Soothsaying and the Rorschach
Question
According to Halacha Is a Rorschach testconsidered a prohibited form of soothsaying? The reason I ask is because the prohibition of Nichush means Jews are not allowed by Halacha to make predictions based on spurious connections, which arguably includes predicting personality types based on ink blobs. Or no, since it has support from some of the psychological community is it fine?
Answers
There is nothing wrong Halachically with the Rorschach test. There is no soothsaying going on and no black magic. Rather, the reactions of the patient are extremely revealing to the psychiatrist and help them to make a diagnosis.
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