The Black Magician - a dark path that does not interest me. One can become good at it….
"The white magician labors entirely with the finer forces of the elemental planes. He is a builder - not a destroyer - and seeks to liberate rather than to dominate his fellow creatures." — Manly P Hall
“Magic is the art of manipulating the unseen forces of nature … A white magician is one who is laboring to gain the confidence of the powers that be, and to prove, through the purity of his life and the sincerity of his motive, his worthiness to be entrusted with the great arcana … A black magician is one who seeks to gain authority over spiritual powers by means of force rather than by merit. In other words, he is trying to storm the gates of heaven; he is one who is seeking spiritual power and occult dominion with an ulterior motive. … The black magician’s motto is “might is right (survival of the fittest.) The white magician’s motto is: “right is might” (survival of all.)
- Manly P. Hall, Magic
The Path Of Human Progress And The Forking Of The Ways.
"The diagram accompanying this paragraph [opposite] shows the Y of choice passing upward through the four creations of Brahma. The line passing through the circle shows the path of evolution through those kingdoms of nature where there is no conscious reason--therefore, no revolt against the laws of God. The small ring where the three lines meet shows the present position of the human ego dwelling in the mind of Brahma. From it, the path branches. Man must now choose his own way instead of depending upon nature. He has in spirit and in truth reached the point where the scales of Libra have been inserted by cutting the sign of Scorpio-Virgo in two and thus dividing the way of unfoldment."
"Motive is the key to the problem of magic. Even the greatest of white magicians can become a degenerate in an instant if his motive becomes unworthy. The white magician serves humanity; the black magician seeks to serve himself.
The black magic of the past, the darkness that sank Atlantis when man made slaves of the demons of the elements and chained them to do his bidding, still survives to this day ... In its false shadows hide the furies of hell and the vampires of the astral plane."
"The black magician is one who learns to manipulate these forces for selfish and destructive purposes, his own aggrandize- nt of the fulfillment of desire, while the white magician prays that he may learn to manipulate them as God would have them manipulated—for the salvation of the divine creation. The powers are in the hands of those capable of invoking them; it makes no difference whether for good or ill. For this reason, the schools of white magic conceal these powers from man until, through growth, purification, and unfoldment, he gains the proper incentive for using them."