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Samuel replied to the topic Incorporating God Into Fantasy in the forum Themes 8 years ago
@julia I struggle with that as well, I love magic but I have to work with what I believe, and that causes problems. What I did was created something called a “Panthiverse” (copyrights). The story basically goes that there were eleven “Great Beings”, i.e. gods, in the beginning, and they each created a universe and an “Infinity” (what we would call heaven). But this posed problems because God is the only god, so I made it to where Great Beings only have power in their own universes and Infinities. Which sounds like I put a limit on God’s power but I really didn’t because the other universes have different laws of nature, different principles. I may even have to give God power in other universes just to stay on the safe side…
Where magic comes in is that each universe has a source of magic, large gemstones about as big as your head bestowed by the Beings. God was the only one to withhold this from his creation, so when humans use magic it is invoking the supernatural powers of Satan, so he doesn’t approve of it. It took quite a bit of brainstorming.
But yeah, I totally feel you on this. Making sure our fantasy lines up with our faith is a huge struggle. A good idea would be to specify what your magic really is, whether it’s demon-conjuring stuff, a science, or even if it’s calling on the powers of angels (hey, random idea.).












