Black magic is mahavidya without the light of atma-vidya. White magic is mahavidya illumined by atma-vidya. Black magic is ruled over by the moon. White magic is ruled over by the sun. Black and white magic arose during the great schism which started during the fourth root-race.
Black magic is based on the degradation of sex and of the creative function.
White magic is based on the transmutation of the creative faculty into the higher creative thought, the generative organs being neglected by the inner fire, which passes to the throat, the center of creative sound. Black magic deals with the forces of involution. White magic works with the powers of evolution. Black magic is concerned with the form, with matter. White magic is concerned with the life within the form, with Spirit.