Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Across history, some magic was meant to protect you. Other magic had a much darker purpose: to make someone else suffer.
People performed rituals hoping to cause sickness, obsession, madness, or ruin. This deliberate use of magic against another person is known as malefic magic—what we would now broadly describe as black magic.
And some of the rituals that survive reveal, in unsettling detail, just how far people were willing to go to make that suffering happen.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Destroying your enemies in Egypt
2:23 - The curse tablets
4:55 - Love magic that wasn't very loving
6:20 - When harmful magic became witchcraft
8:18 - The magic used against magic
9:31 - What was the most evil magic?
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Across history, some magic was meant to protect you. Other magic had a much darker purpose: to make someone else suffer.
People performed rituals hoping to cause sickness, obsession, madness, or ruin. This deliberate use of magic against another person is known as malefic magic—what we would now broadly describe as black magic.
And some of the rituals that survive reveal, in unsettling detail, just how far people were willing to go to make that suffering happen.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Destroying your enemies in Egypt
2:23 - The curse tablets
4:55 - Love magic that wasn't very loving
6:20 - When harmful magic became witchcraft
8:18 - The magic used against magic
9:31 - What was the most evil magic?
Find Us On Social Media
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com.au/symbolsage
Twitter: twitter.com/symbolsage
Instagram: instagram.com/symbolsage
Facebook: facebook.com/Symbol-Sage
#history #witchcraft #ancientmagic #blackmagic #curses #occult #ancienthistory #medievalhistory #darkhistory #historyfacts #magic #mystery #historicalmystery #ancientegypt #greekhistory #romanhistory #mythology #folklore #witchhunts #darkhistoryfacts
