or he who
is bodily unclean has no soul.

Ibid., fol. 61, col. 2.

Before entering the plunging-bath, he is to repeat (Gen. i. 10), "And
God called the dry land earth, and the gathering together of the waters
called He seas." When he stands in the water he is to repeat seven times
(Ps. li. 10), "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right
spirit within me," for the initials of "Create in me a clean heart,"
form the word "to dip," i.e., to immerse. For it is through immersion
that the unclean spirits and the "other side," are separated from him,
and he becomes a new creature by examining and confessing his (evil)
deeds, and forsaking them, and by engaging himself in repentance, and
immersing himself, and meditating on elevating subjects, and especially
so if he has immersed himself fourteen times.

Ibid., fol. 61, col. 1.

When standing in the water he is to stoop four times, so that the water
may reach his neck, answering to the four modes of legal execution.
After that he is to repeat the form of confession, and while the water
reaches up to his throat he is to repeat these three texts--Micah vii.
18-20, Jer. x. 24, and Ps. cxviii. 5, and then say, "As I cleanse my
body here below, which is formed of clay, so may the ministering angels
cleanse my soul, spirit, and ghost above in the river Dinor; and as I
sanctify my body here below, so may the angels of the Most High, the
ministering angels, sanctify my spirit, soul, and ghost in the river
Dinor above! In the name of Jehovah, He is the God and in the name of
Adonai, the Rock of all Ages. Blessed be the name of the glory of His
kingdom forevermore!"

_Kitzur Sh'lh_, fol. 62, col. 1.

According to the Kabbalah, the thoroughgoing orthodox Jew has
his hands full on Erev Shabbath, i.e., Friday. We cannot here go
over the entire proceeding prescribed, but we will briefly touch
upon its salient features in the order as we find them.

After having prepared himself for immersion, as above described,
he is to turn his face and bow first toward the west and then
toward the east, repeating a certain formula, and then dip
himself under the water. This over, he is to turn again east and
west and repeat a different formula, and while meditating on
certain given letters of certain mystical divine names and other
known words, and their respective numerical values, he is to dip
a second time under the water. Then turning