Wandless magic -- is is Dark in here or is it me?

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 43020

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "ssk7882" <skelkins at a...> wrote:

> Voldemort activates his followers' Dark Marks by touching Wormtail's
> mark with his finger, not with his wand.  He managed to possess
> Quirrell without his wand.  Was Quirrell's wand required?  Somehow
> I really doubt it.  Similarly, we don't know precisely what was
> required for him to become embodied in the ugly baby form.  Potion
> ingredients are specified; wands and incantations are not.  Again,
> I somehow feel doubtful that a wand was involved at all.

Well, Wormtail did use his wand to make Riddle, Sr.'s powdered bones
come out of the grave and into the cauldron.  But I suppose that was
just for convenience -- if he had to, he could've dug down with a
shovel to get the bones.

But I would say there was definitely an incantation involved -- that
whole "bone of the father, flesh of the servant, blood of the enemy"
chanting was not just for atmosphere, it was part of the spell.  Which
is intriguing, because it's the only spell I can think of in these
books where the incantation was in English.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com