Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25013293-20140227054301/@comment-26484417-20161002211742

The armored Silhouette wrote: Ethereal Manipulation

"The succeeding power of  Aether  and  Nether Manipulation ." They are basically the same thing. Aether is known as Ether in different circles. The main difference is that they have a slightly different lore behind them. So my point still stands. Aetheral energy can influence the infinite and that's from other elements, to mana, in which is the substance used to form Magic. Omni-Magic is justt the ability to use all forms of magic. Nonetheless It's all still energy, wonky as hell. As I stated way earlier, they can balance one another out. It depends on the user's knowledge and how shit works, what they wanna do etc.. Your point would only stand if--and only if--you were talking about Ethereal Manipulation vs. Omni-Magic, or if this thread didn't explicitly specify its subject as "Aether Manipulation vs. Omni-Magic" thereby leaving some room for interpretation. By describing Ethereal Manipulation in a thread that concerns Aether Manipulation instead, you only prove my point that you mistook one for the other.

Now, you may try to defer to the liberties some authors may take with these words and underlying concepts, but--since this wiki clearly defines and distinguishes both--these arguments are moot.

Finally, about the connection between Aether Manipulation's "control of mana" and some misguided ideas that it entails Omni-Magic: This is simply a false connection. Control over mana is commonly associated with meta-magic (i.e., magic that affects other magic), which would definitely be a great advantage when facing someone with Omni-Magic, but it would grant one Omni-Magic.