How a Kabbalist Relates to Superstitions

How a Kabbalist Relates to Superstitions

20.12.2021
It is rumored that a visitor at the home of Physics Nobel Laureate, Niels Bohr, noticed a horseshoe hanging in his office, and the person asked with a nervous laugh, “Do you believe in superstitions?” to which the professor replied, "God forbid, no. But I heard that a horse's shoe will bring you good luck whether you believe in it or not.” Superstitions have been accompanying humanity for thousands of years, even during the Age of Enlightenment, and throughout the technological and scientific eras. According to the wisdom of Kabbalah, there is a root to superstitions. We are unfamiliar with nature as a whole. There are forces that suddenly appear and act upon us and we do not know what to do with them. We are thus led to believe in all kinds of things that can supplement our power of faith that we are familiar with and have control over. This is called “superstition,” where we cannot see the reason for some phenomenon or the results thereof. Faith, according to Kabbalah, needs to be in the force of love and connection, the Creator’s single force that unites everything and sustains all parts of creation in a single system. If we connect ourselves to this unified, superior, and rational force in nature—the power of love and connection—then we draw this force upon ourselves. By doing so, we then have no need for superstitions.