How Wandless Magic Works - Is It MORE Powerful? - Harry Potter Explained

[@HarryPotterTheory]

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[@maximillian875]

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[@diy_nailsby_heidi_r3889]

Several thoughts that I've had are: 1.) Seeing how small the Wizarding society is, how do they produce food, tools, etc.? 2.)[A] Why was Flitwick's appearance so drastically changed from the first movie than moving forward? [B] This leads to the changes in other characters (excepting Albus) appearance or manner of dress, the most glaring being the students wear in 'Philosopher's/Sorceror's Stone'?

[@illillliiiilli4444]

No no you guys are getting it all wrong they just hide there wand up there sleave

[@alexguerra3720]

so um they explained in hogwarts legacy that wandless magic was neither less powerful nor less accurate, does that mean ull revisit this theory?

[@anmoljoshi557]

It's similar to what odin said to thor in ragnarok. The wand is just to focus a wizards power, not the source of it.

[@noodlecat_]

Not anymore its ofin

[@canaan5337]

Are you the god of thunder or the god of hammers?

[@adityabhalekar3506]

It's not imo. Some spells you can't cast wandlessly

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

@@adityabhalekar3506 What happens if you lose your wand?

[@adityabhalekar3506]

@@BlackangelKatakuri get a new one from ollivanders

[@doyle_the_warlock]

Wands just help focus your magic and direct it better.

[@viciousimpaler]

Also make it stronger

[@markcaza320]

Just like Thor's hammer

[@johnjoestar2465]

Than how is the elder wand stronger?

[@grimreaper6896]

True wait does that mean that mages from Elder Scrolls are wandless and these are magicless mages OH MY GOSSSSSHHHHH !?!?!?!

[@IgnatiaWildsmith1227]

@@votex5566 dr stranges magic is on a universal scale so of course it’s better

[@diddly-squat9332]

Could also be that the wand makes it easier for the caster to channel the spell and maybe also amplifies the effects with less effort?

[@CosmicComicChronicles]

You're basically saying the same thing that was said in the video

[@nathanwhite2689]

Yeah I dont think a wand makes it any stronger just makes it easier to amplify without causing problems.

[@briand3029]

Could the wand also be just an antenna that directs power more accurately and causing the power to be stronger due to the concentration ?

[@jcwijma1486]

I don't think wands make magic necessarily more powerful, but rather more accurate. Kinda like the barrel of a gun doesn't make a bullet more powerful, but rather channels the force of said bullet in one direction along the barrel.

[@jak6744]

Bingo

[@nicoblac9368]

But the barrel of a gun does in fact make a bullet more powerful. Different types of barrels, different types of metals used, different ways in which the barrels are cut and groved, lengths of barrels and many more add to power.

[@jeremiahkivi4256]

@@nicoblac9368 not really. A barrel can only add slightly more velocity by being longer and allowing more pressure from the powder to build up. The barrel itself doesn't really contribute to the gun being "better" beyond a longer sight radius making it more accurate. Even rifling differences in barrels doesn't make it more powerful, just more accurate, and not by much. Only really matters if you're shooting beyond 800 meters. So the analogy isn't that bad.

[@jeremiahkivi4256]

@Thisis Gettinboring guns=small arms. Tanks/artillery have cannons. There's a difference for a reason.

[@mattpalmer1269]

You have to remember too, wands have magical cores. Wizards use many different things for magic, especially ingredients for potions, magical items, etc to enhance their magic. So the wand is no different. Wand magic not only helps the user focus their magic, but also enhances it. I would say wand magic being a precursor to learning wordless magic is actually pretty invaluable.

[@TheRealAndrewMurray]

The wand is similar to a catalyst in chemistry. It doesn't change the overall reaction, just the mechanism.

[@tatsusama3192]

I always just assumed the African/Caribbean wand equivalent would be the shaman staff. It's basically a giant wand😋

[@violajohnson3726]

Tatsusama Agreed

[@YourMajesty143]

Or runes and totem poles. They also built pyramids to harness magic (Mayans in Mexico, Incans in Peru, and Egyptians in Egypt/North Africa). And don't forget percussive tokens like shaman shakers, which are commonly known today as maracas.

[@milevanfaent]

It's not a matter of power, it's a matter of CONTROL. The power would be the same, but how controlled it is would be wildly different. It's like an Assault Rifle vs a Sniper Rifle.

