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Satanism and black magic

Now that we have discussed the concept of wisdom and its historical connection to the rituals and objects of magic, it is important we briefly discuss the concept and nature of black magic beyond the summary as a negative religious instrument of power.

Images of fear and evil

When the average person alive considers magic per se, they probably think of people in cloaks and images of the pentagram and a rams head man with red evil eyes, or some other similarly foreboding image. We now know this is not the case when considering magic overall. Good magic, good wisdom is the essential distillation of understanding of the world around us for positive purposes.

However, any initial feelings of fear and trepidation are not far from the mark in terms of the ultimate keys to why black magic works.

The high rituals of black magic

The high rituals of black magic centre around one fundamental principle- to ensnare the service of departed spirits to loyally carry out tasks assigned of the black magician/sorcerer/witch. This is typically called "The Art of Necromancy".T

Once a black magician has in their control one or more departed spirit, or more particularly the services of a recognized demon then that person conceivably can exhibit great powers over objects, health and the lives of the people in the district/region.

Over the years, there have been countless rituals discovered ( and a great many "made up") regarding necromancy, most involving elaborate preparation and mixtures of sacred geometry, sacred symbols, rare objects, living sacrifices, words and sounds.

The success of black magic via fear

The key of all successful black magic, like any religion is:

(a) to convince the living it works, and at the same time

(b) convince the dead

Therefore, the more gruesome and complicated/secretive the rituals, the more chance that both the living and the dead believe in some way that it works.

Of course when people do believe it works, it works. Therefore, in black magic we see fear being the implement to build belief, to build power.

Grand Grimoire and other tales of black magic books

Now that we have explained the principle high ritual of black magic and the essential goal and underlying mechanic of black magic, there is no need to explain the elaborate and often confusing rituals associated with many rites.

In terms of Black magic actually being based around some kind of great text of black magic- the fabled Grand Grimoire, the most notable historians in Black Magic refute such a book ever existing. Even if such a book did exist, we now have a better understanding of the essential principles of Black magic and why it works when it works.

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