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In a modern context, the line between white magic and black magic is somewhat clearer and most modern definitions focus on intent rather than practice.<ref name=place/> There is also an extent to which many modern ] and ] practitioners have sought to distance themselves from those intent on practising black magic. Those who seek to do harm or evil are less likely to be accepted into mainstream Wiccan circles or ]s in an era where benevolent magic is increasingly associated with ] beliefs and practices, and self-help ].<ref name=lewis>{{harvnb|Lewis|1996|p={{page needed|date=December 2022}}}}.</ref> | In a modern context, the line between white magic and black magic is somewhat clearer and most modern definitions focus on intent rather than practice.<ref name=place/> There is also an extent to which many modern ] and ] practitioners have sought to distance themselves from those intent on practising black magic. Those who seek to do harm or evil are less likely to be accepted into mainstream Wiccan circles or ]s in an era where benevolent magic is increasingly associated with ] beliefs and practices, and self-help ].<ref name=lewis>{{harvnb|Lewis|1996|p={{page needed|date=December 2022}}}}.</ref> | ||
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Many Rabbis warn about black magic content in ] and certainly ], one of which is Rabbi ], a renounced Rabbi and Hassidic Jewish scholar.<ref>{{Citation |title=Black Magic The Dark Side of Kabbalah |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOk3OGYzdOI |access-date=2024-03-17 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
The fact that Kabballah is also central to freemasonic rites <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gonçalves |first=Arnaldo |date=2020-01-01 |title=Freemasonry and Jewish Kabbalah: An Unusual Association |url=https://www.academia.edu/43034365/Freemasonry_and_Jewish_Kabbalah_An_Unusual_Association |journal=Journal of Liberal Arts and Humanities (JLAH)}}</ref> is another evidence that researchers point to, to validate that Kabballah contains black magic. | |||
It seems that the connection between Kabballah and black magic maybe the number one factor behind anti semitic conspiracy theories, however censorship on such discussions by the very influential Jewish lobby groups, not only stands as an obstacle to freedom of speech and truth seeking, but also promotes antisemitism as it either validates the theories if they are true and or sends the topic discussion underground where antisemitic misinformation is amplified and the potential for more violent methods of dissent increased. | |||
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Black magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes.
The links and interaction between black magic and religion are many and varied. Beyond black magic's historical persecution by Christianity and its inquisitions, there are links between religious and black magic rituals. For example, 17th-century priest Étienne Guibourg is said to have performed a series of Black Mass rituals with alleged witch Catherine Monvoisin for Madame de Montespan. During his period of scholarship, A. E. Waite provided a comprehensive account of black magic practices, rituals and traditions in The Book of Ceremonial Magic (1911).
The influence of popular culture has allowed other practices to be drawn in under the broad banner of black magic, including the concept of Satanism. While the invocation of demons or spirits is an accepted part of black magic, this practice is distinct from the worship or deification of such spiritual beings. The two are usually combined in medieval beliefs about witchcraft.
History
Main articles: Medieval European magic, Magic and religion, Sorcery (goetia), and WitchcraftMontague SummersThe lowest depths of black mysticism are well-nigh
as difficult to plumb as it is arduous to scale
the heights of sanctity. The Grand Masters of
the witch covens are men of genius – a foul genius,
crooked, distorted, disturbed, and diseased.
Witchcraft and Black Magic
Robert M. Place's 2009 book, Magic and Alchemy describes the origins of black magic as being like its counterpart white magic; traced to the primitive, ritualistic worship of spirits. 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 evoke those same spirits to produce beneficial outcomes for the practitioner. Place also provides a broad modern definition of both black and white magic, preferring instead to refer to them as "high magic" (white) and "low magic" (black) based primarily on intentions of the practitioner employing them. He acknowledges, though, that this broader definition (of "high" and "low") suffers from prejudices because good-intentioned folk magic may be considered "low" while ceremonial magic involving expensive or exclusive components may be considered by some as "high magic", regardless of intent.
During the Renaissance, many magical practices and rituals were considered evil or irreligious and by extension, black magic in the broad sense. Witchcraft and non-mainstream esoteric study were prohibited and targeted by the Inquisition. As a result, natural magic developed as a way for thinkers and intellectuals, like Marsilio Ficino, abbot Johannes Trithemius and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, to advance esoteric and ritualistic study (though still often in secret) without significant persecution.
