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Black Magic

Entry to the crypt.

Salamanca, Spain

Cave of Salamanca

A hidden medieval crypt where a famous legend says the devil used to teach black magic.

Headless Jaguar statue at the foot of the steps.

Malinalco, Mexico

House of the Eagles

The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.

The mysterious elephant.

Elephant Fountain

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

A coconut, hopefully not cursed.

Why Coconuts Were Accused of Meddling in Politics

The fruits are thought by some to power black magic rituals.

Paula Mejia April 10, 2018

6 Dark Places Aleister Crowley Performed His Particular Brand of Magick

A guide to traveling with "the wickedest man in the world."

Molly McBride Jacobson September 22, 2016

Scarecrow in Mayong

Mayong - The Land of Black Magic

The Indian capital of black magic and witchcraft.

House of Laments

Guanajuato, Mexico

House of Laments

Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.

36 Blythe Road, the former site of the London Order of the Golden Dawn Temple.

London, England

36 Blythe Road

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

Boleskine House, photographed in 1912.

Foyers, Scotland

Boleskine House

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

The southern tip of Esopus Island.

Staatsburg, New York

Esopus Island

An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.

The glass and marble mausoleum of Pierre de Brazza

Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

De Brazza's Mausoleum

A crypt believed by many Congolese to be a center of black magic.

An anatomical model.

The Anatomical Machines of Cappella Sansevero

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.