“Magick (sorcery)

Manipulation and control of people, nature, and circumstances through the knowledge and control of the spirit world…

“Divination (fortune-telling)
Seeking hidden knowledge not easily available to humans. For example: astrology (horoscopes) and reading your horoscope in an attempt to find out what your future holds…

“Spiritism (necromancy)
Contact with the unknown in order to gain desired knowledge. For example: John Edwards and Sylvia Brown, mediums between the living and the dead…” (Jeff Harshbarger, From Darkness to Light , Chapter 12, “General Overview of the Occult,” page 79-80).

White witchcraft occult groups' use any one or a combination of the above three categories not for harming people but for themselves in attempting to make life better for themselves. The most prominent white witchcraft occult group in USA and the Western world is known as Wicca. Wicca is officially recognized as a religion in some western countries, like USA.

A commandment or rule called the “Rede” is at the heart of Wiccan beliefs: “An ye harm none, do what you will.” It means do whatever you want as long as you do not harm anyone. The earth is the goddess of Wicca. Thus nature plays a central in their beliefs.

3. Satanism, the harmful or evil occult world: harmful to other people

Contrasting black witchcraft with white witchcraft, and outlining the two of sub-categories of black witchcraft

As seen in category 2 above, people in white witchcraft knowingly submit to and summon evil spirits to fulfill their desires in decent and harmless ways to other people. They generally do not look at evil spirits in the spirit realm as being evil. Most have a working conscience that guides their moral decisions to not pursue evil occult practices. This is why it's easier for people in white witchcraft to convert to Christianity than it is for people in black witchcraft.

People in white witchcraft see evil spirits as merely spirits that are accessible because the Supreme Being (God) provided them to serve those who wish to use them to fulfill their desires –good or bad. Thus it is the person who is to be judged as evil or good. The spirits only respond to the person who wishes to use them for good purposes or for evil purposes. This is how many groups in white witchcraft see it.

People in white witchcraft are also not bound to the spirits they submit to and summon. They submit to them only to the extent that they follow the rituals and principles required for the spirits to fulfill what is being requested. They are not servants to the spirits. Rather the spirits are their servants.

Black witchcraft has two broad sub-categories:
Sub-category one: General black witchcraft with occult groups not bound to evil spirits

This category of black witchcraft consists of occult groups that are not bound to the spirits they submit to and summon. Like in white witchcraft, they submit to them only to the extent that they follow the rituals and principles required for the spirits to fulfill what is being requested. They are not servants to the spirits. Rather the spirits are their servants.

Sub-category two: Satanism black witchcraft with occult groups consciously bound to evil spirits

This category of black witchcraft consists of occult groups that are bound to the spirits they submit to and summon. They submit to them and follow the rituals and principles required for the spirits to fulfill what is being requested. They are servants to the spirits. The highest spirit among the spirits they are servants to is Satan. They knowingly serve Satan as their master. This is why they are called Satanists.

Most black witchcraft occult groups in sub-category two have various gods they serve. They also have different perspectives of these gods. For example it is said that Freemasons in high ranks view Satan as God's friend who has his evil work to fulfill in this world.

In this case they do know there is a God out their but their perspective of Satan is that he's a friend, not an enemy of God. Thus for them to being partners with Satan is seen as nothing evil since Satan must fulfill his work that God has allowed. Masons in high ranks feel they will be rewarded by God for being instruments of Satan for his work that needed to be fulfilled.

This is one version of an understanding of high ranking of Freemasonry. It's not all true since Freemasons, like all secret societies, extremely guard their secretes with deep occult oaths. The little that is revealed in books of people who claim to have escaped Freemasonry is a drop in a bucket compared to the hidden truths.

In addition, seeing Freemasonry from the view of lower ranking Free Masons is a smokescreen or cover-up for what goes on in high places. Lower ranking Free Masonry is basically white witchcraft. Few would have problems with Freemasonry if they claimed to practice white witchcraft. White witchcraft occult groups do not harm other people in pursuit of their own desires.

The common denominator of both sub-categories of black witchcraft: fulfilling of desires in evil and harmful ways to other people