black arts
Forbidden occult practices
Black arts refers to magic or sorcery associated with evil or demonic forces—witchcraft, necromancy, devil worship.
The term implies supernatural practices used for malicious purposes: He was accused of practicing the black arts.
By extension, it describes any mysterious or sinister expertise: the black arts of political manipulation. (Capitalized Black Arts refers to the 1960s African American cultural movement.)
- witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- spell castingInvoking magical effects
- necromancyCommunicating with the deceased
- evil spiritsMalevolent supernatural beings
occultism · conjuring · eldritch horrors · demonology · hexing · alchemy · forbidden knowledge · Beelzebub · pentagram · grimoires · left-hand path · Mephistopheles · magic · hexes · voodoo doll · cursed objects · blood ritual · talisman
- NegritudeMartinique, Senegal, African identity, colonial resistance, anticolonialism
black artswhite magic
Benevolent supernatural practice
light magic · theurgy · divine intervention · healing magic · blessings
black artssacred rites
Religious ceremonial practices
divine grace · holy sacraments · prayer · divine intervention · blessings
black artsscience
Systematic study through observation
empirical method · natural philosophy · medicine · technology · logic
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