  Magic can be roughly categorized by what it does, these types of categories are called /bSchools of Magic/z.
<~><~>  There are six Schools of Magic: /bEvocation/z, /bTransfiguration/z, /bDivination/z, /bAbjuration/z, /bConjuration/z, and /bIllusion/z.
<~><~>  Magic in the School of Evocation focuses on causing damage, whereas the School of Abjuration focuses on preventing Damage.
<~><~>  The School of Conjuration focuses on summoning or creating objects, whereas the School of Transfiguration focuses on changing an existing object's properties.
<~><~>  The School of Divination focuses on revealing truths whereas the School of Illusion focuses on contorting the truths.