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A thrilling collection of spells and incantations, inspired by the ancient Jewish practice of manifestation through speech.
Speak to the Bones invites readers of all religious and spiritual backgrounds into the ever-evolving world of mysticism. With over forty healing spells and accompanying commentaries—which address topics like love, insomnia, anxiety, and courage—this spellbook is a wild plunge into the heart of Jewish mystical prayer. Speak one, speak all: Rabbi Jericho Vincent’s offerings are packed with power and wisdom, serving as the perfect antidote to the chaos of today.
A wild plunge into the heart of Jewish mystical prayer, this thrilling collection of esoteric incantations and spells invites folks who are Jewish, Jew-ish, and not Jewish into the ancient Jewish practice of manifestation through speech.
“Gorgeous. Daring. Wise. This is how you translate tradition!”
— Casper ter Kuile, author of The Power of Ritual
“Rabbi Vincent and Rabbi Krieger have written a text as mystical as it is practical, as visually beautiful as it is quietly subversive. It’s as if the Talmud were translated into tarot, which is to say: my ideal religion. It should be in every hotel room in America.”
— Bess Kalb, author of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me
“Speak to the Bones is a window into the version of Judaism I want to practice: an emotionally attuned, glimmeringly beautiful religion stripped of its layers of patriarchy. I'd recommend it to anyone who knows Jewish text and to anyone who doesn't; to someone in need of a spiritual practice, and to someone who likes to be taken out of themself through art. Reading it, I️ found myself mourning what I've been missing all this time, and delighting in what has quietly been there all along.”
— Liana Finck, author of Passing for Human and Let There Be Light
“Contrary to the monolithic image that too many of us were taught, Judaism is a whole world, a beautiful pile of cultures and texts and dreams and hopes. These teachers understand that. Jericho and Zvika are digging through the pile and putting shards together in new ways, an act which has always been vital to our people. This book is gorgeous and we’re so lucky to have these two creating new expressions of Jewish magic.”
— Ezra Furman, musician and songwriter
“Rising from the depths of our ancestral heritage, this stunning collection of spells and sacred intentions is a vital contribution to the emerging landscape of post-patriarchal Jewish wisdom. By resurrecting, reclaiming, and reimagining poems, pleas, and prayers from across the Jewish civilization, this bold collection provides us with the essential tools to meet every milestone with purpose, pride, and presence, to live life out loud—not merely as observers, but as active witnesses and partners in the co-creation of a joyful, safer, just, and loving world.”
— Amichai Lau-Lavie, founder of Lab/Shul
“In my office I keep stacks of a few books that I give out to congregants in moments of joy and sorrow, yearning and homecoming. Speak to the Bones will now be one of them. In this book, Rav Jericho and Rav Zvika do what they do best: they welcome in everyone, including more conventional folks like me, take us to the edge of our comfort zone, and then show us that we were already home. In this extraordinary book, they hand us back a Jewish magical tradition that has always been ours — relevant, tender, and humming with the voices of our ancestors.”
— Rabbi Shira Stutman, author of The Jewish Way to a Good Life and cohost of “Chutzpod!”
“Judaism has always known that the most powerful magic turns adversaries into allies, awakening the divine spark buried beneath harmful armor. Speak to the Bones revives this ancient alchemy, gathering forty Jewish spells and incantations that transform fear into confidence, wounds to wisdom, and enemies into mirrors. Your ancestors have been casting spells like these for centuries. Now it's your turn.”
— Rabbi Zac Kamenetz, founder and CEO of Shefa
Jericho Vincent is the founding rabbi of Temple of the Stranger and a leading teacher of inclusive Jewish mysticism. A member of the ROI-Schusterman Community, they’ve served as an Atra Fellow and advisor to Beit Kohenet and the Shalom Center. Raised in a rabbinic ultra-Orthodox family and the first in their family to attend college, they earned a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University and rabbinic ordination through ALEPH in the lineage of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l. Their groundbreaking work has been recognized by The Forward 50, and in 2025 they received the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network’s “Young History Maker” Award. Rav Jericho lives in New York City with their family.
Zvika Krieger is the Spiritual Leader of Chochmat HaLev, a progressive spiritual community in Berkeley, CA for embodied prayer, heart-centered relationships, and mystical experiences. He is a subversive ritualist and radical traditionalist who is passionate about harnessing ancient wisdom to create modern meaning, fostering mindfulness and authentic connection amidst digital distraction, and bridging the sacred and profane. He served as the first-ever Director of Responsible Innovation at Meta/Facebook and the US State Department’s first-ever “Ambassador to Silicon Valley”; co-led the World Economic Forum’s Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution; and has worked for companies including TikTok, Google, Airbnb, and Pixar. He is the co-founder of Shevet: Jewish Mindfulness Collective and OpenLev Sacred Co-Working, lead instructor of ThirdHouse: Sacred Leadership Lab, and co-leads radical Shabbat services at Burning Man for thousands of dusty seekers. They have a bachelor's degree from Yale University and rabbinic ordinations in the Hassidic and Jewish Renewal lineages. Zvika lives in Berkeley, CA with his son.