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Falk, Samuel Jacob
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Falk, Samuel Jacob, * ca. 1710 (Podhayce (Poland)), † 17 Apr 1782 (London) Jewish Kabbalist known as the “Baal Shem of London” (master of the divine names). Scorned by rabbinic opponents as an ignoramus and charlatan, he was revered by mystical Jews as a healer and visionary. Through his association with occultist Freemasons [→ Freemasonry], his fame spread from England to the Continent, Scandinavia, Russia, and North Africa. Some Masons believed that he was the “Old Man of the Mountain”, an “Unknown Superio…
