thoughts about broomsticks and potions

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 89280

Nellie wrote: 
> I wonder, though, could a Muggle or a Squib brew magical potions?  It 
> doesn't seem to require either wands or incantations - just following 
> the recipe.  Maybe that's why Snape doesn't like teaching it in spite 
> of his being so good at it - because he knows that it doesn't require 
> specifically magical abilities, and even a Muggle could do it, and he 
> probably doesn't think much of Muggles.  Just a thought.


I have a pretty good idea what would happen if you or I managed to
obtain a cauldron and the proper ingredients (say stewed slugs and
crocodile hearts) and mixed them in the proper order and proportions
over a fire of exactly the right temperature for exactly the right
amount of time--a smelly mess. The potions have magical powers just as
the wands do, and IMO, only a wizard can brew them. In some cases (the
e.g., the wolfsbane potion) only a highly skilled wizard like Snape
can get it right. Otherwise, Lupin would undoubtedly prepare his own
potions.

Carol