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It is stated that people outside of the mazoku barrier do not know any magic.
Why is that? Shamanistic Magic works by using the forces of nature, which
should work outside of it.


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Why does the mazoku barrier let people not use magic outside of it?


I watched all of _Slayers_ sometime in the last four years, but unfortunately,
I do not currently have access to the episodes. Thus, I have been making do by
reading the Fandom Wiki pages for synopsis of episodes and other concepts in
order to come up with an answer.

## Answer to the Question

The answer to why people outside of the barrier are able to not use magic is
actually the same reason people inside the barrier are able to not use magic.
There is no compulsion to use magic. In order to use magic, one has to cast a
spell. So it's obviously a choice whether one uses it or not.

## Analysis

I will now address other points brought up in the body of the question.

According to [this](https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/Mazoku_barrier), the
Mazoku Barrier was a barrier that was created by the mazoku (beings who are
invoked when casting some types of magic), and it completely sealed off the
world we saw in _Slayers_ from the outside world, up until Lina killed
Hellmaster Fibrizo (this is explained in [episode
1](https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/EP01_\(Slayers_TRY\)) of _Try_ ).

It is further stated in these articles that Holy Magic could not be cast while
inside of the barrier, but could be outside. The article on [Holy
Magic](https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/Holy_magic) states:

> However, it is assumed that it will take some time for humans to rediscover
> the traditions and spells that were lost 1,000 years ago.
>
> [...]
>
> In order for humans to use holy magic again, they would need to translate
> the spells, now in dragon language, into literal human terms.

We will see why this is relevant soon.

The synopsis for [episode
3](https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/EP03_\(Slayers_TRY\)) states the following:

> When Gourry asks how they got into such a ruckus by simply walking around
> town, Zelgadiss and Amelia mused that the townspeople seem to be surprised
> by magic. Filia replies that of course they are, since the high
> concentration of magic within the Mazoku barrier doesn't happen without; the
> sorcerers in the outer world can only cast Lighting and Sleeping spells at
> most.

First of all, the world inside the Mazoku Barrier was completely sealed off
from the outside world. There is no reason to believe the outside world would
have the same knowledge of magic, including of Shamanistic Magic. Secondly, it
is stated there is a higher concentration of magic inside the barrier, and
this may have made people inside more attuned to it, and thus magic may have
developed more swiftly inside the barrier while it stagnated outside. And
third, the statements about Holy Magic gives us some insight into how spells
can be lost and how long it could take to recover them. In spite of Holy Magic
now working again, it doesn't mean everyone is going to be instantly using it.
The same is true for all the other types of magic.

In short, just because Shamanistic Magic would work, doesn't mean the people
outside have a good understanding of it. They seem to only use a little White
Magic at most (which is the type of magic Amelia mainly uses).

## Further Reading/Sources

<https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/EP01_(Slayers_TRY)>

<https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/EP03_(Slayers_TRY)>

<https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/Mazoku_barrier>

<https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/Holy_magic>

<https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/White_magic>

<https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/Black_magic>

<https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/Shamanistic_magic>

<https://kanzaka.fandom.com/wiki/Amelia_Wil_Tesla_Saillune>


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