[HPforGrownups] Re: More About Snape and Occlumency (long)

[Jocelyn Grunow]

No: HPFGUIDX 121801

In OotP, Hermione is blasted by a slash of purple fire and seriously 
injured - and the spell was cast by someone who couldn't speak at the 
time. (page 698 in my copy)

I suspect that this is advanced magic, which Harry (and we with him) 
are unlikely to encounter at school.  Nevertheless it seems to exist.

Jocelyn
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On Wednesday, January 12, 2005, at 10:58 pm, inkling108 wrote:
> In those magical arts that don't use incantations, such as potions
> or herbology, method is all important.  It just seems strange that
> there would be a whole "branch of magic" (to use Snape's words) that
> uses neither.  Not impossible, but strange.
> Inkling