Black Magic is Not a Myth in Articles by Aleister Crowley.

“In Paris, and even in London, there are misguided people who are abusing their priceless spiritual gifts to obtain petty and temporary advantages through these practices.” [via, also]

Consider also:

  1. “A renegade priest gathers about him a congregation of sensation-hunters and religious fanatics; then only can the ceremonies of profanation be of extended black magical effect.”
  2. “It is like looking for an escape of gas with a lighted candle. As far as the search goes, there is little fear of failure!”
  3. “Then the Fascists came into power and some foreign newspaper correspondents were asked to leave. And so was I. There was no rough turning-out. I was treated with the greatest of courtesy.”
  4. “Through their mediumistic acts, spiritists sometimes get hold of disintegrated pieces of the mental apparatus of a man or woman who has died recently.”
  5. “By working herself into a diabolic ecstasy the witch can achieve success in her schemes. She is willing to sacrifice her first-born, a usual price demanded by the demon, or sell her soul. And all for what? To stop her neighbour’s cows from giving milk; to send a surly enemy to a sick bed.”