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

[nova_glitterfreak]

No: HPFGUIDX 43021

 whilst reflecting on wandless magic and its possible relation to 
the dark arts, 
Porphyria <porphyria at m...> wrote:
> 2. Miscellaneous little spells. 
 and Porphyria includes: 
> a) At the end of PS/SS, Quirrell snaps his fingers and ropes 
spring out;  shortly after he released Harry from his bonds with a 
clap. 
> b) Also in PS/SS, Dumbledore claps his hands to change the 
banner colors. 
> c) At the beginning of PoA, Tim, the ancient innkeeper of the 
Leaky  Cauldron, starts a fire with a snap. >  
> d) In the Shrieking Shack scene in PoA, Snape clicks his 
fingers to summon  Lupin's ropes to his hand. >  
> Can anyone think of anything else? To my mind Dumbledore 
does usually use  a wand when he's doing magic, but if I've left 
something out let me know.
 
One other example that I immediately thought of was the 
Put-Outer, which appears just once at the beginning of PS/SS. In 
fact, it is one of the very first instances of magic we actually see 
in the book. I've always found this magical object to be extremely 
interesting, and apparently Cindysphynx did as well, because 
she wrote a whole essay on it that appears in the lexicon. Here 
is the link:

http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/put-outer.html

I'm not certain how her conclusion (or at least one of them) on 
this--that it gave the MOM a sort of surveillance system on Privet 
drive--jibes with your theory, but I just thought I would put it out 
there, since you did ask...

-Nova
who now goes back to lurking...