Gladly.
Without going into the deeper details of my magic system, Mystics and Cosmics are similar. The source of their powers comes from celestial leylines (i don’t want to call them leylines but that’s basically what they are) that flow from the source through the Earth. They harness these energies for their powers. The big difference is how they harness it.
The celestial leylines flow directly through a comic, meaning it doesn’t go through anything else on Earth. They’re basically the destination of these leylines. So, that’s why they have innate powers and are presumably given from birth.
Mystics on the other hand need to harness celestial energy from the Earth itself. To conjure fire, they need to harness heat and oxygen. If they want to summon creatures, they have to tap into the leylines that could tear through dimensions. They can’t do this without the use of catalysts or incantations that enable them to harness powers. However, the leylines can be scarce. For example, the leylines that give life energy are mostly occupied by sustaining living beings. Mystics can’t just easily tap into that leyline and kill or resurrect a person, or give themselves immortality. They have to be so strong to even see the leylines, let alone control it. Another example is Celestial Magic. Celestial Magic comes from the stars, like literally. A celestial mystic needs to gather celestial energy from other star systems to use celestial magic. It’s not impossible, but it’s incredibly hard that only deities or near-deities could do it.
Now, cosmic are given powers by birth, but it cannot simply be passed on. That means, your cosmic power can’t just be given to your child and descendants. If your child is a cosmic, their power will most likely be different from yours. Magic can be learned by anyone. Humans and cosmics can use magic, but it takes tremendous training if you are not born into a family that has a history of magic. Why? Well, it might not be genetic, but since your soul is open to magic, your child’s soul will most likely have loosened up to magic, too. That makes it easier to teach magic to descendants. As for ‘Muggleborns’, their souls could’ve been influenced by leylines, increased magical activity in their area, or a Mystic opened their souls to magic.
Magic self-teaching is possible without the influence of the things mentioned, but you’re most likely be stuck with wands and staves and orbs, and some basic spells and incantations.
Damn that’s a long post AHHAHA mb