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Here are four different spell effects based on The game Master of Magic: Nature, Chaos, Death and Life. Incidentally, the same magics appear in the Master of Myrror - mod for civ3 
Here are the files:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Spells.zip
UPDATES
Long time gone, and here's an update: Sorcery lightning (since drift is going to add 5th mage type to Master-of-Myrror -mod
). This anim is nothing special though.
Here it is:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/SorceryLightning.zip
Here's an animated preview of the lightning:
Here are animated previews of the four older animations:

Here are the files:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Spells.zip
UPDATES
Long time gone, and here's an update: Sorcery lightning (since drift is going to add 5th mage type to Master-of-Myrror -mod

Here it is:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/SorceryLightning.zip
Here's an animated preview of the lightning:

Here are animated previews of the four older animations: