Wandless magic in Chapter One

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "c_naegle" <c_naegle at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hamlin_i" <ian.hamlin at v...> 
> wrote:
> > Ian wrote:
> > 
> > I always assumed the magic seen here was part of the protection 
> Harry 
> > is suppose to have at Privet Drive, i.e. Vernon was trying to 
hurt 
> > him (well actually chocking him), so the charm kicked in and he 
was 
> > forced to let go.
> 
c_naegle wrote:
> I seem to recall bits and pieces of wandless magic through out the 
> stories.  Mostly around DD.  Didn't he wave his hands and change 
the 
> school banners at the end of Book 1.  Maybe that was the movie and 
> not in the canon.  I seem to at least remember thinking about 
several 
> occasions where some others had done some wandless magic.-

Bookworm:
p 306 - "He clapped his hands.  In an instant, the green hangings 
became scarlet and the silver became gold; the huge Slytherin 
serpent vanished and a towering Gryffindor lion took its place."

Also, p24-25, Harry "fixed" his hair after a bad haircut, the 
revolting sweater shrank, and Harry found himself on the chimney of 
the school kitchen after being chased by Dudley's gang.

Dumbledore can deliberately do wandless magic. Harry's only 
deliberate attempt was the 'lumos', but there is lots of evidence of 
his unconscious use of wandless magic (besides Aunt Marge the Human 
Balloon).

Ravenclaw Bookworm