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Black magic is not a thing that any normal person would study or pursue for

its own sake but it is hardly possible, and hardly advisable, to study the

technical methods of occultism without giving consideration to the

pathologies to which they are liable. Such popular attention as occultism

receives is for the most part confined to its black aspect; revelations of this

aspect can always command the kind of attention that is given to a street

accident. Anyone who has any knowledge of occultism, however, is always

struck by the fact that the would-be exposers never get their fingers on the

real evil. They sense the evil, just as animals sense an abattoir, but they have

no realization of the significance of the facts they record, nor any

understanding of why the people concerned are doing such things.

The technique of black magic differs in no way from that of white magic; the

same principles apply, the same methods are made use of; the same training

in concentration is necessary; the difference lies in the attitude of the

operator, the symbolism employed, and the powers contacted thereby; just

as the same musical education is necessary to the conductor of a symphony

orchestra or a jazz band. And even when we say that certain symbols and

powers belong to the domain of black magic, we must make reservations,

for these symbols may be used, and these powers evoked quite legitimately,

just as dangerous risks are taken by surgeons upon occasion. One can safely

say, however, that should any of these magical methods be exhibited to an

audience they can be unhesitatingly classified as black, because they cannot

fail to arouse the baser instincts of the spectators, who are there for no

useful purpose. There are also certain techniques of sex and blood magic

which, though they may be harmless enough among primitive peoples, are

certainly out of place among civilized ones, and are only resorted to for the

sake of a debased sensationalism. To these we must add the deliberate


evocation of evil; this is usually only performed for purposes of revenge.

But there are certain types of persons with a natural streak of cruelty in their

natures; these readily take to the evocation of evil for vengeful purposes,

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and having had experience of the results of this operation, develop a liking

for it for its own sake and become cruelty addicts for the sake of the thrill it

gives. Unless we recognize this peculiar trait in human nature, which is much

commoner than is generally realized, and is distinguished by psychologists

by the name of sadism, we shall never understand certain aspects of black

magic, for it is in sadism that the key to these is to be sought.

The invocation of certain primitive types of natural forces, though not

intrinsically black, is an operation that is very liable to go septic, and should

only be done by experienced and dedicated operators working under

laboratory conditions. It is an important part of the training of every adept,

for when cosmic forces are invoked, they always come up in pairs, action

and reaction being equal and opposite; but he would never dream of

evoking the unbalanced or Qliphotic aspect by itself or for its own sake, that

being too risky an operation. For practical purposes, when Elemental forces

are handled, they are dealt with in their sublimated forms, Skehmet, the

Lion-headed fire-goddess, for instance, being a preferable form to Kali.

These crude forms of force, however, have to be understood by the

occultist or he will have trouble with them.

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