Magic limitations...

[pt4ever]

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From: pt4ever
Subject: Re: Magic limitations...
Reply To: [Yahoo! #6808] Magic limitations...
Date: 8/14/00 1:17 am  (ET)

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It has come up before why Wizards can't, save the world in these
books. Why can't they feed the starving, clothe the naked, and shelter
the homeless. But when one really looks at it, why can't WE do it,
and for those of us who elive in a higher power why can't God.
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True, but you have to remember what someone (Hagrid, I believe) said
to Harry in Sorcerer's Stone -- the wizarding world is kept hidden
from Muggles, because if it wasn't all of the Muggles would want magic
solutions to their problems. I don't believe we've observed any homeless
or poverty-stricken wizards (other than the Weasleys, and they seem to
make enough to squeak by).

As for cooking, I believe it's stated in CoS that house-elves have
powerful magic of their own. After all, at the end of CoS, Dobby was able
to keep Lucius Malfoy at bay. Perhaps the house-elves can use magic to
conjure up food, but human wizards or witches (like Mrs. Weasley) can't?

-- JoAnna