Ancient Magic and wands

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49330

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Meira B" <mb2910 at h...> wrote:
> Tzvi of Brooklyn wrote:
> ...edited...

> Tzvi of Brooklyn wrote:
> 
> wands:
> Mr. Ollivander (...says...) that Lily  favored a wand that was good 
> for Charms while James favored a wand that was good for
>  transfiguration. ...edited...I wonder what all the other cores do.
> 
> 

> Now me: (Meira)
> 
> I think that it's not so much each different sort of core having a
> different trait ... but rather, it's the combination of wood + 
> magical core + wizard (or witch) ...edited... A large group of
> people could wave around one single wand, but the best results will 
> only be achieved with one specific witch or wizard.
> -end this part-

bboy_mn:
Yes and no. I think cores do have specific characteristics. Unicorn
hair for subtle but powerful magic with a refined essence, Dragon
Heart for massively powerful but not so subtle magic, and Phoenix
Feather, being the most magical of all the cores, for very deep
refined complex powerful magic (my opinion).

However, that doesn't matter, you have to take the wand that matches
you. Regardless of how much you may or may not like the characteristic
of a particular core, you still have to take the core that matches
you. You may think that Unicorn wands are for wussies and girls, but
if that's what matches you, then get over it, you're stuck with it.

Now a grossly powerful Dragon Heart core could be refined with the
proper wood, and further refined by a precise match to a particular
wizard, thereby, producing a wand/wizard combination, that has the
power of the Dragon, the subtility of the Unicorn, and the breadth,
depth and refinement of a Phoenix. 

Hey... it could happen.

-bboy_mn - end this part-

> 
> Tzvi of Brooklyn wrote:
> 
> If I were him, of all the wands that I would make, mine would 
> be the best. ...substatially edited...
> 

> Now me: (Meira)
> 
> ...edited...
> As for Ollivander keeping the best wand for himself, I don't think
> that there *is* a best or worst wand. ...edited...
> -end this part-

bboy_mn:
Mr. Ollivander had laid hands on thousands of wands in his lifetime;
he has touched them all, and he is so finely tuned to the art of wand
making that he can touch a wand made by another maker and still tell
you it's core, it's wood, it's characteristics, it's best use, and
it's maker. Pretty bright guy, I would say. 

So having touch and tested all those thousnads of wands, if he came
across a combination that was better than the wand he was currently
using, I'm sure he would keep it. Makes sense to me.
- bboy_mn - end this part-


Meira asks:
> And now a question that has been pesking me for some time now:
> We know that Witches and Wizards in Europe use latin for their 
> (... probably the americans also). But suppose there is a magical
>  community in Egypt, or it China (or anywhere else in the world, 
> India, for example), 
> 
> Meira 


bboy_mn answers with the obvious:

While European and Euro-centric wizards use the ancient dead language
of Europe, the Asians would like-wise use the ancient dead language of
Asian; Sanskrit. (8,000 to 10,000 years old; very ancient)

Examples:

in Latin:
 accendo     delectatio  navitas
 illuminate  pleasure    energy   

In Sanskrit:
 Samcakas    Anandi    Sattvarazi 
 illuminate  pleasure  energy  

This is from one of my stories. The charm makes your body glow with
light. The more pleasure you feel, the brighter your body glows. I'll
let your imagination take it from there.

There are Sanskrit dictionaries on-line. 

As far as Egypt, what would be that ancient language of north Africa;
Aramaic? Native tribes of central and south Africa would probably use
their local native language, which in all likelihood is very ancient.

Just a few thought.

bboy_mn