OT: Can there be Magic?

[boyblue_mn]

No: HPFGUIDX 34441

Not going to quote everything that was said. But I have some theories 
that are indirectly related to what you said.

When a first year comes to Hogwart's and they go to Charms class and 
everyone tries to levitate the feather, what can't some of them do it. 
They have the wand exactly match to them, the have the correct 
movements, they have the correct incantations. They have every bit of 
information now that they will have a week later when they can easily 
levitate the feather. So what's up with that?

I see magic as being very similar to meditation; more meditation than 
education. For any charm or curse, you have to open that part of your 
mind, spirit, magic, or whatever you want to call it. Knowledge isn't 
enough. You have to be able to free that part of yourself that allows 
that particular magic to flow.

A person who is into deep meditation, like Budhists Monk who dedicate 
their lives to reaching higher levels of conciousness. When they clear 
away all the clutter from the material world, from the cluttered 
concious minds, from the clouded spirit, they open the gateways to 
great power and knowledge. They become healers, because they have 
removed the barriers that blocks the healing energy. They are capable 
of transfering knowledge with a touch, again because that part of 
themselves is unlocked and flowing free. 

So learning magic, in a sense, is a matter of achieving a higher 
conciousness. A matter of tapping into what is already there, but 
nature, ignorance, and material confusing are hiding.