White magic Conscious cooperation with spiritual law and the deva forces to bring about manifested change, for the motive of service to humanity.
White Magic
A racist, sexist, creedist and classist term used to refer to magic being done for "good" purposes or by people of whom the user of the term approves.
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White magicians seek to activate the spiritual archtypes in the unconscious mind by identifying with such life-sustaining deities as Osiris, Thoth, Apollo, Ra, and Horus (male), and Isis, Aphrodite, Hathor, Demeter, and Persephone (female).
A white magician may strive for power. But when he is striving for power, he seeks it that he may serve humanity and become more useful to mankind, a more effective servant in the helping of the world. But not so the brother of the dark side.
"The worker in white magic must hold himself free as much as he can from identifying himself with that which he has created or has attempted to create.
In occult lore white magic is concerned with expanding consciousness and improving the common good. Black magic is the selfish and squalid perversion of magical arts to destroy others, or for personal gain.
3. Magia Alba: White magic. EE misreads "Magia Albia".
4. Magia Nigra: Black magic.
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In A Treatise on White Magic, p. 530, D.K. contrasts the desire nature with the Will: ...
"White Magic." Bucks County Traveler, vol. 8, no. 1 (Oct. 1956).
D'Andrade, Roy. "A Folk Model of the Mind." Cultural Models in Language and Thought. Eds. Dorothy Holland and Naomi Quinn. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 112-148.
Dieffenbach, Victor C.
The black magician cannot use the symbols of white magic without bringing down upon himself the forces of white magic, which would be fatal to his schemes.
They tend to think that the terms "black magick" and "white magick" denote intent. Under this misconception a harmful intent working would automatically qualify as "black magick".
The evidence for an association with white magic is more tenuous. However, we do know that the 15th century saw the representation of divinatory devices into circles (Wade 1998).
Bailey, Alice. (1934). A Treatise on White Magic: or The Way of the Disciple. NY: Lucis Pub.
Thus, the Sea Witch does not just use "white magick" and/or "black magick," but "gray magick" because the person deals with all elements at her/his disposal when maintaining a balance between light and dark powers.
Crowley defined it as anything falling outside his conception of White Magick, which he defined so narrowly that Black Magic could theoretically include acts which are perfectly moral and beneficial.
During the Middle Ages, the practices of black magic were confined to the nocturnal hours; and those who served the Spirit of Evil were called black magicians, while those who served the Spirit of Good were called white magicians.
"Goetia is black magic, and 'natural' or white magic has risen with healing in its wings to the proud position of an exact and progressive study.
 See also: Magic, World, Ritual, Spiritual, Spirit
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