User blog comment:T- AvatarFan/Team Naming/@comment-24262164-20140528014956/@comment-10380701-20140528035025

You're currently describing the pop culture version of magic, which is as you stated, something mystical or fantastical.

However, RWBY is following the old and original usage of magic, which is what I described earlier.

Regarding the sci-fi fantasy you wanna see...

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

For example, today, we can now talk to people from across the planet without moving.

Am I talking about telepathy or your cellphone?

Since Monty does not believe in magic (citation needed) he leaves no room for magic in Remnant, instead resorting to something closer to it, which is Dust. Like it or not, that is the reason magic does not exist in RWBY.