Black magic does not necessarily cause discord, negative emotions, or chaos. It can, certainly, as can white magic. I have seen /more/ discord, more negativity, and more chaos come from those who loudly and proudly proclaim themselves to be white magicians than from those who call themselves black magicians.

Why? Because the white magician is often out to save the world, to *force* harmony, love, and balance to the universe, to force *their* ideas of harmony, love, and balance onto the universe. It just doesn't work.

I have nothing against the white hermit, who pursues his craft and attempts to become harmonious, loving, and balanced within, and to be harmonious with the universe, balanced with it. It's the white light meddlers who can't handle the dark side of the universe and who wage war against the dark side of the universe, or more accurately who wage war against everything they don't like about the universe and everyone they don't like in the universe who cause the problems.

There is nothing that black magic can do that white can not also do, except for the accomplishment of the primary goal of black magic. Yes, the methods are different, but obviously you don't know where they differ.

Black magic does not involve death and destruction. Black magic recognizes the essence of magic is in life, and relishing life, black magic works to preserve and advance life. White magic works to balance life and death, worshipping the idea of balance. Black magic works to advance life over death, seeing this specific balance as one which needs to be defeated for the sake of life and the living.

Black magic involves finding and breaking the barriers to individuality and independent power that abound in today's universe. The barriers that white magicians erect to protect and maintain their world are the barriers which the black magicians tear down in order to create their world.

Black magic involves finding those things which need to be done and doing them, regardless of the moment's popular conception of whether these things are good or bad. Black magic also involves identifying those things which are not necessary, and avoiding confusion and interference with progress by avoiding being involved with those things which are not necessary.

Black magic involves looking about with clear eyes, intelligence and wisdom, and seeing what is right or wrong with the world, and what is right or wrong with the self. Black magicians work to improve and advance the self first, and to improve and advance the world when we can. We take responsibility for each and every action and for each and every inaction we take.

My wish for seekers is that they find the truth, and that they themselves develop the intelligence and wisdom to use the truth for advancement of life and self without falling into the type of errors you seem to have enmeshed yourself in.