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Magic and Wands
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Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:18:12 GMT
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Hi, new poster here.
Has anywone noticed that all the magic at Hogwarts is done by wand or by
potion, but that 2 or 3 times Harry is able to do magic w/o either. cf. the
window at the zoo and Aunt what's-her-name blowing up like a balloon. You
would think that sometime in the 4 books she would address this issue in
some way. I think it's pretty cool, but I would also like some sort of
explanation as to why nobody else seems to work that way. Has this bothered
anyone else or just me?
Paul
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| I think the wand is a means of controlling and focusing the use of magic. The times when Harry performs magic without a wand are times of great emotional duress, when he doesn't really have any control of what he's doing. Presmably the wizards and (...) (24 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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