[HPforGrownups] Re: Wands & apparating, Majorca, Chocolate and dementors

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 2568

"Brooks A. Rowlett" wrote:

> 1) I think it is pretty well demonstrated that wands are NOT something
> needed for apparating.  We don't see anybody apparate and then stow
> his/her wand in the robe after arrival.  I contend that it is an
> 'internally spoken' spell, one you just *think* to make happen.
> Sirius may not apparate because he is one of the wizards who cannot, or
> else doesn't like it.

That one must test to be allowed to Apparate, just as one must be a registered
Animagus, fits with my theory that magic sans wands is possible, but much more
dangerous. Other works involving magic that I've read have tended to interpret
the wand as a "focuser" of the force manipulated by the wielder's will, and as
such, give a measure of control. Like a pointer. Magic which is done without a
wand takes longer to learn and is much more dangerous, hence all the regulations
and approvals and testing.

Sound right?

--Amanda, who thought women got more depressed because they were home with only
five-year-olds for conversation more...where was that Hershey bar...?