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White magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for selfless purposes.[1] Practitioners of white magic have been given titles such as wise men or women, healers, white witches or wizards. Many of these people claimed to have the ability to do such things because of knowledge or power that was passed on to them through hereditary lines, or by some event later in their lives. White magic was practiced through healing, blessing, charms, incantations, prayers, and songs.[2] White magic is the benevolent counterpart of malicious black magic.
^Miller, JL (2010). "Practice and perception of black magic among the Hittites" (PDF). Altorientalische Forschungen. 37 (2). doi:10.1524/aofo.2010.0015. S2CID 162843793. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
^Temple, Ian. Magic and the Common People of Early Modern Europe.
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