Static Electricity or Lightning

Static electricity is a build up of energy but requires an interaction of a non magnetic material and a magnetic field. Is this true? Let me think about it. There is a manipulation of energy of a non magnetic material which is given a static energy and allowed to exist in a magnetic field. There is something deeper than this. I'm thinking on the idea. Sorry for the inconvenience and confusion I may be causing, but I have to write this stuff down. As it clears up, I'll explain it. Steps, my friends, I must go through the steps to reach the next level of understanding. I know what I'm trying to say, but having an issue of explaining it. I can see what I see, but trying to extrapolate what I do not understand.