Wands with no spells

[melclaros <melclaros@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48026

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> 
wrote:
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> 
> Alora:
> >>"Does that mean that the wand and it's owner are connected in 
some way?  
> >>Telepathy, or something of the like?"
> 
> Dan:
> 
> >That's more or less what I think--eventually wizards and witches 
become so >magically skilled they don't need to say the incantation 
part of certain spells >anymore. I think of the incantation 
(alohomora, for example) as just being a word >that triggers a 
desired effect in your brain, which, in turn, causes it to >manifest 
in the real world. > 

Richelle
> I think it's something that takes place as a wizard/witch becomes 
more skilled and their wand more familiar with them.  It becomes a 
part of them and knows the wizard's intentions without them saying 
anything.  

me:

I see it this way...remember learning to drive? Remember having to 
actively concentrate on where your hands were on the wheel and where 
your foot was on what pedal? Remember having to remind yourself to 
look in the rear-view mirror and to check the side mirrors before 
changing lanes--that is if you were ready to change lanes AT ALL? How 
about that clutch pedal and the shift pattern?
Now fast forward a few years. You hardly have to think about it. 
(although we would be a lot better off if we all thought about it 
more I dare say!). It's become second nature. The car is, in effect, 
an extension of the driver.
I'd imagine spell casting is similar. first you have to learn the 
spells, the right spells, where and when to use them, and all that. 
Then you have to learn to concentrate your energy on performing the 
spell itself. It also seems that there is a certain amount of 
technique required in the actual "wand waving". So, you'd have to 
learn how to hold the wand (think chopsticks?) and whether you swish 
and flick with the fingers, wrist or entire arm. 
Eventually I'd imagine you'd learn to channel the energy into the 
spell without having to vocalize the incantation. Certain simple 
workaday spells would become second nature. The dishwashing spell 
certainly. Snape's snake-vanishing spell? Well maybe he has to do 
that on a regular basis, or perhaps he just used a similar very 
basic "clean up" spell--one which must get A LOT of use in his 
classroom. At least since Neville's been enrolled.

Melpomene