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In response to this I would say that only the Reanimation side of Conjuration is considered Dark Magic. I'm basing this off of the Mage Guild in Oblivion where Necromancy as a practice was banned by the Arch Mage at the time. Though this could be due to his ties to Manimarco, King of Worms. Overall i'd say that no Conjuration isn't Dark Magic, it's the way you use the magic that would make it Dark or Light in nature. And the 'Oblivion Symbol' is just the letter 'O' in the Daedric alphabet and i believe that the symbol on the Conjuration skill and spell books in Skyrim are supposed to be Oblivion Gates as they are associated with bringing Daedra into the realm of Mundus due to the Oblivion Crisis.