Black magic and white medicine: A mine medical officer's experiences in South Africa, the Belgian Congo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast

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Kruk, Remke (May 2005). "Harry Potter in the Gulf: Contemporary Islam and the Occult". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 32 (1): 60. doi: 10.1080/13530190500081626. JSTOR 30037661. S2CID 159793466. Some of "the more commonly used branches" of the art of magic listed by Dastghaib Shirazi and/or schools of the occult listed by the Ottoman-Turkic theologian Taşköprüzade: The gradual reduction of blood volume . . . can be explained by the action of the sympathico-adrenal system in causing a persistent constriction of the small arterioles in certain parts of the body. If adrenaline, which constricts the blood vessels precisely as nerve impulses constrict them, is continuously injected at a rate which produces the vasoconstriction of strong emotional states, the blood volume is reduced. . . . The Oxford English Dictionary states that the first record of the use of this term was in 1718, in Francis Hutchinson's work An Historical Essay concerning Witchcraft, with Observations upon Matters of Fact; Tending to Clear the Texts of the Sacred Scriptures, and Confute the Vulgar Errors about that Point. [3] Hutchinson used the phrase in a chapter defending a prisoner who was charged with witchcraft, by asserting that the "Witch-Doctor" himself was the one using sorcery:

Human rights workers allege that accused in Saudi Arabia are often foreign domestic workers from Africa and Southeast Asia who often are simply practicing folk medicine from their country or who are charged with witchcraft by their employers in retaliation for taking those employers to court for refusal to pay wages. [90] (The power of the Committee for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue that oversees the anti-witchcraft unit has been sharply curtailed under the reign of crown prince Muhammad bin Salman.) Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (c. 1150–1209) "includes under sorcery the use ( isti'ana, seeking help) of the hidden properties ( khawass) of foodstuffs, medicines and unguents"; but traditional medicines are both widely practiced in the Islamic world and "never subject to religious censorship". [8] Saudi Arabia: Witchcraft and Sorcery Cases on the Rise". Human Rights watch. 24 November 2009 . Retrieved 14 December 2021.

I had a tooth surgically extracted Dec. 20th. It has felt like it has not healed properly. Five days ago I noticed the inside gum (under tongue) back from where the tooth was extracted had exposed bone and is extremely painful. I went back to the dentist today and she said it was not from the extraction, but was a mouth ulcer causing the bone to be exposed. She Rx'ed magic mouthwash and lortab 5mg. I have appt with oral surgeon on Thursday. I am concerned about she didn't give me antibiotics and the surgeon wont give any until consultation. Is this dangerous to have exposed bone? I have lupus and I don't know how this will affect me. Help

Ibn Khaldūn. Al-muqaddimah. Edited by M. Quatremère. Paris, 1858–. Translated by Franz Rosenthal as The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History, 2d ed., 3 vols. (Princeton, 1967); vol. 3, p. 159; quoted in Fahd, Toufic (1987). "Magic: Magic In Islam". encyclopedia.com. Translated by David M. Weeks . Retrieved 1 December 2021. a b Perho, Irmeli (2012). "Magic in the ḥadīths" (PDF). Orientalia Suecana. LXI Suppl.: 183 . Retrieved 14 December 2021. a b c Travis Zadeh Commanding Demons and Jinn: The Sorcerer in Early Islamic Thought Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2014 p-154 treating inability to have intercourse with your wife by urinating on the heated blade of a sharp axe. [99] Perho, Irmeli (2012). "Magic in the ḥadīths" (PDF). Orientalia Suecana. LXI Suppl.: 188–190 . Retrieved 14 December 2021.

al-Majrīṭī, op. cit., p. 187; cf. Fahd, 1966, p. 192, n. 29; quoted in quoted in Fahd, Toufic (1987). "Magic: Magic In Islam". encyclopedia.com. Translated by David M. Weeks . Retrieved 1 December 2021. The ancient Egyptians’ practice of preserving deceased people as mummies meant that they learned something about how the human body works.Wahid 'Abd al-Salam (or Ibn al-Salam) Bali, a popular Wahhabi-trained author of several books on the dangers of jinn and magic, uses "sorcery" ( siḥr) to mean "demonic, not on sympathetic magic". [8] Khawass often refers to "God's holy names and of various Qur'anic texts" and belief that these have a powerful supernatural effect is "very much a part of Islamic daily practice", nonetheless some (Qasim Mahmud al-Mahmud), [50] have denounced "these religious texts also as demonic" and Islamically "unacceptable". [51] (Qasim Mahmud al-Mahmud accused a Islamic healer of the forbidden practice getting help from a jinn after the healer maintained that all fragments of text of the Quran have a 'spirit servant', and if a Muslim reads the appropriate "text a fixed number of times according to the abjad, they "will immediately obtain what they desire".) [52] Practices and treatments [ edit ] Part of a series on In its original meaning, witch doctors were not exactly witches themselves, but rather people who had remedies to protect others against witchcraft.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m Fahd, Toufic (1987). "Magic: Magic In Islam". encyclopedia.com. Translated by David M. Weeks . Retrieved 1 December 2021. The heart: According to the Ebers Papyrus, the center of the body’s blood supply is the heart, and every corner of the body is attached to vessels. The heart was the meeting point for vessels that carried tears, urine, semen, and blood. Researchers writing in 2014 described ancient Egyptian understanding of the cardiovascular system as “surprisingly sophisticated, if not accurate.Horoscope Today, November 7, 2023: Read your daily astrological prediction for Aries, Taurus and Others the worlds muslims: unity and diversity. executive summary. 9 August 2012 . Retrieved 11 December 2021. Witchcraft—Sources on Islam and magic differ in their use of the term "witchcraft". It is sometimes seems to be used in place of "magic" (Pew Research Center survey on Muslim beliefs), [23] sometimes excluded from use (Toufic Fahd), [18] sometimes avoided in favor of "sorcery" because it (witchcraft) "evokes the wrong associations" (Remke Kruk) [14]—i.e. because it is "a late medieval Christian heresy", [24] or because unlike sorcery it is "a psychic act" that uses no spells, rites or medicines. [25] [14] G. Hussein Rassool includes witchcraft as a subset of a "wider" definition of magic: "Witchcraft refers to toxic actions that are carried out by persons presumed to have access to the supernatural world." [1] There are certain poojas I would suggest you perform at home if you think you are under the influence of the evil eye. Chaandi Paath, Kaal Bhairav puja and Durga Saptashi pooja are highly recommended.