Here it is shown that magnetic materials with either microscopic atomic or molecular moments or macroscopic nanoscopic moments, represented by macroscopic permeability, can be detected by the quantum spin Hall effect of light (QSHEL), showing “spin” displacements normal to the interface with greater richness than previously found for dielectric materials. Also, it is proven for isotropic left-handed materials (LHMs), which rely upon magnetic action, that they do not display altered QSHEL results compared to their right-handed material (RHM) cousins which do.