Talk:Demonic Magic/@comment-26972215-20150912112837/@comment-26845776-20161103225602

Brief answer: Dark Magic is forbidden hidden magic, shunned, dismal traditionally practice to inflict harm, malice however it's not always "considered" to spring from unclean demons | Demonic Magic is magic empowered by demons taught/bestowed on humans who made diabolical pacts with them.

Comprehensive answer: Dark Magic/Black Magic/Necromancy (Black Magic is a derivative of Necromancy)= Demonic Magic there all facets of magic of the demons. In the preface of the Malleus Maleficarum (Christopher S Mackay translation) he explains how over time the Greek Nekromanteía-"Divination of corpses" later was translated into Nigromancy in Latin. So by association the term Necromancy became Black Magic because to medieval persons Necromancy=Black Magic. It is all by the virtue of demons thus is the same Diabolic Art. I suppose some see Black Magic as a diametric opponent to "White Magic" I however disagree, if we look back we find that Black Magic wasn't coined as an opposite to "White Magic" but the opposite is true: White Magic was coined as opposite to Black Magic. From biblical times past magic is condemned, not "Black Magic" magic in its entirety is Preternatural an unnatural manipulation of reality by demoniacal means- that is foul relations betwixt humans and wicked demons. Black Magic is usually seen as intending to cause harm, pain, suffering, and destruction. While not always explicitly referring to demons perse one can assume their involvement; one cannot imagine from what other source it could originate from. In modern depictions where demons can be "good" or unaligned that is not unnecessary baneful to humans (Spawn, Darkness, Raven, Etrigan etc) they practice Demonic Magic by virtue of themselves being demons, demonborn or possessing virtue from demons thusly is demon magic but not maliciously hurtful- though is maleficent by nature due to its demonic origin and heritage. I would call them one and the same as would St. Augustine, St Albertus Magnus, St. Isidore of Seville, St Anselm of Canterbury, St Bonaventure and  Thomas Aquinas. Thats if were being philosophical/ theosophical /demonological about the matter in true reality.