[@fosterrico5546]

@@bipolarman00 ???

[@bipolarman00]

@@fosterrico5546 should i delete that comment or..??? never mind😉

[@fosterrico5546]

@@bipolarman00 lol wtf

[@dustinbrandel59]

I wonder how effective muggle weapons would be against magic people. Plus, just throwing this out there, magical telepathy and control of atoms? Hows that sound?

[@PredatorH2O]

Try a flamethrower.

[@Dankargonaut]

Hear me out here.. theoretically could one use a wand and double cast with a free hand.

[@Dankargonaut]

Even better dual wielding wands? Edgy Rey style?

[@chiefingmagician3108]

DankArgonaut yea voldemort was doing it during his duel with dumbledore as was dumbledore

[@essayibcs8528]

What if you cut open your fore arm and sew your wand into it

[@matt911matt1]

@@essayibcs8528 wouldn't it be better if you just transfigured your wand to your arm, rather than cutting open your forearm.

[@solidsnaker1992]

@@Dankargonaut I always imagined somebody with 2 wands a long and a short one in a fight, using the short one for quick defensive spells and the long one for offensive spells

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

Severus Snape could be capable of performing magic without a wand.

[@superdutyzack]

I feel like any magical tool or weapon such as staffs, wands, etc, they would act like a funnel. More controllable and accurate, however less powerful because your bottlenecking your power.

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

I like this idea

[@TheRojo387]

Are you forgetting McGonagall and Snape? They use wandless magic as well. As does Harry himself.

[@aferretnamedsophie3335]

When?

[@mikaelhaapala]

The Order of the Phoenix (book), Harry casts lumos when looking for his wand in the darkness, and (unintentionally) inflates his aunt (HP&tPoA), but still wandless magic so

[@mikaelhaapala]

Snape uses during the first movie (and book) during the Quidditch game, trying to block Quirrels spells during the game Well I'd also count his Occlumency skills. I'm too afraid that I do not remember McGonagall using wandless magic in the movies, but I could swear that she used it in the books.

[@adityabhalekar3506]

Every wizard can do wandless magic

[@Zonaius]

@Exar kun The dark side cosmic entity What about the first movie, where harry makes the glass disappear, so that Dudley falls into the snake's terrarium, only to make it re-appear to trap Dudley? Yes it was unintentional, but wandless magic nonetheless.

[@SuperJackedHobo]

You should have delved more into on why wandless magic can be useful in particular situations

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

Yeah like if someone knocks your wand out of your hand

[@mogyir]

Can you make a video about the magical pictures? I always wondered how much is it possible to communicate with them, are they just storing memories? e.g. the magical picture of Dumbledore, could he have given advices to Harry about the Horcruxes?

[@alyo7774]

I like that in games Dumbledore and Voldemort battle with Laughing spells. Can you imagine giggling professor and dark wizard?

[@GrayPikman]

Two videos in one day, awesome! I wish they showed wandless magic more in the movies. Harry was terrible at it but Hermione learned how. Thanks for the videos, can't wait for the next 👍🏻.

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

Practice makes perfect after all

[@BrennySpain]

Showing footage from the ps2 video game of the philosopher’s stone? That’s just awesome I think! Love the way you’re mixing it up.

[@LuminousWhispers11]

I guess the overall is this: Wand Wood - Conductor Wand Core - Amplifier Wizard - Power Source The problem I could see is that Wands can affect magic for better or worse. For example, if you need to use a certain type of spell, the wood or core could either increase, decrease, or negate the spell's power. Plus, wand woods and cores can be fickle or extremely loyal partners to the point of being a liability. Along with some principles getting the way. For example, Tommy and Harry's wands being brothers or having a wand broken like Ronald. Often wand users are dependent on their wands, which usually doesn’t end well.

[@PredatorH2O]

Petsonally I'm imagining that wandless magic is based on raw power and manipulation which can create grand effects with limmited control. A wand would act as a filter and refiner for more specific effects aka spells.

[@donnafjla]

Wands focuses magic at a point and concetrates the magic of the caster. where you need way more focus with you're body mind and magic capacity to do the same magic without a wand/focus point.

[@fjalingayao4499]

I can still remember when harry made the glass of the aquarium disappear and released the snake...

[@johnpayne5590]

Wands are typically a focusing instrument, so they probably help the wizard focus more in casting than having to wave their hands around.

