Voices and Magic - Eyes & More

[ratalman]

No: HPFGUIDX 77218

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> Now what if the wizard thinks the words; he mentally vocalizes 
them.
> That is his same voice speaking the same words, only 
internally. That
> should create the same resonance and harmony necessary to 
make the
> spell work. The mind and the magic hear it even if the ears 
don't. And
> indeed, I think that is how wizards do wandless wordless 
magic. 
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Picking up the thread from bboy_mn's very excellent post:

In "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", JKR gives a 
lengthy description of a beast called the Lethifold (pp. 25-7).  
Therein is an account by a wizard who escaped an attack by a 
Lethifold.  With wand in hand, and unable to breathe or cry out, 
as the creature was wrapped about his face, the wizard subdued 
the Lethifold with the Patronus charm.  Prior to the Patronus 
charm, the wizard had attempted to perform the Stupyfying 
Charm and the Impediment Hex, neither of which succeeded in 
driving off the Lethifold, but which did blast a hole in his bedroom 
door.

Robyn