Reply To: Adama Veshamayim – Avoda Zara

Jackk – they are, merely translated into Hebrew and dropping the worst line. It is no different if Amazing Grace, say, was translated to Hebrew. It is still an idolatrous song, no matter how innocuous the lyrics.

Amil, all the names for the life force, be it Chi, qigong, reiki, or prana, are all Avoda Zara, as they’re designed to worship the world itself over the creator. (Read Rav Belsky’s Alternative Medicine books, for example.)