Here are some quick summaries about each school of magic. Most people are mages in one (or perhaps two), yet Quentin Andrews brags that he is a master in all nine of the schools.

The Nine Schools of Magick

• Monastic- Judeao-Xian Islamic
  Religious magick with basis in the three major religions. It deals with asking for acts of divine intervention, miracles etc.
  
• Templar- Grecco Roman
  Magick based on the mathematical arts and ability to reconfigure base spells to fit the casters need.
  
• Heraldic- Carolingian
  Magick of the Elves, based upon ritual tattooing and spells, which act thereupon.
  
• Ka- Babyl Egyptoid
  A type of Magick based upon following one particular Middle Eastern deities and receiving the blessings thereof
  
• Avatar- Hindu Buddhist
  The Magick of the Far East, it's powers deal with magick through mediation and self-discipline to extend the limitations of the human body/ mind
  
• Occult- Celto Scythian
  Magick arts based on the tenets of witchcraft and Barbarian shamanry, centered in England and the Baltics
  
• Nahual- Indo Columbian
  The Magicks of the native peoples of North and South America, it deals with the worship of guardian spirits which imbue magical powers
  
• Voodoo- Pan Afro Haitian
  The shunned magick of Africa and the West Indies, it deals with ancestor worship and necromancy
  
• Shaman- Cthulhu
  Magick of the South Seas based on the arcane power of the Elder Gods and their high priest, Cthulhu.