Wand question

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 130536

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kempermentor" 
<kempermentor at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" 
> <quigonginger at y...> wrote:
> > I'm having a Star Wars weekend with my 9-year-old Godson, and out 
> of 
> > no where, whilst playing with my CoS Lego set, he asked me "how 
do 
> > they know which end the magic comes out of?"  
> > 
> ...
> > Any thoughts?  
> 
> 
> Kemper:
> I'm guessing that Olivander bores out a twig from one of the 
special 
> wand trees (the ones with those tree faerie things with the sharp 
> teeth, then places the magical core (dragon heart string, unicorn 
> hair, phoenix feather).  Maybe there's some magical fussion on 
> Olivander's part, leaving the wand essentially a twig of varying 
> length.  So, what I'm taking a long time to say is that the wizard 
> probably holds the weightier side of the twig which is probably the 
> side with more overall circumference than the other.  It's more 
> ergonomical.

Finwitch:

It's entirely possible that the magic comes out of the end the wizard 
wants it to come out of... Intention and all that...

At any case, I'd say that to a wizard a question like 'which end is 
which' is something they never think of, something so self-clear it 
needs no explaining. Apparently even two-year-olds can tell the 
difference (remember Kevin enlarging a slug), so I suppose it's 
instinctive...

If it matters at which end a wizard holds his wand, I'd say that the 
wizards can sense that magic by instinct to know it. You know - like 
how do two magnets know which way they'll connect/reject? Magnetic 
Force -- and you CAN make things like paperclips float in midair... 
or even summon needles...

Speaking of which -- I think there IS a connection between Magnetism 
and Magic...

Finwitch