The science behind magic creation in Arcane? (And some holes in it)

[Cryonical]

I think I had a decent hypothesis at some point. The magic gene allows the soul to control magic energy nearby it. Twisting it up in the right way turns it into a specific magic, and magic circles are used to prevent too much soul loss.

How does Magic exactly work?

Here’s the process. There’s magic energy in the air around you. It’s pretty useless. Then prometheus came along. He made something happen better than bread or butter… The magic gene. Now, your cells can store magic energy. Oh yeah! Now it’s NOT so useless! Let’s see. The soul has a property that lets it manipulate magic energy, especially that nearby it. Let’s draw some energy in, shall we? fwooooosh. There we go. As you can see, we have as much magic energy as our body can physically hold. …