[HPforGrownups] Magic space?

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 50614

   Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 04:46:08 -0000
   From: "Steve <bboy_mn at yahoo.com>" <bboy_mn at yahoo.com>
Subject: Magic Space/Muggle Space???

>I assume that Diagon Alley is in what I call Magic Space; a physically
>world that is separate from the normal world which I will call Muggle
>Space. But I have to wonder, how big is this Magic Space and where and
>how does it end?
>We know that the Magic City extends beyond Diagon Alley since there
>are other magic places we have heard about; Knockturn Alley, the
>Ministry office, St. Mungos Hospital, etc.... Having said that, I have
>to wonder how big it is and what do you see when you reach the edge of
>it's boundaries?

There's a big question to be answered on that: if there's a magic space that
extends outside the physical dimensions of the planet, then why would
wizards have needed to coexist with muggles at all, especially if the
dimensions of magical space are indefinite?

The wizard community decided to subject itself to all manner of onerous and
all embracing restrictions to make sure that they kept secret - why do that
if there's an alternative?

>A lot of questions, but very few answers. I guess it depends on
>whether you consider the area behind the Leaky Cauldron to be a
>physical space that in muggle London is just a gap between the Leaky
>Cauldron and the building behind it which is bigger on the inside/the
>magic side than it is on the outside/the muggle side, or if you are
>stepping through a gateway into another world.

I think there would have to be limits on how far a space stretching spell
would go - you can do it on a Ford Anglia - and possibly on the Hogwarts
Express, but doing it on an entire district might be beyond the spell's
capability. I tend to think that places like Diagon Alley and other wizard
spaces in urban areas are places that muggles just don't notice, if a muggle
looks at them, their eyes just slide over it. Presumably that would have to
work with representations of the area also so that if a muggle looked at a
satellite photograph of London, once again the eyes would slide over the
"wizards' mall" without it registering. And the same would be true of
Hogwarts and its environs.

The same would be true for other wizard places, such as the Ministry -
though I strongly suspect that it's located on Whitehall somewhere!

Cheers

Ffred

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