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Re: Magic and Wands
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Sat, 28 Apr 2001 00:10:51 GMT
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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 witches use the wand as a means of disciplining and controlling
their powers.
It's interesting, though, that this has never come up in a Hogwarts class.
- chris
In lugnet.harrypotter, Paul Coombs writes:
> 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'll agree partially to that explaination. In book 1, when Harry is in Diagon Alley to buy things for school, he and Hagrid go to the wand shop. The wand shop says that its the "wand that picks the master" and that "no two wands are the same" (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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