Harry and wandless magic

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 96751

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "earendil_fr" <viviane at l...> 
wrote:

> BTW, have we ever actually heard of any other wizard performing 
> wandless magic? And by wizard I mean no house elves or fantastic 
> beasts (who can't own a wand anyway). The only thing I can recall 
is 
> that wizards/witches children frequently show the magic in them 
> early in their lives by the uncounscious use of wandless magic. 
> (e.g. Neville bouncing on the ground when his great-uncle pushed 
him 
> from the window)
> 
> But what about grown wizards? Can they actually use wandless magic, 
> an unconscious expression of magic, now that their knowledge/use of 
> magic is so much more... well, mastered and conscious? Take Harry 
> for example. As a child he used wandless magic (without knowing it 
> of course) on several occasions (growing his hair back, etc). But 
> after he learned he was a wizard and got a wand, it seems his use 
of 
> wandless magic is getting scarce (twice in 5 years, but I could be 
> forgetting something)

Geoff:
One example comes immediately to mind....

'"I therefore award ten points to Mr.Neville Longbottom"......

"Which means," Dumbledore called over the storm of applause, for even 
Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were celebrating the downfall of 
Slytherin, "we need a little change of decoration."

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.'