List of magical studies
Magical studies are areas of research about magic or the effects of magic. These are sometimes known as occult studies.
| Discipline | Description | Subfield of |
|---|---|---|
| Arcanics | Deals with the design and construction of magical devices, machines, and occult-mechanical systems. Integration of mana into mundane machines and interaction between magical systems are also a major parts of this field. | Engineering (Mechanical) |
| Cybermancy | Deals with applications of mana with respect to computer systems and networks, including hardware interfaces with magical phenomena. | Engineering (Computer) |
| Geoccultism | Deals with the geographical formation and distribution of mana in the world, and the structure of naturally occurring mana. | Geology |
| Alchemy | Deals with the structure of magical compounds and their interactions. | Chemistry |
| Biollurgy | Deals with the physiological interactions of mana with living or animate beings. | Biology |
| Magizoology | The study of magical creatures and beasts, including their behavior, structure, and classification. | Zoology |
| Socioccultism | The study of social behavior with respect to magical resources, distribution, and usage. | Sociology, Geography (Anthropogeography) |
| Datamancy | Deals with the design of computational systems and software used to interact with magic. Important aspects of this field are data structures for representing magical phenomena, algorithms for manipulating magic, and the processing of magical input. | Computer science |
| Clairvoyance | Deals with the prediction of future events, using mana-based calculations and well established sociological patterns. | Sociology |
| Thaumodynamics | Deals with the motion, behavior, and effects of mana on the physical world. Manadynamic waveforms and planar interaction are important parts of this field. | Physics |
| Apothecology | Deals with the production and formulation of magical medicines and drugs. | Pharmacology |
| Oneirology | The study of dreams, the rules which exist within those dreams, and the factors which affect those dreams. | |
| Oneirolinguistics | The study of languages as they appear in dreams. | Oneirology (Inner), Linguistics |
| Pataphysics | The study of hyperreal and irreal spaces which occur under certain hyperthaumic conditions. |