Black Magic Essay

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Dark Art - Black Magic
From Europe and Africa to the end of Asia and the regions beyond the ocean known as America , " Dark Arts " have become so notorious and frightening, that the mere mention is able to sow the fear and panic to its defenceless victims. Modern man reacts to the sounds of witchcraft either with mockery and humorous outbursts or suspicion. Magic cloak of prejudice and superstition that surrounds Western societies is increasing systematically day after day.
Nevertheless , the arts of the evil continue to cast a shadow in the folk traditions and folklores , making many of us to wonder, if this is just a rabble of silly tricks and illusions or whether it is infinitely more sinister than we want to admit.

Evidence - Vampirism
When archaeologists brings to the light the stories of death, sickness and torture by black magic it often helps to explain the unexplainable.One such archaeological discovery showed a skull of a woman with a stone in her mouth when her remains were found among the victims of the plague of the 16th century in the mass grave of Venetian island Lazzaretto Nuovo, which functioned as a sanatorium .

It was in 1576 when the plague struck Venice and deprived life of over 50,000 people. Without the benefit of science, people have thought other explanations for the tragedy, one them was baffling black magic with the vampires in a fascinating mix of unearthly activity .
The same was believed by the Venetian gravediggers, who felt that this woman was a victim of black magic and put a stone in her mouth to exorcise the undead nature and thus to prevent infecting others : the vampire action as an explanation for the phenomenon massive deaths the Venetians considered perfectly normal.

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...e across many sites that were claiming the possibility of removing curses and evil presences by following silly instructions. Some claim that we can remove a binding spell for example, by burning candles and whispering to the full moon about it. Others require to buy protective talisman charms that can remove and help against curses. Frankly speaking none of us can remove curses or evil eyes simply because it requires spiritual protector who can properly perform ritual of chasing away evil.
Personally I would suggest to contact a spiritual protector to find out if you do have a curse or evil aura or even evil eye and let the "specialist" to deal with evil forces.
A person that I completely trust in such matters can be found in the pages of Ebay for a very short time. I strongly advise and recommend this SPIRITUAL PROTECTOR to every hurt by magic and bad luck person.

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