ancient magic & Dumbledore WAS Potters

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No: HPFGUIDX 30667

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Bree" <breegenie at y...> wrote:
> In SS/PS, Dumbledore claims ignorance about how Harry survived. 
That 
> may not have been the case. He probably knew this "ancient magic," 
> since he is probably the same person who invokes the ancient magic 
> that protects Harry under his family's care (or was it Lily, the 
> charms expert...)


I wonder if this "ancient magic" really has anything to do with the 
day to day magic the wizards normally use.  In old folklore, and in 
some modern fantasies as well, magic is something deep and internal: 
it's not something that can be invoked, or so easily learned: it is 
just a natural part of who you are, or a direct result of 
some "cosmic law."  I don't think that Lily Potter invoked any 
ancient magic, or that Harry did so either as he saved Wormtail -- in 
fact, we know for a fact that the latter is true.  Therefore, 
the "ancient magic" is something above and beyond wizarding magic: 
you don't cast it as a spell, or anything like that, it just happens 
if circumstances are right.

Joshua Dyal