Was Moses a priest educated in Egyptian black magic rituals?
In all likelihood he was schooled at the Temple of Heliopolis and any rituals that may have been considered “black” magic he was probably exposed to in one form or another.But remember that in ancient times the word “magic” was often a euphemism for “science”. Priests were often the “scientists” of the ancient world. As well as its earliest bankers.As Isaac Asimov famously said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”Whether magic or science is “black, “white” or even “grey” depends largely on how the practitioner is using it and for what purpose.
What do Christians think about Hoodoo?
Hoodoo is an American and African-American folkway. It is not voudou (a religion) or Western-Celtic magic. It does rely on the ability to commune with the spirit world and has much in common with Christian esoteric beliefs from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries (the use of Psalms, prayers to the archangels, the name of the Lord having special benefit) and herbal medicine from several cultures, including African, Jewish, and Native American folk ways.
Superstition, folk magic spells like in Hoodoo or Pow-Wow?
I am trying to do some research on folk magic, the type where the spells tend to read something like, "To get rid of an illness, go out before dawn and collect rainwater, then boil an egg in that water, poke three holes in it with pins and bury it in a red ant hill" or "To bind an enemy, put a dead fly in a spider web and wrap it up" with an incantation. Magic with that element of ritual or superstition. I've been studying Hoodoo and I've found some useful things in Pennsylvania Dutch's Pow-Wow books, but I know there has to be more out there, particularly internationally. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Books, websites, names of religions that use it or some period and place that tended to be full of them, lore that seems similar? I'm having trouble simply finding the right term to search and any help would be very useful.
Are voodoo dolls actually part of any African or African derived religion?
No. Tann (Haitian Vodou) writes that voodoo dolls come from Europe rather than Africa. European dolls have a long history. The dolls were first (?) used in Ancient Egypt and have since then been a part of Western magic. This is a well-known clay-doll pierced with needles from the Roman period:(A more graphic variant of the doll can be found here: Real voodoo curse, or nocebo induced harm? Beard, North & Price (Religions of Rome: Volume 2, p. 267) write that the piercing follows the instructions of Papyri Graecae Magicae IV.296-334.) The dolls are still used in modern witchcraft, where they are known as poppets:This is Tann’s description of the origin of the so-called Voodoo doll:The use of dolls or other figures resembling human beings is a very ancient magical practice observed in many cultures around the world. The modern belief that Haitian Vodou uses dolls in a specific manner to cause injury or harm to human beings owes far more to an exaggeration of existing European magical practices than anything from Africa, though the first use of human figures in execration (cursing/ harm) rituals is known from certain ritual practices of the ancient Egyptians. From Egypt, these dolls— which were abused in various ways including breaking, tying them up with string, piercing them with nails or pins, cutting them with knives, beheading them, or burying them in various places— were adopted into Græco-Roman magical practices. From there, they found their way into the early magical grimoires of medieval and Renaissance magicians. Eventually, these practices found their way even into modern witchcraft, where the dolls are often referred to as poppets.There is a strong and well-documented practice of using dolls as part of magic in New Orleans Voodoo as well as in Hoodoo, but even in those traditions, the practice seems to derive from European roots rather than from Africa. From the Kongo nations of western and central Africa, we know about the use of a human figure carved from wood and pierced with nails called an nkisi (EN-KEE-see); however, nkisi are almost universally used as protective objects rather than to cause harm. A few Vodouisants might occasionally use crude human figures as part of various forms of individual magic, but it is not a common practice, and the entire notion of “sticking dolls with pins” comes more from horror films than from actual Haitian Vodou.
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Why is the "Star of David" associated with magick, and sometimes demonology?
The Star of David is a Kabbalistic symbol that has always been associated with Magical formulas. It only became associated with Judaism in the Medieval era as a result of the influence of Gnosticism. Several medieval books that claim to be much older than they are were incorporated into what is today known as “orthodox Judaism” literally only within the last few hundred years. This books are Kabbalistic in nature and are part of the Jewish practice of “Kabbalah.” It is a system that purports to have always been a part of Judaism, but, in fact, contradicts it and is full of gnostic ideas and magical formulae.Kabbalah and the books associated with it are loaded with these magical sigils, one of which is the so called “Star of David.” According to Kabbalistic traditions, David used magick. According to the same Traditions, Solomon built the temple by using magick to enslave demons. If you study Kabbalah, you will find that this is fully admitted in the material. The Star of David is one of these symbols. It’s used as the symbol of the nation of Israel today, which is interesting, because the origin of the symbol comes from what seems to be a corruption of the original Jewish religion.So, to answer your question: “Why is the "Star of David" associated with magick, and sometimes demonology?”The simple answer is that that is what it originally was and that is what it still is to many, especially within the so called orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities.