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A Magician (魔術師, Majutsu-shi^?, Yen Press: Sorcerer) is an individual trained in using magic. Inadequate training leaves these individuals prone to the consequences of unsuccessfully using magic. It has been stated by Index that those without mana cannot perform magic, such as herself. However, all forms of life can produce mana, and Index, however, cannot directly harness mana outside of her John's Pen Mode state.

Principles

• Magicians and a magic circle.
• Magician casting a spell from a wand.

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The ceremony and practice of magic was created due to "those without talent" wanting to produce the effects as "those with talent". It is stated that the most important part about magic is its proper preparation; magic that is properly prepared allows even talentless middle schoolers to cast spells; the opposite stands true as improper preparation leads to both malfunction and backlash that inflicts damage on the practitioner's brain.

Magicians tend to operate in secrecy and deny the existence of "magic" when questioned. It is because of this that the vast majority of people, such as most espers concentrated in Academy City, are ignorant to their existence; Shirai Kuroko for example, mistook Sherry Cromwell as an esper after the latter summoned a golem to their aid.

Magicians are distinguished from espers due to the former's use of items with occult properties and their capacity to exploit multiple supernatural powers (such as magicians that can use more than one element, as the case of Oriana Thomson). The latter on the other hand can only access one supernatural power, and there is currently no method for accessing more. Although, despite this, esper abilities are versatile, which, provided that the user is competent enough, allows them to be used for various purposes.

History of Western magic

Carving one's magical name to their soul is an activity that has been practiced by western magicians (though seemingly isolated to English magicians) since the 19th century. Their respective magic names are often related to the reason behind their decision to learn magic or the one dream which they would sacrifice their life for. An exception are Saints, who may carve it onto their chest/heart instead, as shown by William Orwell. Stiyl Magnus once said the real reason for having magic names is long forgotten, now it is only used in battle as a gesture to say 'it will now be a fight to the death'.

Western Magicians since the end of the 19th century, according to Tsuchimikado Motoharu, are beings that "whose wishes are not fulfilled, whose prayers to God went unanswered - people who have lost their way and turned towards this back door called Magic". According to him, most magicians are like children in the aspect they fight honorably and let emotion cloud their judgment - whereas other professionals such as soldiers will shoot without remorse; magicians are like "Children who hold knives. And also as Children who have been betrayed by the world, trembling and crying at the same time". As such, magicians have very little loyalty to organizations - they are willing to betray the group to which they are affiliated to if it somehow clashes with their own dreams/goals.

Other magicians (like the Etzali of the Aztecs) might not follow the Western rule of magic names, or became magicians for the same reason.

A common pattern followed by European magicians who practice 'modern western magic' is that when they run into a dead-end in their research which can be overcome with their existing resources and discovered that their objective can't be granted with just their own rules, they come to believe that the answers lie hidden in some as yet unseen paradise and seeking them out. Some of the ideas considered by such magicians are somewhat nonsensical, such as finding some strange grand master in Tibet and gaining to the key to the gates of heaven through his teachings, sunken continents and civilizations such as Atlantis or Mu, or even receiving divine knowledge and wisdom through radio signals from the Sun. With the colonial period, influences from various foreign cultures (from Central and South America, the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, India etc) were introduced, however the biggest influence came from Africa, known as the Dark Continent. Being a large place with a melting pot of tribes, cultures and legends, and conveniently located just across the Mediterranean, many magicians have visited it in order to gather information to make a breakthrough, including Aleister Crowley himself.

Types

Western magicians dabble in a multitude of skills to do with magic, such as Alchemy, astronomy, and summoning. Aureolus Izzard was called an "Alchemist" (錬金術師, Renkinjitsushi^?) because that was all he was good at out of the myriad of sub-sets of magic. In Toaru Majutsu no Index, Alchemy in general is useless compared to other magic, and was renowned for being a trick for gullible nobles in the 16th century where they believed turning lead into gold was possible. Ars Magna was an exception in that it held exceptional power.

"Sorcerer" (魔導師, Madoushi^?, Yen Press: Wizard) are magicians that have the purpose of spreading magical knowledge with the objective of raising the next generation of magicians, according to Stiyl and Tsuchimikado these magicians are normally strong enough to handle the power of a grimoire and use it to teach the magical knowledge to their apprentices, Index also explained them with such characteristics.

"Magic God" (魔神, Majin^?) is the highest possible position available to magicians where the magic of the user is almost considered divine and can overwrite the laws set by common sense. Other positions are possibly other than that, such as "Saint" (聖人, Seijin^?) or "The Person Superior to God" (神上, Kamijou^?), but they cannot be reached by 'normal' magicians and depends almost entirely on factors like talent or birth.

List of Magicians

Name	Magic Name	Organization	Notes
Acqua of the Back (William Orwell)	Flere210, "The one who changes the reason of tears"	God's Right Seat (Formerly)	Ex-Saint
Aleister Crowley	Beast666	Academy City	He was considered the greatest magician of the Magic Side.
Alice Anotherbible	Unknown	Bridge Builders Cabal	Center of the Bridge Builders Cabal. Named after protagonist of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Ange Catacombs	Unknown	Necessarius
Anna Kingsford	Unknown	Unknown	Mentor of Mathers and Westcott.
Anna Sprengel	Unknown	Rosicrucian Order/R&C Occultics Bridge Builders Cabal	Point of contact/priestess for the Secret Chiefs and CEO of R&C Occultics.
Aradia	Unknown	Bridge Builders Cabal	Goddess of Witches.
Arlands Darkstreet	Unknown	Dusk Waiting to Awaken	Leader of Dusk Waiting to Awaken.
Arthur Edward Waite	Unknown	Golden Dawn	Member of the Golden Dawn.
Aureolus Izzard	Honos628, "My honor is for the world"	Roman Catholic Church (Formerly)	Alchemist
Balbina	Unknown	Roman Catholic Church
Bayloupe	Unknown	New Light	Leader of New Light.
Bersi	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)
Brassa P. Marhaisk	Unknown	Russian Orthodox Church
Biagio Busoni	Unknown	Roman Catholic Church	Bishop of the Roman Church.
Brunhild Eiktobel	Unknown	None	Valkyrie & Saint
Carissa	Unknown	England	Second Princess of the British Royal Family.
Cendrillon	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse) (Formerly)
Chimera	Unknown	Gremlin (True)	Magic God
Citrinitas	Unknown	United States of America R&C Occultics	Vice President of the United States.
Cutia Virginroad	Unknown	Necessarius
Cynthia Exment	Unknown	Royal Astronomical Research Organization/Amakusa Church Overseas Branch	Leader of the Royal Astronomical Research Organization
Dion Fortune	Unknown	Golden Dawn	Member of the Golden Dawn.
Elizard	Unknown	England	Queen of England.
Elizalina	Unknown	Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations	Leader of the Elizalina Alliance of Independent Nations, Sorcerer
Ellasone	Unknown	Necessarius
Elza	Unknown	Kamisato Faction
Emilie Fordia	Unknown
Etzali	Unknown	Group	Formerly from Return of the Winged One, the Aztec grimoires recognize him as a Sorcerer.
Fenrir	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)
Fiamma of the Right	Unknown	God's Right Seat	Leader of God's Right Seat.
Flack Anchors	Unknown	Dusk Waiting to Awaken
Fleiss	Unknown	Dawn that Wipes Away Darkness
Floris	Unknown	New Light
Forgotten God	Unknown	Gremlin (True)	Magic God
Freadia Strikers	Unknown	Necessarius
Hel	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)
High Priest	Unknown	Gremlin (True)	Magic God
Iðunn	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)
Index Librorum Prohibitorum	Dedicatus545, "The dedicated lamb protects the knowledge of the strong"	Necessarius	Holder of the 103,000 grimoires banned by the Roman Catholic Church.
Isabella Theism	Unknown	Necessarius
Isahaya	Unknown	Amakusa-Style Remix of Church
Itsuwa	Unknown	Amakusa-Style Remix of Church
Jane Elves	Unknown	Necessarius
Jeans Slasher	Unknown	None	Valkyrie
Jeans Shop Owner	Unknown	Necessarius (temporary)
Johann Valentin Andreae	Unknown		Inventor of the legends revolving around Christian Rosencreutz.
Jörmungandr	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)
Kanzaki Kaori	Salvare000, "Be the salvation of those who cannot be saved"	Necessarius	Saint
Karasuma Fran	Unknown	Anglican Church Kamisato Faction
Kouyagi	Unknown	Amakusa Catholics
