Coming in late here.....
As far as I know, the term White Witch came into being a decade or so ago (or even longer than that) I believe, when people wanted to appeal to the general public as being "nice" Witches by claiming to never work negative magic and only work positive, helpful magic and be a "good Witch".
A so-called Black Witch is not averse to working magic to harm someone, in other words, working negative magic and/or throwing a curse.
I believe that magic is magic - there's candle magic, earth magic, deity magic etc. etc. but it's the practitioner's will and intention that defines whether it's the so-called 'white' magic or 'black' magic.
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