Emotions = Magical Power?

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 72026

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lisettethemagnificent" 
<trashcanjoy at 3...> wrote:
*snip*
> In the first book, we are given several examples of how Harry uses
> magic before getting his wand or going to Hogwarts. All involve
> emotion - fear or anger, generally*snip*
> 
> The theory that I would put forward is that magic in its pure state 
is
> the rather formless, but usefull, style that Harry uses without his
> wand - mostly it seems geared to self protection, thus emotions 
would
> definately be connected. With a wand however, a wizard is able to
> better control the power his emotions - to harness and channel it 
into
> recognisable and repeatable events known as spells.
> 
> Lise Carew
> trashcanjoy at 3...

AmanitaMuscaria - I totally agree with you on this - as Bellatrix 
says, Harry can't do the dark spells because he doesn't hate enough.
The magic he does before he knows is, as you say, self-protection - 
jumping onto the school roof, regrowing his hair; Neville does the 
same, bouncing when he's dropped from a window. 
I wonder if there's something additional going on in the snakehouse, 
though, maybe because he's a Parseltongue? As far as I remember, 
Dudley pushed him aside, but wasn't continuing the attack, so 
dissolving the glass was either to threaten Dudley as revenge, or to 
free the snake, as a kindred spirit.
I'm very interested in the remote wand control, as I think that's a 
sort of bridge between the two types. I would guess something will 
continue on this ability, whether with his own wand, or one that is 
its brother, perhaps?
Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria