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3rdeyeblaque · 11 months

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Today we venerate Benjamin Rucker aka Black Herman on his 134th birthday 🎉

Heralded as the greatest magician in U.S. history, Black Herman was brilliant for his fusion of performance magic with occultism & superstition, and his strong Separatist & militant Pan-Afrikan ideologies (Marcus Garvey x Booker T. Washington). He proclaimed that it was his mission to promote Black Power.

Born in Amherst, VA, as a teen, Black Herman learned the art of illusions from his mentor, Prince Herman. They ran a medicine show, performing magic tricks to attract curious passersby to their "Secret African Remedy". When Prince Herman, 17yr old Rucker was determined to carry on the show; this time using only magic. He then took on the name of, "Black Herman"; in honor of Prince Herman & as an homage to Alonzo Moore, the famous Black American magician who was known as the "Black Herrmann".

In Harlem, Rucker established himself as a pillar of the community. He was often seen in Garvey’s massive Harlem parades & is believed to have offered Garvey spiritual counsel. He befriended preachers, intellectuals and politicians, many of whom met at his home for a weekly study group. He was an Elk, a Freemason, and a Knight of Pythias. He used his success to make loans to local Black businessmen/organisations, established scholarship funds, & performed for free to help churches pay their bills. He expanded his wealth by purchasing a printing plan to establish a monthly magazine, "Black Herman’s Mail Order Course of Graduated Lessons in the Art of Magic". He acquired real estate, bought shares in two cotton plantations, gave personal consultations, & started herb/root gardens in a dozen cities.

Black Herman famously claimed that he was immortal & directly descended from Moses of the Bible. He asserted that our people could elude Klansmen & their descendants by escaping the limitations of mortality & simply outliving them. He'd also sell protective talismans to combat racism. He inserted his Afrikan heritage into his performances. One of his specialties included the “Asrah levitation.” He'd produce rabbits & doubled the amount of cornmeal in a bowl. Many of his tricks were "secrets taught by Zulu witch doctors". Some of his tricks were parallel to miracles from the Christian bible. He'd cast out demons from his assistant or brother hidden amongst the audience, then offer a special tonic for sale & offer a psychic reading address their “problems”.

Yet none compared to his most famous act of all, "Buried Alive". He would be interred in an outdoor area called "Black Herman's Private Graveyard", in full view of his audience. He'd slow his pulse by applying pressure under his arm, & pronounced "dead" on the spot by a local "doctor". As the coffin was lowered into the ground, Herman would slip out unnoticed. For days, people would pay to look at the grave, buidling the suspense over the fate of Black Herman. When the time was up, the coffin was exhumed with great drama and fanfare, and out walked Herman to lead his audience into the nearest theater, where he performed the rest of his show.

Eerily enough, his must famous act foreshadowed his own death in 1934 in which he collapsed on stage due to a massive heart attack that many audience members took to be part of his act. After the crowd refused to believe that the show was indeed over, Black Herman's assistant had his body moved to a funeral home. The crowds followed. Finally, his assistant decided to charge admission as one final farewell & homage to Black Herman's legacy. People came and went by the thousands; some even brought pins to stick into his corpse as proof of his death. His burial made front page news in Black newspapers across the country. Today, Black Herman rests in the Woodlawn Cemetery in NYC.

In 1925, he published a book, ghostwritten by a man named Young entitled, "Secrets of Magic, Mystery, and Legerdemain"; a semi-fictionalized autobiography that offers directions for simple illusions, advice on astrology & lucky numbers, & bits of Hoodoo customs and practices.

"If the slave traders tried to take any of my people captive, we would release ourselves using our secret knowledge." - Black Herman during his rope escape routine.

We pour libations & give him💐 today as we celebrate him for his love & service to our community/people & for his legacied contributions to Hoodoo Culture & History.

Offering suggestions : read his literary works, libations of whiskey/rum, Pan African flag, coins & paper money

‼️Note: offering suggestions are just that & strictly for veneration purposes only. Never attempt to conjure up any spirit or entity without proper divination/Mediumship counsel.‼️

#hoodoo #hoodoos #atrs #atr #the hoodoo calendar #rootwork #conjure #juju #hudu #black herman #Benjamin Rucker #black magicians

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s-aint-elmo · 4 months

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part 2 of my pining falin agenda aka I STAND WITH MARCILLE THAT DRESS WAS CUNT

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#dungeon meshi #falin touden #marcille donato #farcille #dungeon meshi spoilers #doodles #mine #in my to-do list that second image is described as 'visions of marcille tarted up dark magician style dancing in falin's mind'#making laios call the dungeon lord dress weird in part one is just compliance to canon characterization HE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR ME #i looove fashion and fashion as characterization so my headcanon is that marcille's epilogue style is a direct consequence of that dress #she realized that there was no escaping the resemblance to her mother bc it is now a proven fact that black brings out her cuntiferocity #also falin is wearing a chemise de la reine bc 1) plumage real estate 2) similar to her canon dresses and 3) booba

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openapocalypse · 1 year

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#Stoic #Apocalypse #Ekpyrosis #Black magic #Black magicians #Black wizards

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deadassdiaspore · 2 years

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#Black archives #Black magicians #Radical Black Women

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domrom · 3 months

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Yu-Gi-Oh Redraws!

#yugioh #dark magician #blue eyes white dragon #red eyes black dragon #yugi mutou #joey wheeler #seto kaiba #my art #dark magician card art #blue eyes white dragon card art #red eyes black dragon card art

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owlyjules · 2 years

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Wisptober Day 6: Vestige

"There used to be a mage living out in the woods, say the villagers. However, if you happen upon the vestige of the old atelier, all you might ecounter is a huge beast that has forgotten how to be human."

Is this accidentally inspired by Witch Hat Atelier? Apparently.XD (I swear I only realised while doing the finishing touches.I blame it on me adding a cape.XD)

#wisptober 2022 #wisptober #Illustration #black dog #black wolf #yellow #magician #witch #sorcerer #watercolor #ink #colored pencils #halloween #inktober

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ianime0 · 3 months

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Yu-Gi-Oh 25th Anniversary | Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl

#yugioh #dark magician #dark magician girl #blue eyes white dragon #red eyes black dragon #ygo #ygoedit #my gifs #my post

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esmiara · 11 months

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So black magicians, right?

#yu gi oh #yugioh #yugioh duel monsters #ygo #ygo duel monsters #yu gi oh duel monsters #yugioh dm #ygo dm #black magician girl #black magician #black magicians being actual magicians #dark magician girl #dark magician #fanart

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pikurusu00 · 1 year

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#black magician girl

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dailyfigures · 7 months

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Dark Magician Girl ; Yu-Gi-Oh! ☆ MegaHouse

#happy halloween season!!!!! 🎃🕯#black magician girl #dark magician girl #yu gi oh #yu gi oh figure #yu gi oh! duel monsters #yu gi oh duel monsters #megahouse #anime #anime figure #anime figurine #figure #figure collecting #scale figure #figurine #anime collecting #myfigurecollection #manga

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punkeropercyjackson · 26 days

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"The Pjo show is bad because it has a lot of pop culture references and that's so fucking cringe!!!"Omg pop culture references in Percy Jackson?????Fork spotted in a kitchen momence!!!!!