Death Magic
Coming from a discussion on renewable energy... What if you had a fantasy civilization which had known magic from the beginning of time? Now, at first they used nature as their source of power, it being the most rudimentary and accessible. But, as their arcana progressed, their became aware of other sources. Death magic comes in as an analogy to fossil fuels. The living are being powered by the dead.
The problem is that as spirits live and grow they accrue wisdom, knowledge, experience, passion, love, and bring it into the spirit world where it becomes energy. It becomes the glory that makes death a paradise. But, by tapping into this ether, mortals are able to channel that glory and expend it in the physical world. The problem is that this practice reduces regions of the spirit world to desolations. Perhaps even making them susceptible to hell.
The idea for this story comes where a prophet(s) is called to call the world away from so destructive a practice before they strip the next world bear of all it’s wealth.
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