Magic without wands (was Harry's Growing Powers)

[Susana da Cunha]

No: HPFGUIDX 113181


Angie wrote:

"In the OOP, during the dementor attack, Dudley whacks Harry and
knocks Harry's wand out of his hand.  Harry,desperate, says "Lumos"
and the wand lights up anyway, to Harry's surprise.
I don't remember any other time since Harry joined HW that he was
able to perform magic without a wand (I know about the pre-HW days
when the "weird" things happened without him meaning to) and I don't
remember any other wizard except DD performing magic without a wand.
Does anywone?
I take this to be a hint of Harry's growing power as a wizard, and
perhaps a sign of things to come.  Wouldn't it be amazing, after all
the discussion about the wands, if Harry could kill LV without a wand?"
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I'm sure this was discussed before but searching through messages is
exhausting so today I won't - forgive me. I add my opinion hopping it's not
something already contested a million times:

Any wizard can do magic without his/her wand. But the outcome is not always
predictable - Harry feels sorry for the snake and angry at his cousin -zap-
a glass vanishes; Harry is furious at his aunt -zap- he insufflates her (his
wand has in the trunk, inside the cupboard); Harry needs his things from the
cupboard -zap- the door sprang open (his hand inside his trunk, inside the
cupboard); Harry needs light to save his life -zap- his wand ignited; and my
very favorite:

A very young Fred Wesley (about 5 or 6) is furious at his little brother Ron
and -zap- he TRANSFIGURES A TEDDY INTO A SPIDER! Now, that's pretty advance
magic for a six-year-old and I'm sure he didn't have a wand.

I will always imagine an eight year old Hermione writing on a black board in
front of a muggle class and an envious classmate throwing a piece of paper
to her hair, making her turn. But, of course, nothing would be more
important to her than finishing the answer. I imagine the chalk finishing
the sentence on its own while she glares at the astonished class, eyes with
tears of sadness and fury. (A full day for the MoM obleviators)

Anyway, no-wand-magic (I like to call it hysterical magic) it's probably
more common in children because they have their emotions at the surface and
they can't control them. I don't think it means a wizard is powerful.

Other possible examples of hysterical magic:

Flying Ford Anglia - the car was dismantled and put back together by Mr.
Weasley who bewitched it to fly, be invisible and probably to run without
gas (considering it was still running after months in the forest). It was
never (willingly) bewitch to have a mind of his own. Wet, it *decides* to
drive into the forest when *upset* with the beating and *decides* to rescue
Ron and Harry from the spiders. Could Mr. Weasley have put in something else
out of excitement? Or maybe Ron could have done it before breaking his wand.
He *was* in a life threatening situation.

Lily's sacrifice - I'd rather think she was smart enough to trick Voldy into
signing a contract (her life for Harry's - I read this theory somewhere in
this site. Sorry for not quoting). But my second favourite theory is that
she did hysterical magic: in *intending* to stop Voldemort from EVER killing
Harry, she cast a blood protection spell that she didn't even know existed
(an ancient form of magic that is powerful enough to stop an AK).

Marauders Map - given the size of the castle and surroundings, I always
imagined the map as a *small* piece of parchment that shows the paths that
the wizard *intends* to see. (Explaining the 'why wasn't Pettigrew spotted
before' and the 'how can it show several floors' things.) So, after
activating the map with a wand, there would be some magical interaction
between the wizard and the map that doesn't require a wand (though I admit
the map could guess the wizards intent, since it guesses passwords).

Flying in brooms - though a broom is bewitch to fly, it requires a wizard to
do it (magic carpets don't - that's why they're illegal). But no wand is
required.

The list could go on, but it's late.



Susana

1h30 - I have to stop doing this to myself...