 White magic has traditionally been understood as the use of magic for selfless or helpful purposes, while black magic was used for selfish, harmful or evil purposes.With respect to the left-hand path and right-hand path dichotomy, black magic is the malicious, left hand counterpart of the benevolent white magic.There is no consensus as to what constitutes White, Gray or Black magic, as Phil Hine says, "like many other aspects of occultism, what is termed to be "black magic" depends very much on who is doing the defining."