Harry and wandless magic

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 96776

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> > 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.'
> > (PS "The Man with Two Faces" pp.221-22 UK edition)

Potioncat:
I look at this one a little differently, although I'm not sure I can 
think of other examples.  I thought the decorations are magical in 
themselves and DD was simply changing them.  (That is, he wasn't 
doing magic to something that woudln't normally behave in that 
manner.)

For some reason, I think the torches will light on verbal command.  
Does anyone remember?  Maybe I'm just imagining it.  How would a 
child turn on the lights if they didn't work that way?  This is like 
the brooms being magical and not needing a wand to "start" them.

This is a little different and not at all what the thread intends, 
but Potions are wandless magic.
> 
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> 
> Earendil:
> I found the quote:
> (OotP, UK ed., p522)
> On of the jars behind [Harry] had broken when he fell against it; 
> the pickled slimy thing within was swirling in its draining potion.
> 'Reparo,' hissed Snape, and the jar sealed itself at once.
> 
> Since Snape used an incantation, I suppose it's a safe guess to 
> think he did pick up his wand before casting the spell. Especially 
> since later in that scene, Snape raises his wand to cast a 
> Legilimens again, and there's no mention of him picking up his 
wand 
> before that.


Potioncat:
Yeah, I think you're right.