# I'm going to undertake a six-month occult ritual - ask me anything

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> [@crowmanyclouds](#):
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> It’s not cultural appropriation because this,

You say that, but

> [@crowmanyclouds](#):
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> The Abramelin Operation is a Kabbalah-based ritual

Yeah, Kabbalah-based. We can debate which Jewish people exactly should be stuyding and practicng Kabbalah. If you are not Jewish and practicing Kabbalah, or any Kabbalah-based rituals, that is by definition cultural appropriation.

> [@crowmanyclouds](#):
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> is made up bullshit that, AFAICT, has nothing to do with any Abrahamic faith.

Then why is it claiming to be “Kabbalah-based”? The mere fact it makes that claim and also claims that it is

> [@crowmanyclouds](#):
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> a ritual apparently derived from early post-Temple-era Jewish mysticism

is cultural appropriatoon.

Yes, it was mostly likely made up in the 14th century and given a phony history to make it seem authentic. As that phony hstory involved calling it “Kabbalh-based” and saying it was a ritual practiced by Jews since antiquity **is** cultural appropriation.

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