[HPforGrownups] Re: Has Trelawney Done Anything Magical?

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 101513

| From: Jacqui
| Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:45 AM
| --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...>
| wrote:
| > Right now, I can't remember one instance where Trelawney has used a
| > wand or otherwise performed magic. Anyone else? Someone mentioned
| > she dimmed her lights at one point, but I can't recall this scene
| or
| > find it in the books.

[Jacqui]:|
| Once you asked that I really had to think If I have ever seen her
| with a wand, but I did stumble across this:
|
| OOP p.594
| Professor Trelawney was standing in the middle of the entrance hall
| with her wand in one hand and an empty sherry bottle in the other.
|
| Now I know it doesn't say anything about her using any magic, but why
| would she have her wand out?  I am going to look for more stuff this
| evening when I get home from work :P

[Lee]:
I'd say that fire of hers might be magical; we don't know how she starts it,
we don't know what she puts into it. :-)
I have to wonder if there are various grades of magicalness; we've got
squibs who can't do anything most people regard as magical; but are there
other levels?  JKR hasn't tackled this really, but I have to wonder, as I
recall seeing some wizards do magic without need of a want, i.e. snapping
fingers and tying someone up, as I think it happened in SS/PS when Harry was
tied up by Quirrell.

Cheers,

Lee :-)