Black magic vs White magic
Hexing isn’t taboo, and sure as shit isn’t “high-level magic” just because Wiccans get wigged out by it.
It's no different than any spell with a different label slapped onto it. It's choosing an action, using energy to get a particular result.
That’s it.
What matters is whether your conscience allows you to rest when it's said and done. After all, one person's hex is simply another person's spell.
And this is exactly where people start hiding behind labels they don’t even understand.
Do you actually know where “white magic” and “black magic” come from?
Most people don’t. They just repeat whatever sounds right.
Yeah, you’ve probably heard it’s racist—and to be clear, at a certain point in history, it absolutely picked up racist connotations. That part is real.
But acting like that’s the full origin is just lazy and flat-out incorrect.
Long before those terms ever existed, ancient cultures were already working with duality. Light was tied to clarity, truth, healing, — the sun, the divine.
Darkness was tied to mystery, the unknown, death, chaos, and the night. That wasn’t about good versus evil. These dualities were universal. And it sure as hell wasn’t about tied to someone's ethnicity or skin tone.
It was symbolic. Cosmic. Neutral.
There wasn’t “good magic” or “bad magic.” There was just magic—and how you chose to use it.
Then medieval Europe shows up, and this is where things start getting twisted. Between the 13th and 16th centuries, the Church started labeling practices based on what they could control.
If it aligned with their worldview? That became “white magic.” Acceptable. Safe. Divine enough.
Healing, blessings, certain types of divination—fine.
But the second something stepped outside that control? Now it’s “black magic.” Sorcery, necromancy, spirit communication, curses—anything that didn’t fall in line got shoved into that category.
Those labels didn’t come from practitioners. They came from an institution deciding what was allowed and what wasn’t.
Then the 19th century rolls around, and occult writers pick the terms back up—but shift them again. Now they’re talking about duality. Cosmic vs. personal. Internal vs. external forces. Still not about race.
That part comes later—during colonial expansion.
When Europeans encountered African, Indigenous, and diasporic practices like Vodou, Santería, Hoodoo, they didn’t understand them, couldn’t control them, and labeled them as threats. So they called them evil. “Black magic.”
And now you’ve got race tied into it—because suddenly the color of someone’s skin is being linked to the kind of magic they practice. That wasn’t an ancient belief. That was propaganda.
And now? Hollywood just keeps recycling the same tired nonsense. “Black magic” equals evil. “White magic” equals good. Over and over again.
It’s inaccurate. It’s lazy. And people repeat it without thinking. Because here’s the reality: magic isn’t inherently good or bad. It just is. What matters is the practitioner—and what they’re willing to set in motion.
Which brings it right back to hexing.
Hexing doesn’t make you dark or evil. It doesn’t make you impressive. If anything, it forces you to be accountable.
There’s no cosmic justice keeping score regardless of what Wicca wants everyone to think. No invisible force stepping in to reward you or punish you. Like the Abrahamic god.
There’s just cause and effect—and you, standing in the middle of what you chose to do.
When I hear someone talking about hex, no, I don't get my fucking nickers twisted. Frankly, it's not my practice they speak of, so I couldn't care less. If or when I choose to hex, I still couldn't care less what those nicker twisted types think.
Witchcraft isn't an aesthetic, it's a way of life. It's about holding yourself accountable and knowing who the fuck you are.
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