We all know standard European magic and weird shaman spiritcalling stuff...

Seeking the guidance of the ancestors.

Demanding it and wresting it from them if you are an unscrupulous, disreputable bastard.

Recognizing that the reason one contracts with supernatural powers is that they have supernatural powers in the first place, and may in fact be spellcasters in their own right; Oni warriors may enjoy surprising foes with the fact that they are Mahoutsukai as well as strong enough to bludgeon their foes to paste.

>Middle-east

Martial Disciplines with magic so ingrained as to make their bladework seem spellcraft of its own variety, handed down from master to student with the deadliest or most powerful techniques held in reserve or even archived away secretly for dire days foreseen.

Egypt's in Africa, though I guess it'd be part of the middle-east culturally.

Royal and Imperial enforcers with spells and means meant to be overwhelmingly powerful, simple, and elegant in their execution.

Shape-shifters in touch with their past and future lives, using the connection to create new opportunities in their current incarnations.

Cheaters who use means outside of magic despite Clearly having been in the profession for that specifically.

Fucking bullshit priest.

Summoning R63 King Arthor to moralfag all over to cover up your underhanded jackassery OP are you dead or is this helping?

The image is titled "kangz" but he's not black. That's why he made that comment.

>Negromancy
OP didn't say African Mr. Berber
The reality is that our system of continental labeling isn't very useful for discerning between human beings because 3 of them are all linked via land. Egypt, at the crossroads, is perhaps as much part of Africa as Asia or Europe.

Magic comes from the Efreeti of the burning sands.

You can study it if you wander the desert, encounter one, and survive their trials. However, these men of dark smoke and shadow are wily, and it will likely be the death of you. Trust them not, for they know how to bend your will, and your every choice will seem foolish in their eyes.

Magic is more of a force of nature, and is not for mortals to control or wield, more just that they can borrow it, or nudge it before it burns them out, and draws them into the ripcurrent of primal energy.

Zorostrianism -> You are not good. You are not Evil. You are both, a dual thing. There is energy in both. You can use that energy for "magic" but beware that the balance must be kept. If you do not restore the balance, it will be restored for you.

>Summoning R63 King Arthur to moralfag
>not summoning Bodybuilder Alexander The Great to bro it up and teach you life lessons.

I'm not OP, but come on, why would anyone want to summon that crybaby?

Explosions

Well for one, there's Rokugan's magic system, which you just posted a fucking picture off. Involving parlaying with Kami for favors, part hermeticism part religious observance

There's also Onmyōdō, the historical japanese occult spiritualism. And Shugendo, the religious practice from which we get our legends about Japanese Monks and shit.

This is the exact opposite of Eastern magic you know.

>summoning Alexander The Great to teach life lessons

So we get a lecture on the correct way to drink to death, kill friends in drunken rages and give no serious thought to succession.

In Islamic traditions, black magic (sihr) is via the work of djinns. Djinns are sentient creatures made of fire and have free will (after they die, they can either go to heaven or hell). Djinns exist in our world but phase-shifted slightly into another dimension so that they are normally invisible to us, separated by a 'Veil'. It is said that people will die of fright if they ever see the true form of djinns. Sometimes, black magic users can call upon the services of these djinns. For example, the flying carpet is not really flying by itself. It is being carried by invisible djinns. Similarly, if you place a curse on someone, the djinn will try to possess the victim and make him crazy or sick. Djinns can also be harnessed to build or destroy things, so that it appears to happen like magic.

>exact opposite of Eastern magic

Explain

You're joking, right? Alexander destroyed his Empire deliberately because he rightly believed no one was worthy. That's the whole point of 'to the strongest.'

His most trusted general's name sounded just like the Greek word for strongest. But... he wasn't present when Alexander died.

So surprise surprise the generals who were present interpreted what Alexander said in the way that gave them each a sweet empire of their own.

A lot of "European" notions of wizardry are imported from the middle East via their mystical tradition and Islamic science as interpreted by innumerate quasi savages

My knowledge of the real Alexander The Great amounts to reading the Wikipedia page on him. But "Bodybuilder Alexander The Great" from the same source as "R63 King Arthur" is a total bro, who turned a wimpy weakling into a good person who believed in themselves, and made King Arthur cry because "King of Conquest > King of Kings".

Eastern magic - outside of the movies - is about subtlety, divination, self awareness, and making others aware. Most of the 'invasive magic' and 'curses' are done by monsters, not practitioners of magic. Charms and spells were meant to protect and alter fate and fortune. Exploding things is not Eastern magical style at all.

So why is using Djinn black magic?