Wizard Photographs

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No: HPFGUIDX 42399

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Suzanne Chiles" <suzchiles at p...> wrote:
> mariahisabel asked:
> 
> > Anyone have and answers/ideas for me?
> 
> It's magic.
> 
> One of the things that puzzle me about this list is the insistence
> that certain aspects of the wizarding world be logical,
> understandable, and repeatable.
> 
> I'd like to propose that magic in the Wizarding World can be
> illogical and eccentric.
> 
> Zoë

Ummm... if it's "illogical and eccentric", how is it that the wizards 
and witches have to *study* it? If every piece of magic followed it's 
own rules -that is, there are no common or basic rules of magic- there 
would be no point in taking classes about how the magic works. To put 
it easier, an example: You didn't go to school to learn that 2+2 makes 
4, but to learn why and from there deduce that 2+2=4, and any other 
possible adding.

Since wizards and witches only spend seven years learning about magic, 
it is clear that there is no way they can learn  *all* the magic 
developed in the last 6000 years. Thus, magic is logical, to a point 
(just as the English language is logical... to a point). There may be 
exceptions to the rules, but there *are* a series of subjacent rules 
that work. And I love this list because most of the time the people 
want to find them.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf