An Argument Against The Use of Black Magic

Black magic is the power behind the many supernatural phenomena that are at times witnessed among the lives of the Africans. It is the preserve of the blacks only and seems to affect them alone. Some of these magical powers serve a good course such as disciplining offenders while others are used to cause harm to innocent people. Not anyone can perform this magic. It is only a designated few, to whom the gift flows in their family line. Magical powers are highly feared and revered by the blacks.

Arguments in Favor of the Powers

Magical powers among the Africans and other forms of superstition performed by them are all appropriate for their living. Black magic helps them to counter evils that face them. In Africa, offenders in the name of murderers and thieves are best-tamed and punished using black magic. Black magic has for long served as a fair system of justice among the Africans (Salaam, 2002). The number of offenders has always been encouragingly low courtesy of the reign of black magic. What gives it legitimacy is the fact that the art is accepted, recognized, and approved by all among the Africans. Black magic also helps in addressing natural calamities such as drought and famine. Using black magic, the Africans have been able to address and reverse bad situations that nature at times put them in. For instance, using black magic, they are able to invoke rain and cast away drought. Black magic has always gone beyond the comprehension and imagination of ordinary humans.

For instance, in the event of a land dispute, the magicians can instruct lightning to divide the land into a fair manner, which happens just like that. The people also recognize and give allegiance to the magicians to treat them in the event of a disease that herbalists cannot handle. The limit of black magic on what it can do cannot be underestimated. Black Magic reigns high and can offer treatment solutions for virtually every disease that ails the human race. Herbalists and other traditional healers recognize the surpassing power of the magicians when it comes to treating ailments. All difficult cases that exceed their abilities are referred to the magicians for consideration, which they successfully manage to treat.

Arguments Against the Powers

Black magic is mostly abused and used to harm people who are in most cases innocent. Most people use the option of black magic to punish and revenge on fellow humans. The frequencies with which people seek the services of these magicians have made these magicians commercialize their services. The money motive has also attracted cone artists to the field who in return have capitalized on exploiting the innocent people. Black magicians have also gone against the expectations that people initially had on them. Some of them deliberately harm people through sorcery and witchcraft activities. Christianity and other faiths do not recognize this practice. This hampers its acceptability in the modern society.

Conclusion

Black magic is still sound in most parts of Africa. It is applicable in solving the many daily problems that people in this part of the world face. The use of black magic addresses both superstitious issues as well as issues to do with the property, land, and even medical problems. The limit to which this art can extend to is limitless. Despite the fact that several contemporaries have opposed its viability, its applicability is there for all to see. It is within this premise that the author in Black Renaissance is on point to hold the opinion asserted by the thesis statement.