Dark Magic

[distaiyi]

No: HPFGUIDX 114379

All of the previous posters have made good points, I just don't see 
it the same way...

JKR has made it abundantly clear throughout her books that it isn't 
the magic or the talent but what one does with it that matters. 
Using that as an informative base for "Dark Magic" we must say 
that "Dark Magic" is magic used for dark purposes.

I suspect that JKR is using magic similarly to how they used it in 
the 1996 movie "The Craft". Magic/power comes from Manu and Manu is 
described somewhat as follows:

If God and Satan were football teams, Manu would be the grass, the 
stadium, the sky, the sun, the stars, the air. Manu is older and 
superior to all later constructs.

So the power comes from Manu. A witch/wizard learns to channel that 
power. What they do with it (intent) is what makes it "light" 
or "dark."

Think of it this way, a gun/sword/knife is neither evil, nor good. 
What is done with it is. So, Dark Magic is created from intent and 
action, not from something inherent in the magical source.