Black Magic/Magick

Actually one of my favorite rants about this has to do with the so-called "voodoo doll" so I'm sure you'll appreciate it. When I learned about it from someone who'd been practicing Vodou their whole lives, I was told that it was used for both healing and for harm. Somehow, though it's now labeled as "black magic" and seen as only a harmful tool.

Similarly, Ouiji boards get a really bad reputation, and they're actually a totally valid tool in the hands of a practiced user. The problem is that misuse by generations of unpracticed people and children has caused people to think of Ouiji itself as bad or evil.

I could go on and on actually. My great-grandmother had wards on her home that caused actual physical pain to people who came there meaning harm to herself or her loved ones. Is this black magic? They managed to physically repel a man who was sexually and physically abusive of me, and thus saved me from further abuse at least as long as I managed to stay in her home. So of course to me this magic was something that saved me, and protected me... but because it harmed those it repelled, many people would call it "evil".

Magic does not have colors, or good and evil. Human beings can have intent of various amounts of moral shadings, but the magic itself is pure. If I cast a spell to harm someone who is hurting someone else, my intent is to protect the victim, and thus I am trying to do good. I could cast the exact same spell to harm someone who is in my way at work, or who simply annoyed me, and that would be wrong for me, based on my moral code and ethics. But it would be the exact same magic.

I think it's because it's what's we hear it referrered to as. When it's in the media it's always 'black magic'...movies use the term...books...no matter where it is it's called black so we follow suit. It's all we know and unless you're well informed on the subject you don't know any better.

Most people are terrified of what they don't know.
As a general rule people only know what myth and media has had to say about Magic and that has been a very negative conentations to "Black Magic".

I have to disagree with you, I think that prayer, magic, vodou, christiananity, Hinduism,,,,,,all have colours.
Most thoughts have an intent and entent has colour, not colour we can see, per say, but we can feel it.
I don't always explain things in a eloquent manner but your instincts tell you if a "dark/evil" man has horrid intentions toward you and you will feel it if you don't ignore it.
One the other side of that same coin, if you meet someone who is a truly good person you feel a 'lightness/kindness' from them.
I may be way off on this but it may not be so much what we see, alone as a mixture of all our senses and colour is part of our senses. Susan

Well i am un educated.and i wouldnt wanna look like a dummy so i wouldnt say anything..lol
but i could give an opinnion:) not sure it will help though!.lol okay mabey when they say "black" magic, its not so much the color its like the oppisite of light,(dark)

I do not know much about magic of anykind,,but the ones who comment most with bad things to say, is the ones were in the religion it is a sin to do magic of anykind, so they automatically think u are a sinner and your going to hell,'
though the bible says love thy neighbor. doesnt in small print, but dont if they do magic!,,,to them i guess its like some kind of disease, me i am a christian but i do not judge people buy their religion or what they practice, i love everyone:D so you have no worrys there!
umm hope this helped! it probally didnt but i gave it my best shOt.LOL!

LOL I am sorry but my answer is going to be a little tricky here.
Generally I agree with you that magick has no color
Its neither black nor white
However I have in the past used the term "black Magick"
I use it to clarify that it is merely a form of magick that I disagree with which is to say that it is magick done with the intentions of doing harm
IMO anything done with the intent to do harm is negative and therefore "black"
I do NOT associate "black magick" with any particular set of beleifs
It has nothing to do with Satanism or Voodou or even witchcraft

witch craft do exist everywhere even in the most developed places of the world just that in africa and its being used to cause lots of evil things just like many other places in the world,it involves some herbalist communing with the spirit world

In one of my Past Lives I lived as a witch in Olde England. At that time there was 2 kinds of magic. And 2 kinds of witches. The wicked witches practised Black magic. This was often done with a doll made to the likeness of the person to be bewitched. The witch made a chant and stuck pins in the doll. Often the bewitched person died in agony shortly after. The Good Witch Practised White magic and was a healer with a good knowledge of Herbal Medicine.In those Dark Ages the Roman Church was in Great Fear of the magic influence the witches had with the people. The Church consequently Murdered millions of witches by burning them at the stake!

there is just magic the rest is regarding the magician heart...god or evil...and who u call...angelsor demons...u can do god and u can do bad.

I was reading one of your responses the other day where you mentioned this and today I was watching a rerun of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and one of the characters (Willow) started talking about how she was into the black arts and magic and I thought of you, lol.

But I think that is how people think of it, from TV and movies and how they portray it. In the show they do both good and "black" magic. The good stuff is usually for protection or has no horrible consequences whereas "black" magic is usually used to hurt other people. Obviously the show is based on fictional magic but this is what people really think magic is.

You mentioned "black prayers" and I would think of that as any kind of bad thoughts towards people.

In my own opnion magick has NO color what so ever. As long as your intentions are for the greater good then all is fine. If that means harming 1 person to save another then so be it.

People who dont want to learn the true meaning or are afraid to are the ones who label it out of fear of the unknown. I have always believed that fear is our own worst enemy.