u/Archerof64

I have recently gotten into Trails thanks to NicoB and have been loving the world, but I just have a question about the magic system outside of Orbments and Super Chi stuff, because everything outside of those two seems different yet very similar, and I wish to know if there is ever anything that properly separates something like Thamaturgy and Alchemy? Like is it vague JRPG magic, or is it expanded upon or something?