Free Mage Catalyst by Christopher George

reading several paragraphs but to be honest I couldn’t really focus on the text. Key sentences kept jumping off the page, drawing my attention to them, but for the most part it was gibberish.
    …at the heart of the process is the chemical reaction caused by the conversion between mana energy (Vis Viva to use the Latin term) and other forms of energy. It is the conversion of Vis Viva to other energies that gives a mage his power. Kinetic, sound, light and heat – these are all forms of energy in their most visible form. Converting one to the other is possible as seen in basic physics – heat to light, light to heat and kinetic energy to heat or sound.
    This was really dry reading. I may as well have read a Physics textbook. I had no idea what Renee’s grandfather was trying to tell me. I could see the mana particles in my arms, but I still had no idea how to draw upon them. At times it almost was like the mana seemed to know what I wanted to do, but it wasn’t through any conscious order.
    How can that be?
When I tried to lift something I could see the particles trail down my arms towards my hands. How did it do that? I had yet to read anything that led me to believe that the magic was consciously aware.
    …It can be theorised that as with other forms of energy conversions, no energy is lost in the conversion process. It can then be stated that the average human being must contain an unparalleled level of energy in mana. This would explain the amount of kinetic energy that can be produced by even the most untrained mage with the simplest of telekinetic spells.
    This was making me sound like I was some form of human nuclear power plant and that thought did not bring me much comfort. Why couldn’t the book just get to the point and tell me how I needed to gain control of this thing?
    …The crux of the issue is the human ability to generate mana. Once a mage begins generating mana, a hormone is released into the bloodstream. This effect in turn releases a series of endorphins which creates a general feeling of euphoria when the mage is actually using mana. The hormone also stimulates the production of yet more mana. The cycle of mana production becomes directly linked to the amount of mana expenditure and soon enough the human body will suffer withdrawal symptoms if the mana is not generated. Therefore the more mana one uses, the more one will crave it and the more mana energy one will be able to generate and the more powerful one will become.
    This last sentence made me pause. Something important was being said here. The more I used my powers, the more powerful I would become? That sounded good. Although that wasn’t really telling me anything I didn’t already know. If you practice something of course you’re going to get better. I didn’t realise until much later that the actual importance of that sentence was not about ‘generate’, it was the word ‘crave’.
I didn’t manage to get through the whole of that particular document – it was far too long. There was a second, shorter piece titled “Kinetic transference” that I spent most of my time pondering over. I was pretty sure that it was what Renee had been using in the alley that night.
The frustrating thing about this ‘book’ was that there didn’t appear to be any spells as such. It wasn’t like I could memorise a string of words to weave my magic. There were no secret words or base enchantments. Renee’s book was trying to get me to understand complex principles and theories. It was a little strange reading a book that read like my Physics textbook but discussed the most un-scientific topic I could imagine.
Renee’s grandfather had even included some test notes in footnotes, claiming to be able to lift up to 500 kilograms, but theorised that with intensive use, there was probably no limit to how much weight could be lifted.
    …The spell of telekinesis relies heavily upon the principle of extension or the ability to draw the mana from