Sorcery is an inborn ability to manipulate certain elements (for example heat and fire).

They must have trained him, I speculated, and he would have had all my inborn abilities.

All across Seanchan, young women are tested each year until the age when the inborn ability to channel would have manifested itself.

Is it an inborn ability, or is there something else in the mix?

This inborn ability usually manifests itself in late adolescence or early adulthood.

Fewer still the inborn ability to use it.

(Example: Honeybees have an inborn ability to perform and understand the waggle dance).

Most people have the inborn ability to perceive the beat in music.

He said some gifted children worked less on their games because they relied on inborn abilities.

How fast you pick up on it will depend on your inborn abilities, but it has to be done.