How do you learn magic in Final Fantasy V?

[Marco19]

I'm playing FFV: Advance (an emulator on my computer), and the white and black mages are learning abilities (White Magic LV1, White Magic LV2, etc.). They aren't learned spells, though. Is there something I'm missing? Do you have to purchase spells or something? (I'm in the Ghost ship part of the game)

Thanks so much for your help!

[GypsyElder]

Yes, you purchase most of the spells, but you can't use them until the appropreate Job is at a decent level. There are a few you have to do a little side quest for to get, later in the game, these are for the ultimate magics though.

If you need help with finding their locations, you can look here:
List of Final Fantasy V Spells - The Final Fantasy Wiki has more Final Fantasy information than Cid could research