A Theory on Magic

A Theory on Magic

Written by Sorrel the Wizard, 3E55.

Magic is the energy that comprises all life which derives ultimately and originally from Mhoric, the ambivalent progenitor of all the gods. Mhorics magic, or energy was poured into the creation of his angels, the Divines (and Balrogs) and is believed to have created the “soul’ which is in itself a conscious manifestation of this Mhorician energy. The Gods have souls- powerful ones, and mortals have souls, lesser ones. The soul appears to be in connection with the free flowing magic which pours out from either Mhoric or one of his channelers, the gods. Souls, in essence, are channels that can allow this energy to pass from the body of Mhoric itself, the planet to the celestial heavens and beyond.

But do mortals cast magic purely from Mhoric? Very rarely in empirical study has this been the case. One known instance of a mortal wielding Mhorician power directly would be the infamous Revas, the living (now deceased) god of the Dark Elf peoples. Most mages knowingly or not access the energy through one of the channelers. The gods, imbued with powerful souls channel the energy of Mhoric, presumably this is so they may assist Mhoric in the creation and maintenance of the world. Consider magic to be a light which shines out from Mhoric and the gods are a glass prism, which captures that light and transforms it into a rainbow (Which may be why the schools of magic are so often called red, blue, green, etc). Thus allowing them to paint the universe in their own unique ways.

So how is it then that mortals can cast magic at all if they do not directly access this untouched energy? The mortal soul is a much smaller reflector which can attune to different channels of magic which descend from the god-prism. That is not to say that this light is offered up freely by the gods, but rather that by attuning one's soul to the right angle, one can capture and manipulate this energy. Because man and myr are born of the gods, they contain a capacity for harnessing this universal energy innately. If the soul is not properly attuned, or trained however this can have disastrous consequences (Sorcerers). It is a widely documented phenomenon that Man finds red magic, that is the magic of force and energy- easier to learn than myr and likewise myr are more gifted in the subtle blue magic of mysticism. This is believed to be due to their ancestry being linked to opposite ends of the god-prism.

So souls are a magical consciousness, that is energy, which reflects and focuses the light off the god-prism. What happens then upon the death of the mortal? The energy has to go somewhere presumably. It is widely believed that the soul (and the consciousness with it) ascends towards the god-prism upon death and literally becomes a part of the greater energy pool of the gods. However each god seems to handle this energy differently- some like Elnofey are believed to guide the souls to a mystical elfish promised land, whereas Istar joins the souls to the consciousness and they become part of the sun, where they can await the day of great battle for Mhoric’s return. Yavannah is often said to return the energy to Mhoric, and thus return life to the universe.

Lastly, we must address the Elothim, that is the Dragons. They are the greatest and most loyal servants of Mhoric, his angels (Lhorn itself is according to legend the body of one of these dragons). There is an ancient wives tale from the long ages of myth, back when these dragons were more prevalent as the gods had not hunted down so many- that says when a person dies, there soul must be wary of dragons on the way up to heaven, for the dragons are hungry and seek out wayward souls. Modern wizards speculate this to be somewhat true, as dragons seek to replenish the balance of the universe through the redirection of its energy.

Souls potentially may be able to return to Mhoric somehow as well and be reborn in new bodies, the Avians believe heavily in reincarnation and there has been two alleged cases of Elfish rebirth (that being of the Alnarine prophecy in the late 2nd era and that of the prophet Sarthis in the 3rd, both in Valmeris). The culture of men does not permit belief in reincarnation, however if the soul has the capacity, once free of its mortal body to choose where the energy goes, perhaps some goes back to Mhoric, willingly or unwillingly as is born again out of the ether. One consciousness, many bodies, over all time.