Black magic, known as Dark Magic, has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes; or magic associated with the devil or other evil spirits.
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12 Facts About Black magic
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In modern times, some find that the definition of black magic has been convoluted by people who define magic or ritualistic practices that they disapprove of as black magic.
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Unlike white magic, in which Place sees parallels with primitive shamanistic efforts to achieve closeness with spiritual beings, the rituals that developed into modern black magic were designed to invoke those same spirits to produce beneficial outcomes for the practitioner.
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Black magic allows no exception and under this condemnation fall "all Diviners, Charmers, Jugglers, all Wizards, commonly called wise men or wise women".
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In particular, though, the term was most commonly reserved for those accused of invoking demons and other evil spirits, those hexing or cursing their neighbours, those using Black magic to destroy crops, and those capable of leaving their earthly bodies and travelling great distances in spirit, usually to engage in devil-worship.
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Those who seek to do harm or evil are less likely to be accepted into mainstream Wiccan circles or covens in an era where benevolent Black magic is increasingly associated with new-age beliefs and practices, and self-help spiritualism.
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Black magic Shamans are usually perceived as working with evil spirits, while white Shamans with spirits of the upper world.
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White magic is supposedly utilised only for good or unselfish purposes, and black magic, we are told, is used only for selfish or "evil" reasons.
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The Black magic Mass, for example, is a sacrilegious parody of the Catholic Mass.
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Likewise, a saining, though primarily a practice of white Black magic, is a Wiccan ritual analogous to a christening or baptism for an infant.
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Concepts related to black magic or described, even inaccurately, as black magic are a regular feature of books, films and other popular culture.
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