Voodoo and Black Magic: Science or Fiction

Man is supposed to be the greatest creation of god. It is believed that man was created with superior thinking capability. He is capable of controlling the other creatures with his ability to think. But the mind boggles when we know that, with these superb thinking abilities, all he could think about is destruction. Voodoo and black magic could be used for doing some good things, but mostly people use these dark arts to seek revenge. The insane thing is that, the person who is being attacked, mostly, would be unaware of the fact that a spell is being forced on him.

Voodoo has originated from western Africa. Diaspora was the major reason for it to spread to the northern, Southern America and to the Philippines. The word "vodoun" refers to some kind of dance. Sometimes they refer to category of spirits. Certain Roman Catholics who are active voodooists say that they serve the spirits, but they do not accept that practice is something beyond Roman Catholicism. Haitians also say that serving the family spirits is different from black magic and voodoo.

Mostly black magic is used for evil deeds. It is believed that there are many spells, which could be cast to make the target paralysed. It is not very uncommon to see websites that promise to cast spell on someone to cause some bad effects. There are various spells like

Return of a lost love spell

Revenge spell

Break up or anti love spells.

Attracting love spells

We should just be able to imagine, how bad it would be if these spells really are powerful enough to accomplish what they were meant for. If such a thing happens man would lose the state of freedom in his life.

In villages of primitive countries and undeveloped countries, the people often resort to such black magic techniques to pull down the prosperity of their neighbours. Some of us do not believe in this, but it becomes hard to not believe, even after seeing a victim claiming to have been affected by this. Some people use black magic for curing the illness. But the question of its efficiency remains unanswered. Some people also define voodoo as "communicating with the spirits". Communicating with spirits is also called as Divination. Many evidences are there, wherein people claim to have benefited by communicating with the spirits. They just tell that they get answers to their queries, which were not answered for a long time. Contradictorily there are warnings that one must never practise Divination. It seems that there are no spirits which are really good ones, and all the spirits try to posses the one who is practising Divination.

Whether voodoo or black magic, as long as it is used for good purposes, nothing is wrong. There are medical healings using voodoo, which have proved to be effective. Herbalism also is very significant in New Orleans. Here, voodoo is known as Hoodoo or root doctoring, and the Voodoo priest and priestess are often powerful healers, and they use herbs with powerful magical and spiritual healing tools. The existence of black magic has been a matter of debate for a long time. Some people still do not believe in these occult practises and say that these are nothing but stories meant to scare the timid and the weak hearted.