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Black Magic
The conscious use of
supernatural powers for the exercise of
evil, the
perversion of white magic. In occult lore white magic is
concerned with expanding consciousness and improving the common good.
Black magic is the selfish and squalid perversion of magical arts to
destroy others, or for personal gain.
The black magician is,
quite simply, a person who wants power for him/herself, or
self-aggrandizement. They want to be able to vent their spite on enemies
and to satisfy all of their desires. A magician may
summon the Devil or one of his
demons
and remain a white magician, so long as the purpose for the summoning is
benevolent. Black magicians are usually defined as those who made a pact
with the Devil. They invoke diabolic and infernal powers for their
personal use and gain; in short, a perversion of legitimate mystic
science.
"In Black Magic human perversity found the
means of ministering to its most terrible demands and the possible
attainment of its darkest imaginings. To gain limitless power over god,
demon and man; for personal aggrandizement and glorification; to cheat,
trick and mock; to gratify base appetites; to aid religious bigotry and
jealousies; to satisfy public and private enmities; to further political
intrigue; to encompass disease, calamity and death these were the ends and
aims of Black Magic and its followers."
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