Talk:Spell Negation/@comment-4714517-20121204150643/@comment-25046389-20151018192021

A spell is a type of magic that is cast through various means: a word or series of words, hand signs, an object or objects, or a ritual of some kind. Higher level users may be able to shorten or bypass those means, simpling willing the spell into existence. They can be additionally catagorized into several sub-categories, like charms, jinxes, hexes, or curses. Some fictions don't use those subcategories while others do, but in all cases the spell needes to be casted be something or someone. There is magic that doesn't exist in the form of spells. In the Inheritance Cycle magic was originally wild and could not be safely used by anyone. After a magician nearly destroyed the world the Grey Folk bound their language to magic so it could be safely used, but were all killed in the process. Also, if magic is sentient in a work of fiction, it can act without the need for spells, because the purpose of a spell is focus magical power into a desired technique or power; if the magic itself has a mind or will of its own it can focus itself without the need for a spell. Hope that helps.