[@dakotamartinez8310]

Maybe the Magical Governments do not want their people to become too powerful. That is my opinion.

[@matigemehmet1678]

Seriously? Even about fiction there are people who think like this???

[@miahsjamal]

They do learn wandless magic at hogwarts but it’s hard stuff.

[@PredatorH2O]

I'm pretty sure they don't want explosions all over the place.

[@althor1247]

You should do a video about wand woods, cores and lengh.

[@breakingbenjamin555]

I am not sure if you already made a video of this, but can you explain how some wizards can use magic spells without saying the enchantment name?

[@kelvinalexis7128]

I love this video and literally just put it on! I always asked this question!

[@tasatort9778]

Wandless magic requires greater focus and concentration; it's also less powerful and less capable of complex spells.

[@RRP6632]

There's a reason why voldemort, Dumbledore, Grindelwald is so powerful with elder wand. It basically enhanced your magic with also make it more concentrated, accurate, and more powerful rather than going in all direction without the wand.

[@johntrammell5590]

Hey everybody, I just wanted to start off by saying I'm not an expert at making KZbin videos or a critic or even a person who knows how to make quality videos. Just wanted to get that out of the way so it doesn't sound like I'm trash talking, cuz I would have to say the way the dude ended the video was so abrupt there was no crescendo or anyting and boom that was the end of it so you know the tip for finishing your scripts or videos from now on you know don't make it just so abrupt like you did. If anyone agrees with me let me know or if you disagree I would like to know the reasons you disagree in the evidence and on it or if you disagree but you also have a different method you think would be better I would like to know all of those things.

[@himeshmuralidharan]

Can anyone tell which game/ animation is used in this video with links pls?

[@rustydaboyrobot]

Keep in mind that just because...in the past...or in certain cultures, wand use isnt as popular, non-existent, or adopted later on, doesnt mean they didnt use ALTERNATIVE focusing devices. The wand merely is a foci...so magic is produced with consistency, accuracy, and generates an expected outcome every time. Magic comes FROM the user...so magic is neither less or greater with or without....it's just more predictable. I could use a staff...an umbrella (😉) or a bauble....or even a ring...as a foci. Through trial and error, certain woods, innate magical creature parts, etc all determine how WELL the magic is focused.. thus producing more spectacular results.. or worse.

[@rustydaboyrobot]

@ZEDDREX NAVARRA Cost, materials, and effectiveness makes wands great. 😊

[@callmev3531]

An additional thought is that, perhaps, just having a wand in one’s possession allows them perform wandless magic without brandishing it. This could be how magical prisoners, even those as powerful as Grindelwald, were capable of being detained despite being able to perform such extraordinary feats of magic with mere gestures and hand movements. As another comment on this page refers to Thor Ragnarok, Wands and similar objects, like the canes and staffs used by Lucius Malfoy and Alastair Moody, are a way to better focus and control the wizard’s power, but isn’t the source of it.

[@Owl-yc2yu]

The real question is: why has no one made a very big wand aka a gandalf staff? It can even double as a flying "broom".

[@capnjohn7455]

I think the wand focuses and amplifies the magic. If the wand was just to focus the magic, there would be no need for a magic core and any old stick would suffice. Based on how it appears in the books, controlled wandless magic is done by high level or experienced wizards. This means that magical ability is not just refined but also increases with experience just like a body builder increases their muscle mass by working out. Therefore children learning magic would need a wand to give them a boost in magical output until they have acquired more magical power to go wandless.

[@FluffyPuffcap]

I always Imagine it like this If you could throu as hard, fast and acurate as a 9 mm pistol that would be pretty impresive but in an actuall fight you would probably still take the 9mm sice its simply easyer to use and costs you less energy

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

I think hand to hand combat should be taught at Hogwarts as well as Wand less magic to those who can learn it so they can cover their bases.

