CHAPDISC: HBP24, Sectumsempra

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 161230

> zgirnius:
> It still seems to me interesting, and possibly significant/ 
symbolic/ 
> what have you, that the healing spell uses music (even if, as 
humans, 
> wizards would sing syllables, and not whatever it is that phoenixes 
> produce when they 'sing').

a_svirn:
Yes, I agree. Dumbledore also said that music is the most potent magic 
or something to that effect. But I think that Snape's chanting is also 
interesting because he's undoubtedly used some obscure and probably 
ancient language. (I assume that Harry would have recognized Latin 
even if he didn't understand the actual words.) Therefore it's likely 
that Snape used something else. An ancient language for some ancient 
magic?