[HPforGrownups] Muggles and potions (Was: Snape's special title)

[Gina Rosich]

No: HPFGUIDX 56140

silencescreamsatme <silencescreamsatme at yahoo.com> wrote:
Wrote:


This brings up an interesting question that I've never thought of 
until now. Because Potions doesn't require wand-work...when you get 
down to it, it's mixing and brewing certain ingredients together...do 
you think a Muggle would be able to make a Potion if given the 
recipe? Or am I so out of the field that you can't even see the ball 
anymore? lol

~Silence

ME:

I have been wondering that a lot myself.  in PS/SS, Snape warns that some might not think it's magic because there is no "silly wand waving."  But magic indeed it is.  Perhaps you need magical ability to mix the ingredients without being injured, since some of the materials are caustic?  Or maybe some of your magic is infused in the potions without using a wand.  Or, perhaps there is some kind of incantation that gets recited over the cauldron, but we simply haven't been privvy to them?  (Least likely).  It's a very good question, and I would like an answer too.



Gina :-)



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