In Modern Magick I describe three general types of magick and equate them to the concepts of white (spiritual), black (negative), and grey (practical). If you follow the system in the book, you'll learn that these are only descriptions about the results of the magick. The techniques for all three are similar or the same.
When many or most people get into magick—influenced by the fictions found in fairy tales, novels, comic books and movies—they are most often focused on grey magick: making actual, observable changes in their lives and the lives of others. Some think that if they merely mumble some ritual in an arcane book that a pot of gold will suddenly appear, the family dog will