A plastic treatment of quackery and sorcery through mixed techniques in intaglio printing

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Faculty of fain arts

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God created Adam, peace be upon him, from clay, created Eve from him, made him a caliph on earth, taught him all the names, then ordered the angels to prostrate to him, and they worshiped him except Satan refrained from obeying the command of God, as he saw himself better than Adam.
Magic was mentioned in the Qur’an and people learned it from the two kings Harut and Marut in Babylon, and the Syrians excelled in it, then the priests of the temples learned it from the ancient Egyptians. Rarely is there anyone with knowledge of magic.
As for the science of alchemy, it is the science of letters, numbers, chemistry and astronomy, and it is the magic of imagination, whereby those who are bewitched are deluded into seeing or hearing what is not real, and few people know it and are widespread in the countries of Morocco and Algeria
It is a type of magic and it is “derived from the attribute, that is, the knowledge of the signs that are placed on the and words.
As for charlatanry and sorcery; It is a type of fraud based on intelligence in deceit and lying, the systems of speech, and its purpose is to obtain people's money unlawfully, and it is widespread in many countries of the Arab world, especially in our beloved Egypt. Meet the needs, and the arts must have an effective role in confronting everyone who tries to gain from the tragedy of the simple people.

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