Magical ability detected at birth (was Re: Evans family)

[ohnooboe]

No: HPFGUIDX 117691



> Kelly:
> 
> What I don't understand is how the book *knows* that a baby is 
> magical.  It might assume a baby born to magical parents is also 
> magical, but does it *know* a muggle born (like Hermione or the 
> Creevys) is magical at birth, or does it wait for evidence when the 
> child makes strange things happen?

Patrick here:

I think we all assume there has to be an explination for magic.  
Magic just is.  I think JKR said this in some form, at some time...or 
perhaps I dreamt it.  Either way, it works because it was charmed or 
created to do just that.  Just like the Knight bus runs on magic 
(unless there's some sort of WW gas station?) this book runs on 
magic.  Perhaps it senses a shift in the "magical tides" and locates 
the cause.  Who knows...

Patrick...whose favorite line from "Shakespeare in Love" is:
 "It's a mystery."  So fitting...