Wands and Magic : was Random Musings from a lurker

[heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu]

No: HPFGUIDX 15991

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., yumeno at m... wrote:
> 
> But on the other hand, Harry has been in plenty of stressful and/or 
dangerous situations since then, usually without his wand and he's 
never done anything like that instinctive magic since Book 1. And all 
that happened before he went to school and got his wand. 
> 
> That makes me think that maybe being trained in magic and having a 
wand might "shut-off" a connection between a wizard's unconcious and 
their powers. <<<

But he did - the exploding wine glass in PoA, then blowing Aunt Marge 
up, were both wandless magics, done after he got his wand.