While "natural magic" became popular among the educated and upper classes of the 16th and 17th century, ritualistic magic and folk magic remained subject to persecution. Twentieth-century writer Montague Summers generally rejects the definitions of "white" and "black" magic as "contradictory", though he highlights the extent to which magic in general, regardless of intent, was considered "black" and cites William Perkins posthumous 1608 instructions in that regard:
All witches "convicted by the Magistrate" should be executed. He allows no exception and under this condemnation fall "all Diviners, Charmers, Jugglers, all Wizards, commonly called wise men or wise women". All those purported "good Witches which do not hurt but good, which do not spoil and destroy, but save and deliver" should come under the extreme sentence.
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 magic to destroy crops, and those capable of leaving their earthly bodies and travelling great distances in spirit (to which the Malleus Maleficarum "devotes one long and important chapter"), usually to engage in devil-worship. Summers also highlights the etymological development of the term nigromancer, in common use from 1200 to approximately 1500, (Template:Lang-la, black; Template:Lang-gr, divination), broadly "one skilled in the black arts".
In a modern context, the line between white magic and black magic is somewhat clearer and most modern definitions focus on intent rather than practice. There is also an extent to which many modern Wicca and witchcraft practitioners have sought to distance themselves from those intent on practising black magic. 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 magic is increasingly associated with new-age beliefs and practices, and self-help spiritualism.
Kabballah and Practical Kabballah
Many Rabbis warn about black magic content in Kabbalah and certainly Practical Kabbalah, one of which is Rabbi Simon Jacobson, a renounced Rabbi and Hassidic Jewish scholar. The fact that Kabballah is also central to freemasonic rites is another evidence that researchers point to, to validate that Kabballah contains black magic.
It seems that the connection between Kabballah and black magic maybe the number one factor behind anti semitic conspiracy theories, however censorship on such discussions by the very influential Jewish lobby groups, not only stands as an obstacle to freedom of speech and truth seeking, but also promotes antisemitism as it either validates the theories if they are true and or sends the topic discussion underground where antisemitic misinformation is amplified and the potential for more violent methods of dissent increased.
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Seven artes prohibitae or artes magicae were arts prohibited by canon law as expounded by Johannes Hartlieb in 1456. Their sevenfold partition reflecting that of the artes liberales and artes mechanicae. While the term nigromancy broadly construed includes the six associated divinatory practices, it more specifically refers to the demonic magic of the Late Middle Ages. Demonic magic was performed in groups surrounding a leader in possession of a grimoire. Practitioners were typically members of the educated elite, as most grimoires were written in Latin. One such case in 1444, Inquisitor Gaspare Sighicelli took action against a group active in Bologna. Marco Mattei of Gesso and friar Jacopo of Viterbo confessed to taking part in magical practices. Nigromancy may include, but is not a synonym for, necromancy ("death magic").
Voodoo
Main articles: Louisiana Voodoo and Haitian VodouVoodoo has been associated with modern black magic; drawn together in popular culture and fiction. However, while hexing or cursing may be accepted black magic practices, Voodoo has its own distinct history and traditions.
Voodoo tradition makes its own distinction between black and white magic, with sorcerers like the Bokor known for using magic and rituals of both. But practitioners' penchant for magic associated with curses, poisons and zombies means they, and Voodoo in general, are regularly associated with black magic.
In popular culture
Concepts related to black magic or described as black magic are a regular feature of books, films and other popular culture. Examples include:
- The Devil Rides Out (1934) – a novel by Dennis Wheatley – made into a famous film by Hammer Studios in 1968.
- Rosemary's Baby (1968) – a horror novel in which black magic is a central theme.
- The Craft (1996) – a horror film featuring four friends who become involved in white witchcraft but turn to black magic rituals for personal gain.
- Harry Potter book series (1997–2007) – black magic spells and curses are referred to as "the dark arts" against which students are taught to defend themselves. Made into a film series (2001–2011).
- Sherlock Holmes (2009) – the first of the three Sherlock Holmes films directed by Guy Ritchie includes elements of black magic although they are later discovered to be false.
- In the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian state media accused Ukraine of using black magic to fend off the Russian military, specifically accusing Oleksiy Arestovych of enlisting sorcerers and witches as well as Ukrainian soldiers of consecrating "weapons with blood magick".
