A Wisdom Archive on Black Magic

Black Magic. See MAGIC

 
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Black magic is seen as the branch of magic used to perform evil acts or draw on malevolent powers. Black magic is believed to be invoked to kill, injure, cause destruction, or for personal gain. Black magic is normally a term used to describe a form of ritual that is not approved of by a group or person, however not everything named black magic is truly being done by the practitioner with malevolent intentions. In the Inquisition, Christians were afraid of witches and warlocks practicing evil black magic. In modern times, witches and warlocks will use the term to describe the bad magic they do not do in co ...

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Black Jewels Trilogy - Protagonists. Jaenelle is the main character, the young witch destined to become Queen of the Darkness aka Witch. Birthright Black descended to Ebony, broken back to Twilight's Dawn. Saetan SaDiablo is the High Lord of Hell, and is Jaenelle's spiritual and adopted father. Birthright Red descended to Black. Anne Bishop uses the concept of a triangle - the Steward, First Consort/Escort, and Master of the Guard who form the male triangle that surrounds a ...

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In programming, black magic is a tongue-in-cheek description of a technique that works even though nobody really understands why. It is more obscure than voodoo programming, which may be done by cookbook.

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The Black Jewels Trilogy is a series of fantasy books by Anne Bishop, telling the tale of a young girl who is destined to become the new Dark Queen. Black Jewels Trilogy - Plot summary. Set in a twisted world, where Darkness is worshiped almost as a god, and women rule in matriarchy. The protagonists are a strange mixture of demons, witches, and sex slaves. It is foreseen that a young girl will be born who is "dreams made flesh". She will become the Dark Queen after many long centuries with sub-par r ... Including:

• Black Jewels Trilogy - Plot summary
• Black Jewels Trilogy - Character summary
• Black Jewels Trilogy - Protagonists
• Black Jewels Trilogy - Locations
• Black Jewels Trilogy - Realms
• Black Jewels Trilogy - Magic system and mythology

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The world is divided into realms, much like dimensions or planes of existence. Within each realm are many territories. Black Jewels Trilogy - Realms. Terreille - The Light Realm This is the realm which is most like Earth. It is the land of the living, and society is much like a harsh medieval culture combined with the refinement of the aristocracy class of 18th century Europe. Each region is ruled by cruel Queens who have hundreds of years of leisure time to fill. The whole realm is co ...

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Set in a twisted world, where Darkness is worshiped almost as a god, and women rule in matriarchy. The protagonists are a strange mixture of demons, witches, and sex slaves. It is foreseen that a young girl will be born who is "dreams made flesh". She will become the Dark Queen after many long centuries with sub-par rulership. She is not merely a simple witch-she is Witch. Two brothers and their father, the High Lord of Hell, seek to serve and protect her as she grows up among the dangerous and mundane, while power-hungry Qu ...

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Necromancy (Latin necromantia, Greek νεκρομαντία nekromantía) is the alleged divination by which a person raises the spirits of the dead or, in some cases, merely their corpses. The word derives from the Greek νεκρός nekrós "dead" and μαντεία manteía "divination". It has a subsidiary meaning reflected in an alternative and archaic form of the word, nigromancy, (a folk etymology using Latin niger, "black") in which the magical force of "dark powers" is gained from or by acti ... Including:

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• Necromancy - Spread of necromancy
• Necromancy - Necromancy in fiction
• Necromancy - Necromancy in role-playing games
• Necromancy - Sources

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In fantasy and horror fiction, necromancers are often considered evil, and are sometimes said to have sold their soul to a demon or the Devil himself, to worship demons and evil gods, or to have been otherwise tainted by their evil practices. However, in some stories, necromancy is not inherently evil, but is simply a tool to be used like any other. In fiction, Necromancy is often not a form of divination but a discipline of "dark" or "black" magic used to raise the dead as "undead," typically as zombies under the necromancer's contro ...

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In Wendish mythology Zirnitra or simply Zir is a black Slavic dragon and the god of sorcery. The image of Zirnitra was employed on a Wendish flag when the Wends fought the invading Saxons. Zirnitra literally means magically empowered. Other related archivesSaxons, Slavic dragon, Wendish mythology, sorcery

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