Thermodynamics & Wizarding

[naama]

No: HPFGUIDX 7316

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> 
wrote:
<snip>
> And lastly, permanence. Leprechaun gold is, to all appearances, 
real, but
> transitory. I would postulate that the squashy purple sleeping bags 
were
> similar, non-permanent exigency measures. However, food *cannot* be 
impermanent,
> and probably cannot be simply conjured out of nothing (or lots out 
of
> little)--at least not if you want to live on it.
> 

I think this is the best solution yet! It also ties in with Ursula le 
Guin's careful division of magic to illusion-change and real change. 
Did Jo Rowling ever mention Earthsea as a source of influence?

Naama