black magic

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Voodoo is effective if you believe in black magic; it fails to affect you if you don’t.
如果你相信巫术，那么巫术就是有效的；如果你不相信，巫术就没有效果。
Not long afterward, the Rolling Stones produced an album entitled “At Their Satanic Majesties Request;” their involvement with black magic and Satanism during this period has been documented.
此后不久，滚石乐队出了一个专辑名叫《应撒旦陛下之命》。他们这一时期参与黑巫术与撒旦教的活动都有记录。
A few days later she found herself in the waiting room of a popular witch doctor known as “The Crow, ” hoping for a little black magic to force her errant boyfriend to return.
几天后，她坐在一个名叫“乌鸦”的巫师工作室内等待他的帮助，她希望借助黑魔法使自己变心的男友回心转意。

Lyricist Johnny Mercer was one of the world's most prolific composers, turning out more than 1,500 songs, including a classic he co-wrote with Harold Arlen, "That Old Black Magic."

Using the iPhone's camera, the app takes a series of images and uses some software black magic to create the finished product.
ENGADGET: Hands-on with Arqball Spin, the app that lets you create interactive 3D models
If online search is rocket science, selling a new product to the right customers at the right price is black magic, especially for inexperienced small companies.
FORBES: Is Your Product's Price Right?
In a tape recording made when he was five, he can be heard requesting a Christmas present of a mandrake root, for the purpose of black magic.
NEWYORKER: Show The Monster

a type of magic that is believed to use evil spirits (= people who cannot be seen) to do harmful things