stories all belong to the Esoteric Buddhist tradition which also claims to confer invisibility with the proper ritual sacrifice.
BTW I will brook no abuse of master Schönberg!
Love your content. Very off topic. But I’ve been finding this place that’s associated with the temple called the house of prayer throughout biblical scriptures. Even in the book of maccabees. How far does the name of the temple “house of prayer” go back?
Amazing information and so important. To me, the Golem is a great lesson on constructs and I have always thought golems had much more of a place in the Solomonic tradition as it pertains to magick.
I wonder if the Golem was at least part of the inspiration for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein? Never mind you answered my question. And your closing statements are spot on! “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.” Friedrich W. Nietzsche
Ah, defenestration jokes. They will get you a laugh only in the academic circles, or in former Czechoslovakia.
Dr. Sledge is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Not with the historical value of Occult and Esoteric practices in the past "Although that is why I am here" his comical lines and genuine passion while bringing to us his wealth of knowledge takes away the monotony of the run of the mill channels
The Golem inspired Frankenstein's monster, and another classic SF character...the Robot. Some robots are terrifying, like the Terminator or the somewhat justifyably chagrined Replicants from Blade Runner, while others are kind spirited and want to be human like Data or Robin Williams in Bicentennial Man (based on a book by one of my favorite SF writers, Issac Asimov) and some ((like C-3PO ) are just annoying. Robots have fascinated SF writers and readers for nearly a century and inspired real scientists to create the fields of cybernetics and artificial intelligence, who are well on their way to making robots reality rather than fiction. Of course, whether we produce a kindly, cat-loving Data to help us explore the galaxy or a terrifying hulking brute with a thick Austrian accent who wants to kill us all is entirely up to us!
"...it'll certainly do until the magic gets here..."
I would be VERY interested to hear his opinion on A.I. and if/how it may relate to this "magic".
I wonder if this was an idea wayyy ahead of its time like creating a CRISPR tech prototype of a quasi-humanoid stone creature? I always liked the original Golem film but didn't get this idea till after seeimg this Esoterica episode...?
AI makes me think so much about Golems...we will create things that kind of "live and think" but they will never be "quite perfect" because they dont have a soul, no true emotions. Only God can create a soul.
Golem, and now clones. It all goes full circle. but, it is TIME to do so. Yacob, I am REALLY sorry for what you now must endure.