Horcruxes são magias negras primeiro porque, para criar um, você deve cometer assassinato. Você deve rasgar sua alma. Morte acidental e guerra justa e assim por diante não parecem contar, é um assassinato que danifica a alma, que viola a natureza e que é explorado.
Não há uma boa maneira de separar uma parte da alma e certamente não é o produtor que faz um mal Horcrux. Está matando outro para se salvar.'How do you split your soul?'
'Well,' said Slughorn uncomfortably, 'you must understand that the soul is supposed to remain intact and whole. Splitting it is an act of violation, it is against nature.'
'But how do you do it?'
'By an act of evil - the supreme act of evil. By committing murder. Killing rips the soul apart. The wizard intent upon creating a Horcrux would use the damage to his advantage: he would encase the torn portion -'
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - p.465 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 23, Horcruxes
Em segundo lugar, embora isso não seja mostrado na tela:
'Encase? But how -?'
'There is a spell, do not ask me, I don't know!' said Slughorn, shaking his head like an old elephant bothered by mosquitoes. 'Do I look as though I have tried it - do I look like a killer?'
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - p.465 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 23, Horcruxes
Fora da tela, vemos que encerrar a parte rasgada em si requer um ato especialmente vil, muito horrível até mesmo para entrar nos livros:
MA: What is the process? Do you-- Is there a spell? Is there a-- What do you have to do?
JKR: I see it as a series of things you would have to do. So you would have to perform a spell. But you would also-- I don't even know if I want to say it out loud, I know that sounds funny. But I did really think it through. There are two things that I think are too horrible, actually, to go into detail about. One of them is how Pettigrew brought Voldemort back into a rudimentary body. 'Cause I told my editor what I thought happened there, and she looked as though she was gonna vomit. And then-- and the other thing is, how you make a Horcrux. And I don't even like-- I don't know. Will it be in the Encyclopedia? I don't know if I can bring myself to, ummm... I don't know.
Não há absolutamente nenhuma dúvida de que, no universo, as Horcruxes são consideradas más e totalmente além do limite mesmo pelos bruxos das Trevas.
'I haven't found one single explanation of what Horcruxes do!' she told him. 'Not a single one! I've been right through the restricted section and even in the most horrible books, where they tell you how to brew the most gruesome potions - nothing! All I could find was this, in the introduction to Magick Moste Evile - listen - "of the Horcrux, wickedest of magical inventions, we shall not speak nor give direction" ... I mean, why mention it, then?' she said impatiently, slamming the old book shut; it let out a ghostly wail.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - p.357 - Bloomsbury - Chapter 18, Birthday Surprises