Wordless Magic Clue? |
 Apr 9 2007, 11:14 AM
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Eeylops Owl Cage Cleaner  Posts: 222 Joined: 9:03am July 14, 2005 Location: A cave in hogsmeade, keeping Umbridge under siege.  |
I noticed this morning when I was reading OoTP, that in chapter 1 (page 21 UK hardback), it says:
QUOTE Harry muttered frantically, his hands flying over the ground like spiders. 'Where's - wand - come on - lumos!' He said the spell automatically, desperate for light to help him in his search - and to his disbelieving relief, light flared inches from his right hand - the wand tip had ignited. Harry snatched it up, scrambled to his feet and turned around. I was thinking - could this be a clue to how wordless magic is important in coming plots and books? I mean, I know that Harry says the word 'lumos' but he didn't have the wand at the time, showing how wizards may not always need their wand, and maybe hinting at the magic of the mind, without using words or even wands? I may be just going out on a limb here, but I just wondered... WW -------------------- Sometimes, in order to see something, you have to believe in it first.
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Apr 9 2007, 04:06 PM
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Monster Book Stacker Posts: 372 Joined: 11:41am March 31, 2007 |
QUOTE(wishinwizardess @ Apr 9 2007, 12:14 PM) [snapback]1173460[/snapback] I noticed this morning when I was reading OoTP, that in chapter 1 (page 21 UK hardback), it says: QUOTE Harry muttered frantically, his hands flying over the ground like spiders. 'Where's - wand - come on - lumos!' He said the spell automatically, desperate for light to help him in his search - and to his disbelieving relief, light flared inches from his right hand - the wand tip had ignited. Harry snatched it up, scrambled to his feet and turned around. I was thinking - could this be a clue to how wordless magic is important in coming plots and books? I mean, I know that Harry says the word 'lumos' but he didn't have the wand at the time, showing how wizards may not always need their wand, and maybe hinting at the magic of the mind, without using words or even wands? I may be just going out on a limb here, but I just wondered... WW I think you're right to suspect it is a case of foreshadowing. It is perhaps included so that we are prepared later to accept more of the same. Without your example above, a whole new way of making magic (although, Harry did do lots of non-wand magic before he was ever at Hogwarts) might be too much to swallow all in the last book. Tom Riddle could do wandless magic when he was a kid--is this the case with all magical kids? * * This post has been edited by Mycroft: Apr 10 2007, 07:54 AM |
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Apr 9 2007, 04:30 PM
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Hiding in the Iron Maiden at Borgin and Burkes Posts: 321 Joined: 11:55am July 21, 2005 Location: Constantly fluctuating. |
Maybe this is a hint for things to come. I know they talked about this on Pottercast recently. There is a difference though, which you hint at. This was not entirely wandless magic; the wand still produced the light. The difference was that Harry was not holding his wand.
Also, remember in HBP on the train when Harry tried to summon his wand without speaking. This was a hint for nonverbal spells in that book, but again he was trying to perform magic without holding his wand. I think it's certainly a possibility that it will come into play; however, any wandless magic Harry does will probably be more akin to Lily's sacrifice that deflected the Avada Kedavra (based more on emotion than conscious spellwork). |
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Apr 10 2007, 03:38 PM
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Buying a Half-Kneazle Posts: 520 Joined: 11:43am March 19, 2007 Location: Canadian witchcraft school |
Harry did not have his wand in his hand when he muttered lumos so he find his wand. There are some things that you could do without your wand like transfiguring your self into another object or with potions.
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