The Old Magic

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 72633

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jakedjensen" <jakejensen at h...> 
wrote:
> 
> > Ali responds:-
> > 
> > I think that Dumbledore explains the use of this ancient magic - 
> > Voldemort doesn't understand the concept of love and sacrificing 
> > yourself for loved ones. It is Voldemort's failure here that 
gives 
> > the magic such potency as he failed to anticipate it.
> > 
> Ali: interesting ideas.  I can definitely see the VD doesn't 
> understand love/sacrifice angle.  I still do think, however, 
> that "the old magic" refers to an actual sort of magic which has 
> slipped out of commun usage (for some reason).
> 

ME - Iwonder if the 'Old Magic' is possibly wandless magic? So 
powerful and emotional you don't need to focus it through a wand? 
Just a thought.

> Ali:
> > It is true that Voldemort and Harry aren't purebloods, but 
although 
> > both of them are brought up as Muggles until they go to Hogwarts, 
> > they are Half-bloods. Tom Riddle's mother was a witch, and James 
> > Potter cam from a wizarding family.
> > 
> I was just talking with someone about this the other day.  Blood 
> heritage is not altogether clear yet in the HP books.  Just like 
real 
> life, individuals with mixed race/ethnicity find themselves stuck 
in 
> a labeling void.  Is HP a mugblood (I also avoid the term mudblood, 
> opting for an abr. form of muggle-blood)?  ****SPOILER****  When HP 
> says VD is mugblood at the end of OotP, the DEs have a negative 
> reaction to it.  It is almost like a half-and-half person can be 
> either way, depending on who they hang with.

ME - It surely depends on what knowledge you give people - Tom, 
having 'reincarnated' himself as Lord Voldemort - I wonder how many 
of his Slytherin mates were around for the deatheaters' BBQs? Tom 
does say he'd been using the name to his 'most intimate friends' - I 
wonder how many survived to tell of his beginnings? I suspect it's 
been his little secret. 
Another interesting thing in CoS is that Tom says, 'How did you 
escape with nothing but a scar...' 
Back to one of my hobbyhorses - the scar isn't the mark.
Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria