Pushing HP, was factoids; PS: Voldy's wand

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 2539

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Alix Petty" <bel_imperia at b...> 
wrote:
> > And *somewhere* in book 4 is a mention of why Dumbledore keeps 
sending
> Harry
> > back to the Dursleys--some sort of "do you know how well 
protected he is
> > there" or something, that I dimly remember mentions old magic too-
--I
> > couldn't find it on a quick scan, anyone know what I'm talking 
about?
> 
> Yeah, apparently Harry can't be touched while he's with blood 
relatives, and
> in order to bring that about, old magic was invoked.  Which could 
possibly
 be another reason why Voldemort couldn't seriously 
injure him when he was
 with his parents, quite apart from Lily's sacrifice.
  Don't know about anyone else, but I was strongly reminded 
of the Deeper Magic from before the Dawn of Time, which
 saves Aslan  in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - 
I was also thinking of this regarding Lily's sacrifice.
 In both books innocent parties willingly sacrifice 
their lives to save  another, although in Aslan's
 case the magic works because he was sacrificed
>in the stead of a traitor, and he returns to life,
 whereas Lily dies trying  to protect her innocent son,
 and isn't even aware of the protection she
> bestows on Harry.
> 
> Alix

JKR has stated that the the Narnia chronicles were an influence
on her, so it's not surprising that there is a parallel.

There seems to be a ton of magic, and magical spells. We know very 
little about how house elf magic works, or goblin magic, or giant 
magic! So, it's very plausible that there is magic that Voldemort
overlooked or has forgotten.

It definitely states that Harry is safe with the Dursleys (which DOES 
provide SOME reason that Professor Dumbledore left him there!)

Re: blood magic. The letting of blood always releases power. The 
intention in letting it has profound implications on what happens to 
the power that is released. Voldemort forcibly taking blood from 
Harry and coercing it from Peter Pettigrew -- that spell is just not 
going to be as efficacious as Lily protecting her son.