HP - not about magic

[Barry]

No: HPFGUIDX 174518

It's occurred to me that HP is not about magic at all. It's more about
wand-aided wish fulfillment. There is no, or little, description of
magic rites that go along with say Kabala, Tarot, or Wicca or even
Mahayana Buddhism. Lessons in magic are presented as science classes. 

I think this is why HP has proved to be so popular. It's magic without
the occult. 

Because it's more about wishing than magic, Rowling has her
wizards/witches, ghosts etc do what she wants for the story and not
according to any consistent theory of what the different entities are. 
Barry