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Introduction
Yeah, it's another one. This time I'm re-structuring the series' magic and treatment of souls, specifically applying the ability to affect the soul as a general ability of magic.Magic, Lifeforce, and the Soul
There's always been a tie between magic, the soul, and lifeforce, which can be seen in multiple instances. Vanquishing enemies with runic magic allows one to harness their life force, the term "Soulsteal" is about taking life force from one's opponents, and an alchemist experimented with runic magic to increase their lifespan. When Andvari, a dwarf, loses his body to a Soul Eater, Brok theorizes that a sliver of magic is still within his ring and indeed, the ring proves to be sentient and houses a remnant of his soul.Even in the Greek World, godly power was the same as life energy, one's power and mind (and thus soul) are empowered by absorbing life force from fallen foes, and Hades' magic considers draining one's soul and one's life force as synonymous. The god himself absorbs souls to become stronger, so one can see that magic, life force, and the soul are one. This would mean that the soul is but a construct of magic/life energy and that the ability to utilize and affect the soul is intrinsic to magic. Supported further by how even a mortal Oracle can weave a curse affecting one's body and soul and how one's magic stays with them even after they die and go to the afterlife. Said magic can be used against other denizens of the Underworld/Helheim, who exist as souls.
As already established, souls are composed of their form, the metaphysical nature of a being, their luck, their mind, and their direction, which guides their path to their respective afterlife as per Mimir's words.
Magic: Chaos and Order
Magic itself is a primordial abstraction as currently accepted. But it's also a manifestation of chaos and order as will be explained below.The Light of Alfheim, a Norse primordial force, is an energy that existed before the creation of the Nine Realms (Even before Odin) and has gathered souls towards it since the creation of the Nine Realms. In the case of Runic Magic, it is older than the entirety of the Nine Realms and existed in the Ginnungagap as a primordial essence from which Ymir and everything else spawned. What's interesting is the Ginnungagap is described as where chaos and order meet and indeed, Ymir themselves, born of said primordial magics, is stated to be a being of pure creation and chaos.
Greek magic originates from even before the birth of Cronos, and thus time, being used by and making up the Primordials, in their war and is in turn responsible for their very existence. This is because Chaos herself, the conceptual source of all that exists in the Greek World, is the Primordial of Life. Which we have long since established is of one nature with magic. This is important, as she also represents the primordial realm of chaos, which was given order by Uranus when the mortal universe came into existence.
It's pretty clear from the above that magic is consistently analogous to pure chaos.
Conclusion
All magic used by beings can affect the soul and is channeled from the world through there. Giving general magic used by the characters Soul Manipulation, , Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Probability Manipulation, and Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1).General magic also gets Chaos Manipulation, as in its rawest state it is primordial chaos.
The Non-Physical Interaction on the page gets a mention of being able to interact with Primordials, who are nondual beings.
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