Magic Memory / Prayer Recall and Dispel Magic

[Gwiber]

Once I read somewhere, that the Vancian system was considered so bad, that 3.5? I think, changed the fluff of how spells work in terms of "regaining" them. I also wonder first if the way o doing it I read was how it is intended in Pathfinder.

The ides was that a Wizard or Priest isn't studying/praying for the new spells to re-memorize them.

What they are doing is actually spending the time to go through the process of casting the spells in question, gathering up the energy and what not, and then letting them "hang", unfinished, about themselves.

Then they are using a action or round, or whatever to finish casting the spell along with any material components that may be required to focus the spell.

Thus the caster is not re-memorizing spells, they are just setting them up for later use when the time comes.

This brings me to my second issue. What about this system prevents a caster from targeting another caster with Dispel magic, and ripping away however many spells the Dispel Magic goes through? In theory that is magic hanging about waiting to be used, so would not Dispel Magic destroy them potentially?

[Amrel]

As for question 1, the system only specifies that a wizard must study his spell book or a cleric must pray for his spells to regain castings. the system never mentions what is physically going on, and as such the physical or mental intricacies of spell preparation cannot be used in any sort of rules ruling.

As to your second question, the rules are what prevent this from happening. The rules for dispelling magic specifically state what you can and cannot do and there is no mention anywhere of being able to dispel spells that have not been cast. Dispell can only be used to end effects that are currently active, or the counter spell a spell currently being cast.