Principles of Magic

The Principles of Magic are a general set of rules and guidelines that seem to define the approximate workings of magic throughout the world. While there are many schools throughout the world that teach them as hard facts, the truth of the matter is that there is not any strong consensus as to how magic actually functions and what it's exact nature is.

Types of Magic
There are generally thought to be four major categories of magic: Divine, Arcane, Primal, and Occult. While these different times appear to exist distinctly of each other, they do express some about of overlap and have strange interactions when used in conjunction. There is an raging ongoing debate about how these categories interact with each other and of which categories existed first and led to the creation of the other categories.

Divine Magic:
Divine Magic is magic that is thought to be created and gifted to mortal creatures by the gods and by other divine beings. As such, Divine Magic tends to revolve around things that are typically thought to be divine by granting healing capabilities or the ability to pull the threads of fate in favor of a particular god's devotees.

Primal Magic:
Primal Magic is thought to be magic that is born of the earth and of nature itself. It is the magic that Druids and some Sorcerers are thought to draw upon, pulling strength from the land itself to use for their means. These magics typically interact with animal or plant life and can have rejuvenating capabilities. They are also known for evoking elemental phenomena.

Arcane Magic:
Arcane magic is thought by many practitioners of Arcane Magic to be the base form of all magics. It's practitioner's believe that Arcane magic involves manipulating the underlying threads and forms of the universe by the will of the wielder of the magic. A great deal of industrial magic belongs to the Arcane school, as it is the school that has access to the most easily reproducible effects by the way of artificing and ritual use.

Occult Magic:
Occult Magic is the most poorly understood of the various categories of magic. It is typically thought to involve the use and manipulation of psychic energy. There is some controversy surrounding it's nature. Many practitioners of other schools believe Occult magic is born of subconscious access to other schools of magic, while practitioner's of the Occult school believe that other magic is born of the believe of other practitioners that their magic with work in they way that they believe it to.