See also
- Artes prohibitae – Types of magic
- Dakini – female demon or witch in Hinduism
- Demonology – Study of demons or beliefs about demons
- Filipino witches – Users of black magic in Philippine folklorePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
- Gray magic – Form of supernatural magic
- Gu – Venom-based poison associated with cultures of south China, particularly Nanyue
- Magical organization – Organization for the practice of occult magic
- Seiðr – Old Norse term for a type of shamanistic sorcery
- Sexuality in Christian demonology (incubus and succubus)
- Sorcery – Magical practice involving evocation of spirits
References
Citations
- Melton 2001.
- Summers 2013, p. .
- Waite 2011.
- ^ Lewis 1996, p. .
- ^ Place 2009, p. .
- Evans-Pritchard 1931.
- ^ Zambelli 2007, p. .
- ^ Summers 2012, p. .
- Black Magic The Dark Side of Kabbalah, retrieved 17 March 2024
- Gonçalves, Arnaldo (1 January 2020). "Freemasonry and Jewish Kabbalah: An Unusual Association". Journal of Liberal Arts and Humanities (JLAH).
- Heiduk, Herbers & Lehner 2020, p. 834.
- Herzig 2011, p. 1028.
- Long 2002.
- Owusu 2002, p. .
- Gault 2022.
- van Brugen 2022.
Works cited
- Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (January 1931). "Sorcery and Native Opinion". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 4 (1): 22–55. doi:10.2307/1155736. JSTOR 1155736. S2CID 146139860.
- Gault, Matthew (5 May 2022). "Russian State Media Claims to Discover Militarized Ukrainian Witches". Vice. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- Heiduk, Matthias; Herbers, Klaus; Lehner, Hans-Christian, eds. (2020). Prognostication in the Medieval World: A Handbook. De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3110499773.
- Herzig, Tamar (Winter 2011). "The Demons and the Friars: Illicit Magic and Mendicant Rivalry in Renaissance Bologna". Renaissance Quarterly. 64 (4): 1025–1058. doi:10.1086/664084. S2CID 162081348.
- Lewis, James R. (1996). Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0791428894.
- Long, Carolyn Morrow (October 2002). "Perceptions of New Orleans Voodoo: Sin, Fraud, Entertainment, and Religion". Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. 6 (1): 86–101. doi:10.1525/nr.2002.6.1.86.
- Melton, J. Gordon, ed. (2001). "Black Magic". Encyclopedia of Occultism & Parapsychology. Vol. 1: A–L (5th ed.). Gale Research Inc. ISBN 0-8103-9488-X.
- Owusu, Heike (2002). Voodoo Rituals: A User's Guide. Sterling Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1402700354.
- Place, Robert M. (2009). Magic and Alchemy. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0791093900.
- Summers, Montague (2012) . Witchcraft and Black Magic. Courier Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0486411255.
- Summers, Montague (2013) . The Geography of Witchcraft. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415847933.
- van Brugen, Isabel (6 May 2022). "'Witches and Sorcerers': Russian Media Peddles Ukraine Black Magic Claims". Newsweek. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- Waite, A. E. (2011) . The Book of Ceremonial Magic: Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goetic Theurgy, Sorcery, and Infernal Necromancy. Martino Fine Books. ISBN 978-1614271567.
- Zambelli, Paola (2007). White Magic, Black Magic in the European Renaissance. Brill Publishers. ISBN 978-9004160989.
Further reading
- Bergstrom, Lisa A. (2011). "Nigromancy in the Later Middle Ages". Inquiries. 3 (6).
- Kosloki, Philip (9 October 2018). "What is a "Black Mass"?". Aleteia. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- Luck, Georg (2006). Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Collection of Ancient Texts (2nd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press.
- Mathews, Chris (2009). Modern Satanism: Anatomy of a Radical Subculture. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0313366390.
- Pegg, Carole (2001). Mongolian Music, Dance, & Oral Narrative: Performing Diverse Identities. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0295981123.
- Petersen, Jesper Aagaard (2009). Contemporary religious Satanism: A Critical Anthology. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-5286-1.
- Shimamura, Ippei (2004). "Yellow Shamans (Mongolia)". In Walter, Mariko Namba; Neumann Fridman, Eva Jane (eds.). Shamanism: An Encyclopedia of World Beliefs, Practices, and Culture. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. pp. 649–651. ISBN 978-1576076453.
- Thorndike, Lynn (1923). A history of magic and experimental science. New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0231088008.
- Turner, Kevin B. (2016). Sky Shamans of Mongolia: Meetings with Remarkable Healers. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1583949986.
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