Knight Leader	Unknown	Knights of England	Leader of the Knights of England.
Lancis	Unknown	New Light
Laura Stuart	Unknown	Necessarius	Archbishop of the Anglican Church, and leader of its magic sub-organization, Necessarius.
Leasic	Unknown	None
Leep	Unknown	None	Priestess of Bastet.
Leivinia Birdway	Regnum771	Dawn-colored Sunlight	Leader of Dawn-colored Sunlight.
Lessar	Unknown	New Light
Lidvia Lorenzetti	Unknown	Roman Catholic Church
Loki	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)
Madame Horos	Unknown	Unknown	Impersonated Anna Sprengel and hijacked her body.
Maiden of Versailles	Unknown	France
Mallybath Blackball	Unknown	Necessarius
Marian Slingeneyer	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)
Marie Spearhead	Unknown	Necessarius
Mark Space	Armare091	Dawn-colored Sunlight
Mary	Unknown	Bridge Builders Cabal
Mina Mathers	Unknown	Golden Dawn	Member of the Golden Dawn.
Mjölnir	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)
Nephthys	Unknown	Gremlin (True)	Magic God
Niang-Niang	Unknown	Gremlin (True)	Magic God
Nics Everblind	Unknown	Necessarius	Specializes in signs and prosthetics.
Nikolai Tolstoy	Unknown	Russian Orthodox Church	Bishop.
Nomozaki	Unknown	Amakusa Catholics
Nuada	Unknown	Gremlin (True)	Magic God
Ollerus	Unknown	None	Closest Magician to become a Magic God
Oriana Thomson	Basis104, "The one who carries the basis"	None	Mercenary, temporarily affiliates with anyone who can pay her. Presumed to be a Sorcerer.
Orlentz Trice	Unknown	None	Was performing research in the field of immortality, but an investigation by a separate unit made it clear that his theory has already failed.
Othinus	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)	Magic God, Leader of GREMLIN
Paul Foster Case	Unknown	Golden Dawn	Member of the Golden Dawn.
Priestess of Sekhmet	Unknown	None
Proserpina	Unknown	Gremlin (True)	Magic God
Richard Brave	Unknown	Necessarius
Robert William Felkin	Unknown	Golden Dawn	Member of the Golden Dawn.
Salome	Unknown	Kamisato Faction
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers	Unknown	Golden Dawn	Co-founder of the Golden Dawn.
Saronia A. Irivika	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse) (Formerly)
Sasha Kreutzev	Unknown	Annihilatus
Sherry Cromwell	Intimus115, "I offer everything to my lost friend"	Necessarius
Sif	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)
Sigyn	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)
Silvia	Unknown	England	Saint
Skogsfru	Unknown	Annihilatus
Smartvery	Unknown	Necessarius	Witch
Sozty Exica	Unknown	Gate of the Gods Come from the Heavens (Formerly)
St. Germain	Unknown	None	Collective identity.
Stiyl Magnus	Fortis931, "I prove why my name is the strongest here"	Necessarius
Tatemiya Saiji	Unknown	Amakusa-Style Remix of Church
Tecpatl	Unknown	Return of the Winged One	Leader.
Tezcatlipoca	Unknown	Gremlin (True)	Magic God
Terra of the Left	Unknown	God's Right Seat
Theodosia Electra	Unknown	Necessarius
Thor	Unknown	Gremlin (Formerly)
Tochtli	Unknown	Return of the Winged One
Torquay Shadowmint	Unknown	Necessarius
Toyama Luca	Unknown	Kamisato Faction
Trismegistus	Unknown	Bridge Builders Cabal
Tsuchimikado Motoharu	Fallere825, "The backstabbing blade"	Group/Necessarius	Sole successful Magician-Esper hybrid. Operative of multiple other organizations.
Tsushima	Unknown	Amakusa-Style Remix of Church
Uragami	Unknown	Amakusa-Style Remix of Church
Ureapaddy Exica	Unknown	Gate of the Gods Come from the Heavens (Formerly)
Ushibuka	Unknown	Amakusa-Style Remix of Church
Útgarða-Loki	Unknown	Gremlin (Norse)
Vase	Unknown	Dusk Waiting to Awaken
Vasilisa	Unknown	Annihilatus	Leader of Annihilatus
Vento of the Front	Unknown	God's Right Seat (Formerly)
Víðarr Shoes Woman	Unknown	Necessarius
William Wynn Westcott	Unknown	Golden Dawn	Co-founder of the Golden Dawn.
Xochitl	Unknown	Member	Actually an agent of Return of the Winged One.
Yamisaka Ouma	Unknown	None
Ymir's Ocean Girl	Unknown	None
Zombie	Unknown	Gremlin (True)	Magic God