Old Magic? (Re: Long lived)

[iris_ft]

No: HPFGUIDX 101132

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

Yes, it does. Thanks for your reply,

Amicalement, 

Iris