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I’m going to chime in here because I have thought about this A LOT lately. Basically, I’m looking into the following things myself:

1) WHERE does the magic come from? You can name God anything you like in your world. If there is dark and light magic, I’d say be sure there is a little bit of gray area. How does your system/world tie into…

2) THEME. The whole point of fiction is to make us FEEL something, to experience something, and that is usually through the characters and themes that  stick with us. What do you want readers to experience or feel? What do you want characters to learn and, by the end, what we readers learn about ourselves along the way? I’d say that the magic or “distractions” are what draw readers to the speculative genre in the first place. Perhaps they are not distractions so much as tools to show us something that you the author want to show us.

3) Is your system biblically sound? By that I mean looking at the many verses where the bible discusses sorcery, divination, and sorcery etc.

Is your story or theme the display of a particular bible verse? I find that helps! I also find a list of three general themes to help with world building and plot.

Perhaps going through this list might help! https://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/fantasy-worldbuilding-questions/