In Ancient Egypt a form of magic was developed and practised that is called Heka.
Like any form of magic its use can be for positive or negative purposes.
The God Set and his consort Sekmet were the purveyors of chaos and negative forces while Thoth, Isis and her son Horus fought to keep The Law of Ma'at, by maintaining balance in all things and utilised positive energy as their magic.
According to Egyptian mythology Horus fought many battles with his uncle, Set and eventually overcame his power.But in the battle he lost his eye.
This is the origin of the ancient talisman amulet The Eye of Horus or Upchat.
It is still practised, only in a more simple form of folk magic in villages to this day.Many people in the provincial areas maintain an inherent belief in its power and it is common practice to consult with a magician.
The form of Heka now practised is a mixture of animism,the use of nature and power of, and over animals,an example is snake and scorpion charmers, with religious beliefs.
Egyptian magic or Heka is the oldest form of continued practice of magic. In Ancient Egypt the practitioners of Heka worked along side the doctors who had very advanced forms of medicine and the priests.They were very powerful and respected members of the community.
Most forms of Western magic that are used, have been greatly influenced by Heka.
Not just in the last 100 years,by people such as Crowley,Mathers and Blavatsky.
But in medieval times and before when trade from Egypt to Europe was established.
John Dee,Elizabeth 1st's court magician and astrologer was an aspiring adept of Heka.
Egyptian magic is not to be taken lightly,it is a very powerful elemental force when used by those with knowledge and experience.
Its secrets and techniques are guarded closely by the families who practice its arts, and the few outsiders who have been introduced to them.
2007-02-18 11:13:56
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answered by sistablu...Maat 7
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I don't know how it works but don't get it..voodoo and black magic CAN actually work because it's like summoning the devil's power and using it to destruct other's people's lives..
It's dangerous, please try and stay out of it..
2007-02-19 05:51:31
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answered by Ali baba And the 40 thieves! 2
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It's not working any more in Egypt
2007-02-18 01:43:51
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answered by Wise Heart 7
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Black magic does work...
2007-02-18 00:07:14
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answered by Musharaf 3
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Be careful of getting involved in the dark art.
2007-02-17 23:59:59
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answered by Isis 7
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That stuff's all over Egypt, Yemen, and other countries...
I would NOT mess with it if I were you.
2007-02-18 01:07:55
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answered by Forock 2
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The best-known type of magical practice is the spell, a ritualistic formula intended to bring about a specific effect. Spells are often spoken or written or physically constructed using a particular set of ingredients. The failure of a spell to work may be attributed to many causes, such as failure to follow the exact formula, general circumstances being unconducive, lack of magical ability or downright fraud.
Another well-known magical practice is divination, which seeks to reveal information about the past, present or future. Varieties of divination include: Astrology, Augury, Cartomancy, Chiromancy, Dowsing, Fortune telling, Geomancy, I Ching, Omens, Scrying and Tarot.
Varieties of magic can also be categorised by the techniques involved in their operation. One common means of categorisation distinguishes between contagious magic and sympathetic magic, one or both of which may be employed in any magical work. Contagious magic involves the use of physical ingredients which were once in contact with the person or thing the practitioner intends to influence. Sympathetic magic involves the use of images or physical objects which in some way resemble the person or thing one hopes to influence; voodoo dolls are an example.
Other common categories given to magic include High and Low Magic (the appeal to divine powers or spirits respectively, with goals lofty or personal as accords the type of magic). Manifest and Subtle magic typically refers to magic of legend rather than what many individuals who practise the Occult claim to use as magic, where Manifest magic is magic that immediately appears with a result, and Subtle magic being magic that gradually and intangibly alters the world.
Also the fetish (from French fétiche; from Portuguese feitiço; from Latin facticius, "artificial" and facere, "to make") is an object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular a man-made object that has power over others. It's a small doll that looks like the victim, made of cloth, wax or sugar.. with a sample of the blood, finger nails, or hair of the victim, when the harm is imposed to the doll it transferes to the victim eventually.
The practice of sticking pins in dolls has history in European folk magic, but its exact origins are unclear. How it became known as a method of cursing an individual by some followers of what has come to be called New Orleans Voodoo, which is a local variant of hoodoo, is a mystery. Some speculate that it was used as a means of self defense to intimidate superstitious slave owners. This practice is not unique to New Orleans voodoo, however, and has as much basis in European-based magical devices such as the poppet and the nkisi or bocio of West and Central Africa.
These are in fact power objects, what in Haiti would be referred to as pwen, rather than magical surrogates for an intended target of sorcery whether for boon or for bane. Such voodoo dolls are not a feature of Haitian religion, although dolls intended for tourists may be found in the Iron Market in Port au Prince. The practice became closely associated with the Vodou religions in the public mind through the vehicle of horror movies and popular novels.
There is a practice in Haiti of nailing crude poppets with a discarded shoe on trees near the cemetery to act as messengers to the otherworld, which is very different in function from how poppets are portrayed as being used by voodoo worshippers in popular media and imagination, ie. for purposes of sympathetic magic towards another person. Another use of dolls in authentic Vodou practice is the incorporation of plastic doll babies in altars and objects used to represent or honor the spirits, or in pwen, which recalls the aforementioned use of bocio and nkisi figures in Africa.
Another way is to write the spell on the body of a catfish, for it survives long out of waters, and rethrow it again into the water. the spell can't be removed unless the fish is caught and cut. Spells are mostly written and hidden in strange places: Mouth of a dead corpse, in a fish body, on the wing of a bird, etc.. Most of Magic in Egypt anyway is nonsense and only very few people practice it the dark right way. Magic cannot hurt anyone unless he's far away from God.
2007-02-18 00:08:10
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answered by Lawrence of Arabia 6
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it's here but watch what you mess with.
2007-02-19 21:36:54
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answered by IKB 3
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voodoo
2007-02-18 00:00:21
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answered by booge 6
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ask expert
2007-02-18 08:10:57
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answered by Anonymous
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