black art
Witchcraft and hexes
Black art is magic associated with evil or the devil—sorcery, necromancy, witchcraft.
The term dates from a time when black routinely symbolized evil and white symbolized good.
By extension, black art describes any skill that seems mysterious or impenetrable to outsiders: Network security is a black art to most users. (Capitalized Black Art refers to the 1960s–70s African American artistic movement.)
- dark artsMalevolent supernatural practices
- spellArrange letters correctly
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- voodooFolk magic, often Caribbean
- evil eyeHarm-dealing gaze, supposedly
necromancy · blood ritual · occultism · grimoire · left-hand path · enchantment · ritual magic · midnight ritual · hexing · witchcraft · spellcasting · demonology · devil worship · diabolism · sorcery · thaumaturgy · selling your soul · wizardry
black artwhite magic
Benevolent supernatural practice
healing magic · light magic · theurgy · blessing · natural magic
black artscience
Systematic study through observation
empirical method · evidence-based practice · scientific method · medicine · physics
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