Old Magic? (Re: Long lived)

[grahadh]

No: HPFGUIDX 101096

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "iris_ft" <iris_ft at y...> wrote:

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what is actually `Old Magic'? I have a faint idea of 
> what `magic' is, because I have examples in the books. But `Old 
> Magic' never appears clearly, we never see a character casting a 
> spell saying `That's Old Magic' 
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> Iris


This is all MHO, based on what I've inferred from reading the books:

In the HP world, I think of "old magic" as the magic people did before they 
started refining their powers with the use of wands.  When Lilly died, thus 
saving Harry, she didn't cast a spell with a wand, it was her sacrifice, 
combined with the fact that she was magical, that saved Harry's life.  

"New magic" I guess you could call it (though, according to the books it's 
thousands of years old, not exactally new)  would be what the kids learn at 
Hogwarts.  It's been developed and refined over the centuries.  Old magis is 
even older than that, but was not developed and refined in the same way, it 
just exists becuase witches and wizards exist, almost like accidental magic 
from children.  Perhaps seeing this old/accidental magic is what led witches 
and wizards to start refining their powers.

Does that  help/ make any sense? 

-Dhyana