Black magic

Concept and warnings

The expression "black magic" appears in late medieval and Renaissance Europe to designate alleged practices of maleficium (Latin: "doing evil"): bewitching enemies, causing illness or death by occult means, alleged pacts with the devil. Most of the historical accusations of "black magic" were false (used to persecute innocent women in the witch hunts) — but it is also true that there have always been people who have tried to use magic for self-serving ends or for harm.

In modern occultist tradition, black magic is severely warned against not only for ethical reasons (it is morally wrong to harm others), but also for self-protective reasons: 1) the Wiccan principle of the Threefold Law (anything sent returns multiplied by three); 2) psychological observation that those who practise harmful magic often fall into paranoia, isolation, mental disorders; 3) the energy of malicious intent is corrosive for the practitioner himself; 4) esoterically, sustained darkness attracts more darkness. The serious magic teachers (Crowley despite his reputation, Dion Fortune, Israel Regardie, Gardner) all advise to stay completely away from harmful magic.

Why we mention it

It is appropriate to know the term to protect yourself: people convinced that they have been victims of "black magic" of others (curses, hexes, evil eye intense) sometimes consult cleansings, protection, support to overcome the experience. From an ethical and esoteric point of view, true protection comes from: keeping vibrational alignment high (positive thoughts, gratitude, healthy practices), strong personal psychological boundaries, periodic energetic cleansing, daily protection (visualisations of white light, wearing protective amulets), and — importantly — not feeding fear (fear amplifies any energy directed at you).

Often the alleged "victim of black magic" is really a victim of: own self-doubt that materialises as paranoia, real situations of psychological abuse from real people in your environment, untreated mental disorder that requires therapeutic attention, or natural difficulties of life misinterpreted as supernatural attack. Discernment: before assuming you are victim of magic, look for natural explanations (psychotherapy, social support, basic energetic cleansing). If you genuinely feel attack, consult an experienced practitioner of defensive ethical magic.

Strong recommendation

Do not practise black magic. The personal damage it produces always exceeds the supposed gain. If someone has hurt you and you wish "justice", channel your effort into: real legal action if applicable, therapeutic work to heal the wound, protective rituals for yourself, release the bond through forgiveness work (forgiveness is not justifying — is freeing yourself from the toxic energy of carrying grudges), protective magic (works in your own field, does not direct energy against others). The universe has its own laws of cause-effect; do not engage as personal judge by magical means. The ancient witches who really lived in their craft for decades all said the same thing: "do not harm — you are the one who suffers most".