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==Practices== | ==Practices== | ||
During his period of scholarship, [[A.E. Waite]] provided a comprehensive account of black magic practices, rituals and traditions in ''[[The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts]]''. Waite claimed that the following forms of magic were explicitly evil: | During his period of scholarship, [[A.E. Waite]] provided a comprehensive account of black magic practices, rituals and traditions in ''[[The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts]]''. Waite claimed that the following forms of magic were explicitly evil: | ||
* True name spells - | * True name spells - The theory that knowing a person's true name allows control over that person. | ||
* Immortality rituals - Because of the need to test the results, the subjects must be killed. Even a spell to extend life may not be entirely good, especially if it draws life energy from another to sustain the spell. | * Immortality rituals - Because of the need to test the results, the subjects must be killed. Even a spell to extend life may not be entirely good, especially if it draws life energy from another to sustain the spell. | ||
* [[Necromancy]] – Any magic having to do with death itself. | * [[Necromancy]] – Any magic having to do with death itself. | ||
* Curses and hexes – | * Curses and hexes – A curse can be as simple as wishing something bad would happen to someone, or as complicated as performing a complex ritual to ensure that someone dies. | ||
[[Category:Magic]] | [[Category:Magic]] | ||
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