Question No. 3432 19 November 2023 Official answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat) verified Content level: Intermediate

Is Sorcery a Science?

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Dear teacher, what kind of knowledge is sorcery, really? Can sorcery and magic actually create an obstacle or barrier to goodness? Or can they let certain evils and devils into the world?
It even seems that the Jews have the greatest sorcerers and astrologers, and so on.
Even nowadays, many films are made about this subject.
By reciting incantations and using particular words and symbols, demonic power is unleashed; someone comes along and becomes a savior, and so on.

Subject category: Critique of Doubts آرشیو کهف سوال Academic فلسفی Theology and creed Epistemological

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Sorcery is not a form of knowledge but a form of ignorance. By combining ignorance with deception, it generates destructive forces that amount to a satanic weapon. Sorcerers use these forces, with the help of their accomplices—groups of devils—to influence or destroy what they set out to do.

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

Teacher and researcher in the intellectual tradition of wisdom and the Ahl al-Bayt | Soroush Bamdadān Cultural Center

Magic is not a kind of knowledge but a form of ignorance. When ignorance combines with a host of evils, it gives rise to destructive forces that serve as satanic weapons. With the help of their accomplices—groups of devils—sorcerers wield these forces to influence or destroy whatever they target.

Under certain conditions, sorcerers draw on the relationships between times and days, and the positions of the zodiacal signs and stars, both to enlist groups of devils and to create their destructive weapons. They also seek to fulfil their desires and aims by invoking the spiritual properties of various elements and compounds, as well as filth, impurities, evil spirits and base qualities.

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Is Sorcery a Science?

The essence and first answer at a glance (60-word summary)

Answer by Master Ali Saei (Abdullah Meshkat)

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