Though translations may not be a verbatim transposition of a text from one language to another, a good translation that remains truthful to the spirit of the text is still a legitimate foundation for wisdom traditions.

Undoing the traditional instruction to be God-fearing, Abraham Heschel encourages us to stand before God not in fear but in radical amazement, allowing ourselves to be filled with overwhelming awe that changes our vision and the way we live, guiding us toward God.

Rather than relying on the idea of sacred space as a trigger for the emtional and mental mindset required for mystical experience, sacred time is used in Jewish tradition to evoke the wonder and awe of God without the need for specific, Earth-bound trappings.

The ideas of magic and mysticism are both useful in the theologies that traditionally employ them. But within the paradigm of postmodern romantic theology, neither idea in its traditional form fully works. In order to incorporate the essence of these two powerful tools, a new understanding of the idea of magic is necessary.