An idea from Guide for the Perplexed

Prophecy is a natural peak: a trained mind, a strong imagination, and calm control of desire. Grief blocks it, which is why it faded in exile, and God can still withhold it. Judah Halevi, about 50 years earlier, had called it a gift no training reaches.

From Guide for the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides

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