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...Yes, that is stated verbatim pretty early in the series.

That can only work, however, because moat magic in the Toaru universe seems to have a lot of physical and chemical basis; supernatural terms like 'spirit' and 'blessing' have almost measurable equivalents in Telesma and the like. You could could look at these powers from another perspective and say that magic is an application of technology and the conventional sciences.