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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexemplar" data-source="post: 7043747" data-attributes="member: 6874182">You beat me to it, but to elaborate...  The Druid also makes referenced to the "Divine Essence", and the Ranger "use(s) the magical essence of nature to cast spells, much as a druid does."  And Paladins learn to "draw on divine magic through meditation and prayer to cast spells as a cleric does."   And both the Eldritch Knight and Arcane Trickster cast Wizard spells from the Wizard spell list "since you learn yourspells through study and memorization," just like a Wizard.  And of course, under the Monk's Ki section, it explictly states that the mystical energies they manipulate are known as "ki".  The Bard is in a somewhat funky spot.  It's the ONLY spellcasting class that doesn't reference arcane/divine magic or arcane/divine spellcasting classes in the description, but the sidebar in the Spellcasting section on page 206 lumps them in with Wizards, Sorcerers, and Warlocks as arcane casters.   Of course power sources have always been largely academic. Back in 3e, the arcane/divine/psionic/whatever split really didn't matter aside from determining what spell trigger items your character could/couldn't use or prestige class requirements.  Even in 4e, they had little mechanical impact, as very very few feats, paragon paths, etc were restricted by power source.  "Power sources" are mostly a matter of aesthetics and "feel".</blockquote>