Asalaamu Alaikum Wr Wb, please read this article it is VERY interesting:
History of Black Magic & Performers of today (David Copperfield, David Blaine etc)
The history or rather inception of the dark arts of Black Magic as we know it are rooted in the period of the Prophet Soloman (i.e. King Soloman). To learn more about the history of Magic in the West (i.e. Europe & North America) see
“Witchcraft a history” by P.G. Maxwell Stuart.
Prophet Soloman was given a vast kingdom and this also included the dominion of the Jinn’s which he had control over (this is why Quranic recitation during exorcisms often refer to his name as it causes the jinn great agitation, see Surah Bukhara 2:102).
It was during this period that Allah sent two angels by the names of Harout & Marout to Beni Israel in the form of humans to try mankind by offering them scribes describing the performance of magic, but warning them of the evils and sinful pitfalls associated with its practise and now-how. One must look at this age in its context, during this period as during the period of the Prophet Moses, Magic was very much the science of the day, hence the offer of an A-Z guide to magic which was in effect what the two angels were offering was enormously tempting. Those that chose not to heed the words of the angels and refrain from learning the malevolent arts fell into great sin and failed the test of this life.
Such scribes (revealed to the people of Beni Israel) transferred from generation to generation into the hands of the Jews where it is still very much resides today. Hence it is no accident that Jews are the most adept practioners of magic today and their roles in this area are legendary, one need only look at the current most dazzling magicians, David Copperfield (he made the statute of liberty disappear, flew across the grand canyon, retrieved a ship from the Bermuda Triangle, passed through the Wall of China, and as voted by a panel of the worlds top magicians performed the greatest magic act to date when he had he’s body sawed in half in full view of the public and camera and not whilst in a box as is conventionally done, and then made to wiggle he’s toes whilst being completely separated from he’s lower half) , David Blaine (he is renowned for levitating and reading peoples mind), Ricky Jay and Mr. Electric, all Jews, performing all over the world and make headlines wherever they go.
Also Harry Houdini, who was born Erich Weiss in Hungary, and Max Malini, born in Poland in 1873, who practiced his art until his death in 1942, as well as Meyer Kessler, Ruth Iris Wachsman, Bamberg family (who comprised six generations of magicians spanning 200 years) and Horace Goldin (Hyman Golstein) who was considered the greatest magic performer of the 19th century. Nostradamus (famous soothsayer of the 16th Century) too was a Jew.
Throughout history, Jews have performed the insidious arts of Black Magic going back to biblical times. Jewish magicians have graced the stages of worlds theatres, they have entertained the royalty of many countries, and performed from early times - in the pyramids of Egypt, on the backs of covered wagons, in famous music halls, and popular vaudeville shows. Such practitioner will often take the credit for all these alleged stunts/illusions, in reality they are simply in contact with the realm of the Jinn’s whom they perform in concert with together.
This also reminds me of a case of possession not so long ago in Saudi Arabia in which a young man under went an exorcism during which the Jinn emerged from within him and spoke mentioning several names of people within the United States that were very powerful in the dark art of magic and the control of Jinn’s (David Copperfield name was one of them). It was also a Jewish man called Lubaid Ben Al-Aasim who was responsible for performing Black Magic against the Prophet of Islam Muhammed (pbuh).
Source: http://dangerofchi.org/page2
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