white magic

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white magic

Magic or incantation practiced for good purposes or as a counter to evil.

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white magic - magic used only for good purposes

magic, thaumaturgy - any art that invokes supernatural powers

theurgy - white magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists)

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Atharva-Veda black magic magic supernatural thaumaturgy theurgy White			Yet these powers are ever used for good, and they are the gift of God and not of the devil, which is the difference betwixt white magic and black. The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context Over Uncle Stephen's Walk, where the snow had fallen smoothly, a spell of white magic had been woven. The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context And after the light went out he walked alone, taking the heavens into his confidence, unable to tear himself away from the white magic of the night, unwilling to sleep because longing was so sweet to him, and because, for the first time since first the hills were hung with moonlight, there was a lover in the world. Alexander's Bridge by Cather, Willa View in context			White ibis White iron white iron pyrites white knight white lady White land White lark White latten white lead white lead ore white leather white leg white lettuce white lias white lie white light white lightning white lily White lime white line white list white lotus white lung white lupine white madder white magic white mahogany white maire white mallee white mallow white man white man's burden white mangrove white marlin white marriage white matsutake white matter white meat white melilot white metal white meter white mica white milkweed White Mountain white mountain ash White Mountains white mulberry white mullein white mullet white mustard white night			white liniment white list white list White List State White List States white lists white liver disease White Lives on Speaker white loco White Lord Jesus white lotion white lotus white lotus White Lotus Rebellion White Lotus Society (triad) White Lotus Society (triad) White Lotus Sutra White Lotus Sutra white lung white lung white lung White Lupin White Lupin white lupine white madder White Mage White maggot White maggot White maggots White maggots white magic white mahogany white mahogany White Mail White Main White Main White Main White Main white maire White male White Male Adult White Male American White Male Dominance white mallee white mallow white man White Man Can't Reggae white man's burden white man's burden White Man's Disease White Man's Foot White Man's Foot white mangrove White Maple White marble White marble White Marine Pearl white marlin white marlin white marriage White Married Female

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