Random Famous People Who Allegedly Practiced Black Magic (13 items)

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  (#11) Alan Moore

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  Famously known for writing the comic books V For Vendetta and Watchmen, Alan Moore has been a known practicing magician since 1993. Through his own writing he began to question new realms of human consciousness and experience, and thought they were worth exploring himself. Moore believes art and magic are inextricably interlinked and are extensions of one another. 

  While some consider any dabbling in these areas to be black magic, it looks as though Moore is in pursuit of magical understanding more than laying curses on those who displease him. His patron deity is the snake-god Glycon. 
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  (#13) Elvis Presley

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  While Elvis Presley, king of rock and roll, was well-known as devout Christian, his interests in mysticism and religion didn't end there. It's known he had a roughly 250 books at Graceland, most of those being occult and religious texts. Presley was allegedly a known occultist who would read from occult books on stage at his concerts.

  He apparently favored books by Theosophist Madame Blavatsky, who taught that Lucifer is the one true god. 
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  (#2) David Bowie

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  David Bowie was one of the most influential rock musicians of all time. He was known for his experimentation in sound, style, and persona. However, things got a little weird for him in the '70s. While recording the 1976 album Station To Station - an album which he barely remembered recording - Bowie became swallowed by cocaine use, alcoholism, paranoia, and magic. He became obsessed with using magic to attain success and protect and defend himself from demonic forces. He would draw pentagrams on every surface he possibly could. 

  Bowie would go on strange rants that no one could follow, refused to go above the third floor in any building, took part in strange rituals, and believed that witches were trying to steal his seed to create a demon baby. Eventually he even called a white witch to lift the curse and exorcize his house. 
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  (#8) Daryl Hall

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  Daryl Hall may be famously known as half of the Philadelphia pop rock duo Hall & Oates, but what not a lot of people know is that he spent years dabbling in the dark arts. He spent over half of the '70s immersed in various traditions while trying to "transform his inner universe." Around that time he also decided he came from an entire line of black magic practitioners and was descended from famous 19th century occultist Aleister Crowley.  

  While it's hard to imagine a man half responsible for some of the most benign and catchy soft rock songs of all time secretly dabbling in the dark arts, Hall spent almost a decade obsessed with Crowley and the occult.
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  (#9) Björk

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  Singer, musician, producer, and occasional actress Björk's occult upbringing would be enough to terrify any conservative. When discussing astrology and her beliefs on magic in a 1995 interview she said: 

  My mum did it. I think she took me to all the occult creatures of Iceland, from the age of zero until I was 18, when I became a rebel anti-hippie. I got my fortune told and everything. I think I probably believe most of it, actually. I’ve got Pluto in a very important place, and that’s what I’m about. I have to re-create the universe every morning when I wake up. And kill it in the evening, which is a bit outrageous, but there you go.

  Björk being raised by a witch makes a lot of sense when you consider her tendency toward nature-based and very pagan lyrics. 
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  (#5) Grimes

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  Canadian Witch House artist Grimes is known for her brilliant music and odd persona. She has featured occult personalities in her videos, as well as tweeted pictures of different mystic books. She is also known to go to extreme lengths while recording, such as locking herself away without food, water, or company for extended periods of time in order to access weird realms of consciousness. That is exactly what she did while recording her 2012 album Visions. 

  She told The Guardian that on day nine of deprivation everything changed. 

  "I started to feel like I was channeling spirits. I was convinced my music was a gift from God. It was like I knew exactly what to do next, as if my songs were already written."

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