IS ALL MAGIC BAD? The first five books of the Bible speak against witchcraft (magic, or sorcery), including passages about the Tower of Babel in Genesis, and when God uses parts of Deuteronomy and Leviticus to command that we stay away from the abomination of witchcraft. These warnings against the occult and its witchcraft (of every kind) are also shown throughout Scripture, even at the end where God god sounds like He is saying, "I'm telling you people—and you better pay attention to this—Do NOT get involved with witchcraft! Revelation 22:15 says, “Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts…” In all these passages, God had so many sins He could have focused on, but what made the list there at the beginning, throughout, and then was even reiterated at the end? It was the abomination of witchcraft. God is displeased with it because the practice leads people straight to hell. Those who get involved with the occult don't get saved through Jesus Christ, so they will not make it through the gates to heaven. This is a serious issue and a satanic trap God is warning about. Practicing witchcraft is no way to live in this life and not how we reach eternity with God. I like what one guy said: "God is a God of miracles. Satan is a performer of magic.” All the devil has is magic tricks—witchcraft. Satan does have considerable power, but it's nothing compared to God. Relative to God, the amount of Satan’s power is no more than a dust particle on the hair of a flea. And the devil’s power is even counterfeit, being made up of the lies, trickery, and occult practices like witchcraft. However, the devil has enough power to dupe us humans into thinking it's something special, something sort of similar to what God can do. But it's not at all godly and instead leads us astray, ultimately ending up in hell.