# Is a Hex dark magic **URL:** \ **Category:** Q&A\ **Created:** [July 22, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/is-a-hex-dark-magic/12039 "2021-07-22T23:27:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Garnet](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/garnet/32/68320_2.png) [@Garnet](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Garnet)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/is-a-hex-dark-magic/12039/1 "2021-07-22T23:27:56Z")
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**Author:** ![Francisco](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/francisco/32/352_2.png) [@Francisco](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Francisco)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/is-a-hex-dark-magic/12039/2 "2021-07-23T02:27:15Z")
To [hex](https://www.etymonline.com/word/hex) someone means to “bewitch” someone. In the end it’s all about intent, so if you are targeting a person and you have ill intents, that’s essentially a curse. > 1830, American English, from Pennsylvania German hexe “to practice witchcraft,” from German hexen “to hex,” related to Hexe “witch,” from Middle High German hecse, hexse, from Old High German hagazussa (see [hag](https://www.etymonline.com/word/hag?ref=etymonline_crossreference)). Noun meaning “magic spell” is first recorded 1909; earlier it meant “a witch” (1856). Compare Middle English hexte “the devil” (mid-13c.), perhaps originally “sorcerer,” probably from Old English haehtis. ---
**Author:** ![BryWisteria](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/brywisteria/32/1632_2.png) [@BryWisteria](https://forum.spells8.com/u/BryWisteria)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/is-a-hex-dark-magic/12039/3 "2021-07-23T05:38:13Z")
“Is a hex dark magick”… it’s a good question, @Garnet! Originally, I would have said “yes” without a further thought under the idea that the word “hex” always has a negative connotation- that is to say, it’s a type of magic cast with the intent to harm. The recent discussion [What do you think about Traditional & Modern Black Magick](https://forum.spells8.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-traditional-modern-black-magick/11954) made me more aware about the terms and I now know that witches define “Black Magick” (sometimes called “Dark Magick” or “Baneful Magick”) in very different ways. So now I’d have to say that whether a “hex” is Black Magick or not will largely be determined by how each individual defines Black Magick. In my personal practice, I define _any magick with the intent to cause harm as Black Magick_- so going from this, I would say **yes- I would consider a hex to be Black Magick**. Thanks for opening up this thought-inducing discussion, Garnet! Blessed be ✨ ---
**Author:** ![Garnet](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/garnet/32/68320_2.png) [@Garnet](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Garnet)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/is-a-hex-dark-magic/12039/4 "2021-07-23T12:59:12Z")
Some people in western NY and Pa. use the hex signs on their barns to ward off evil or as a blessing… **“Amish** magic,” which is considered a subset of folk magic, is the channeling of **divine energy and** prayer into an individual so that they **may be healed by the grace of God** [https://gentsoflancaster.com/](https://gentsoflancaster.com/) Is a hex sign on a barn white or dark, I would say white because. Although the Pennsylvania Dutch are devout in their beliefs in Christianity, they are also very superstitious. It would not be impossible for a jealous person to negatively hex another.