Black magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers for evil and selfish purposes. In modern times, some find that the definition of "black magic" has been convoluted by people who define practices that they disapprove of as "black magic".
Read more about Black Magic: Black Magic Practices, Black Magic As Part of Religion, In Chaos Magic, In Fiction
Famous quotes containing the words black and/or magic:
“I came along at a time when there was a demand to give men greater visibility and opportunity. In white society they were saying, Women cant do it. In black society, they were saying, Women do too much. Its a diabolical situation.”
—Yvonne Braithwaite Burke (b. 1932)
“We think of religion as the symbolic expression of our highest moral ideals; we think of magic as a crude aggregate of superstitions. Religious belief seems to become mere superstitious credulity if we admit any relationship with magic. On the other hand our anthropological and ethnographical material makes it extremely difficult to separate the two fields.”
—Ernst Cassirer (18741945)