Function

• White magic is generally accepted to be used for good purposes. Many practitioners believe that it can be used to heal the sick, adjust the weather or help a person with challenges in his life.
  
  

Features

• A number of white magic practitioners consider themselves Wiccan. According to a study by the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 300,000 individuals in the United States consider themselves witches. Of this, approximately 80 percent state that they use white magic.
  
  

Tarot Cards

• One of the most common tools of white magic is tarot cards, which can be used to predict the future or offer information about an individual. Because the Tarot is generally considered to not control the outcome of events in a malevolent manner, it is used by many white magicians.
  
  

Love Spells

• A number of self-proclaimed witches debate the ethical consequences of using white magic in the case of love. Love spells, which come in a variety of forms, can have a number of outcomes, opening the debate about whether it is indeed a form of white magic.
  
  

Cultural Significance: Games and Literature

• In many fantasy books, characters such as elves or fairies are generally seen to use white magic. In card games such as "Magic: The Gathering" and "Yu-Gi-Oh" feature characters that use white magic as a form of sorcery.