black magic

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He's told his players not to think the world is against them – nor to believe that the they are somehow cursed by "black magic".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

“It was like magic the first time we sang together. Like some black magic voodoo sort of vibes,” Evan added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

“Could it be a genie, could be black magic? We’ll never know.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Bardugo’s first novel for adults, “Ninth House,” imagined that the secret societies of Yale were hubs of black magic, and followed a ghost-seeing student named Alex as she navigates those worlds.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

So that was the way Set started—Set the god of evil and black magic.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder