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Maat and black magic

Black Magic

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It’s no secret that everyone has their own version of the truth. When someone does something harmful to another person, they believe they are acting out of a sense of righteousness. In that case, how can we be objective and fair when using black magic in general? For example, I use black magic against someone who has harmed another person. In turn, the victim of the black magic—who, in my opinion, committed the “misdeed” might say, “This isn’t fair to me!” In that case, whose side will Maat be on? And even if I direct my black magic at the aggressor, how can I be sure that Maat won’t turn against me? What if the aggressor has absolutely no conscience and thinks he's right about everything? Does Maat's verdict depend on whether a person considers themselves completely right or guilty? And will a person who feels guilty but has done nothing wrong to be punished?

I used to practice black magic freely before I was introduced to the concept of Maat, but now I feel that this concept is holding me and my wrath back from bringing justice to the villains who, in my opinion, are villains (Objectively speaking, they aren't doing very good things).
 
Black magic is permissible as long as it is not used for trivial reasons.

If people violate your freedom and embody isfet, sending it back to the sender is part of restoring order.

In this case, the feather on the scale will carry no weight. For it is Ma'at herself who cleanses, dispenses justice, and restores order.
 
Black magic is permissible as long as it is not used for trivial reasons.

If people violate your freedom and embody isfet, sending it back to the sender is part of restoring order.

In this case, the feather on the scale will carry no weight. For it is Ma'at herself who cleanses, dispenses justice, and restores order.
What if my freedom conflicts with someone else's freedom? After all, freedom is expressed in the choices each of us makes, some choose to do evil, but a person who commits an objectively evil act may not consider it evil and will not believe that they could become a victim of retribution of Maat or Nemesis
 
What if my freedom conflicts with someone else's freedom? After all, freedom is expressed in the choices each of us makes, some choose to do evil, but a person who commits an objectively evil act may not consider it evil and will not believe that they could become a victim of retribution of Maat or Nemesis
We need to analyze the situation. In cases involving multiple people, it depends on the person's intent.
 
One of the best forms of “black magick” in my view is to simply overload the person with their own karma, avoiding any energy from yourself towards them, which keeps the soul clean and not attached to any negative energy from the target.

The way the kabbalistic rabbis often did it was to lock the karma of the person in them and “ask heaven to lay judgment on them”, essentially speeding up the manifestation of the already existing negative karma of the person into their life. They were strictly forbidden from wishing death on anyone due to the horrid blowback that could lead on the caster.

The “curse” worked by simply playing along the person’s “fate” from its more negative ends and locking out the positive ones rather than just sending raw seperate negative energy from your end which may have no ties to this person’s karma. “Heaven” or “fate” doesn’t really like interferences from outsiders.

Occult-wise this is likely the smartest way to go about “cursing” someone, but then you’d have to ask yourself if it’s really worth it and if you could have just banished them instead, spending that energy on more prodctive things.
 

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