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

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  (#4) Christopher Lee

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  Actor and musician Sir Christopher Lee is so well known for playing terrifying villains on stage and screen that it began to spill into his real-life reputation. During his life he was suspected of engaging in occult practices, and one of the most popular rumors was that he had one of the largest collections of occult literature in the world.

  Lee himself not only denied all of this, but delivered a powerful warning to all wannabe black magic practitioners.  

  “I have met people who claim to be Satanists, who claim to be involved with black magic, who claimed that they not only knew a lot about it. But as I said, I certainly have not been involved and I warn all of you: never, never, never. You will not only lose your mind: you lose your soul.”
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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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  (#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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  (#12) Marina Abramović

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  Performance artist Marina Abramović has become world famous for her striking, violent, and strange performance art which directly engages with viewers, making them a part of her installations in boundary-pushing ways. She's also known for her occult-like approach to pieces, involving others occasionally in strange and painful rituals.

  Abromović created a short film about the sexual aspects of Balkan pagan traditions.
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  (#3) William S. Burroughs

  • Dec. at 83 (1914-1997)

  As one of the most famous authors of all time, William S. Burroughs had a lot of significance in 20th century counterculture. While he's known for his book Naked Lunch, Burroughs is less known for his love of curses. As in he placed curses on places and people he didn't like or he felt wronged by. Burroughs claimed he had closed a restaurant in London where he had gotten bad service with magic.

  Burroughs and fellow novelist Truman Capote had been insulting each other and their work for years when Burroughs finally reached his breaking point. He cursed the other author in an open letter: 

  “You will never have anything else. You will never write another sentence above the level of In Cold Blood. As a writer you are finished.”  

  Weirdly enough, Burroughs' curse came true. The only thing Capote managed to have published before his death a year later got him kicked out of celebrity circles. 
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  (#13) Elvis Presley

  • Dec. at 42 (1935-1977)

  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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