Magic is a very loaded term. In some cultures, magic, the occult, and religion are one. In other cultures, magic is considered the antithesis of religion. The very idea of what is magic and what is simply the way the world works can vary widely. It is said that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, but even in these days of paper-thin mobile phones and artificially intelligent supercomputers, the cultures of the world still hold fast to their beliefs around magic, even inventing a few new ones.

Spellcasting can be divided into a huge spectrum of categories. How one divides these is based largely in one's belief structure. If one believes in "black" magic and "white" magic, then those may be the only acceptable categories, and if one believes that the door between life and death swings both ways, then it is possible that necromancy is simply a part of all magic and not a specialty at all. Taking these cultural differences into account, we have identified a series of "paths" of magic that reach into specific areas of specialty, or concerns.

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