[@alvarogonzalez3104]

I’ve always thought that wand worked the same way Mjolnir on MCU, helps the wearer to better canalize his/her power

[@permeus2nd]

So in my mind a wand just like in real world magicks is a foci, an item used to focus the intent of the user on a single point, humans and in this case wizards are really odd creatures our minds are constantly flitting about thinking of this and that and getting distracted way too easily, this is the exact opposite of what is needed for magic, a foci is something the mind can lock onto and help it focus on the task at hand ( you could actually call a pen and paper a writing foci) but with the wizard they are actually focusing quite powerful energies so the foci needs to be of suitable strength to deal with the strain as in Harry potters setting a foci isn’t just for focusing the mind it’s the focal point for the magic inside the wizards (Thor’s hammer in the MCU is pritty much a wand) this is why wands in the setting are made of items that have a high level of magic inside them like dragon heartstring or unicorn hair, they need to be able to channel the natural magic that all wizards already have inside them, a wizard can do magic without a wand (just look at the first few chapters of philosopher’s Stone at the stuff that Harry’s mind does without him telling it to) but without the wand it takes a lot more skill and concentration to hold the spell in you mind as you are casting it and thinking of what the other guy is doing and is that a cat opps my foot just slipped and dam I wasn’t concentrating on the spell and now the Energy I was building has backfired and I’m a newt. a wand acts as a place that the mind can lock onto and if the spell backfires for any reason with it been the tip of a (normally) wooden tool that is the gathering point it shatters the wand not your mind. So yes every wizard “”can”” do wandless magic but most can’t as the human mind is to undisciplined to hold the spell still as it rives about in the mind and the bigger the spell the more slippery the spell gets, a better way to think of it is something like a simple light spell is like holding down a kitten now we move on to a much harder spell like the killing curse and that kitten is now a full grown bull elephant that’s also quite angry at you and you are still trying to hold it down with your bear hands, a wand can let a six year old girl with no training alter time and space to fix your glasses with just a single word but to do that same spell without a wand it’s will likely take her two maybe three years of training even for the exceptionally talented children of the Harry Potter films (I wouldn’t be surprised if Hermione by the time she reaches Dumbledore’s age is stronger than he was)

[@jc.eh.123]

hit me in the feels with the original video game scene

[@cataclysmunknown7110]

The Appeal and rationale is the same as a knife, spear or hammer, vs a fist. It's more potent, durable, focuses the pressure better at the goal, and risks less bodily harm. A boxer's fist can be deadly. Put lightweight spiked gauntlets on his hands, and they become much deadlier. It's kind of like that.

[@JazzzFromYT]

Would love if you compare the difference in the battle of Hogwarts in the book and the movie

[@archtroy4580]

A wand is like what Dr Strange wears on his finger to help channel his magic. Or in the Sorcerers Apprentice he gives the apprentice a ring and says it allows his nervous system to handle the power. Also, I’m sure the other countries use some form of staff or athame that directs their energies.

[@vermiciosknid9629]

Recently I've been thinking they needed wands because humans couldn't control their magic without them but your theory sound's better.

[@tko930]

one thing i noticed when watching harry potter clips is how Harry's wand changes from the first movie to the deathly hallows part 1. this brings up a question for me. do wands change shape overtime? like, do the wands "grow" with their chosen witch/wizards? i wonder if the spells, or types of magic used over time defines the shape the wands take?

[@minecraftsteve6997]

Yep

[@borrago]

Thanks for buggering our ears with the wizzard quote at the end.

[@YourWaywardDestiny]

I imagine the appeal to a wand is that you can cast more easily and learn a spell faster. I mean, we can hand wash clothes still, but most of us prefer to use a washing machine unless we have a load of specialty hand-wash-only clothing, right? It''d be so time consuming and so much more labor than just a few buttons, right? I imagine people who are adept magic users would be OK with just using wandless magic for (in keeping with my comparison) spot cleaning a stain on their shirt since it's actually less effort and less wasteful than starting up the machine for that one little thing. That being said, I don't think African wizards were somehow being held back by not getting wants. I'm not thinking "those poor, poor Africans" I'm more thinking they were probably more concerned with finding a way to adapt this tool to the already established system of magic so they don't have to effectively re-school everyone and replace their entire historical and cultural information set to use it, considering the European originators of the wands weren't considering anything other than their own culture. Hell, even within Europe, people had to adapt and use a language that is completely foreign to them to cast spells. Until they managed to get the two systems to play nice, it probably wasn't worth the effort for the majority of African countries to pick up wands at all.

[@betawarier346]

So the wand is like a focusing lens

[@thetheorizermoore7476]

All magical beings besides humans have practiced wandless magic to perfection

[@c97x]

Hes using the bones in his fingers as wands, he is the catalyst, and therefore that manipulates the density and matter of the spell, but its also using his lifeforce to fuel the spell.

[@canaan5337]

Harry used magic without a wand when he was at the zoo with the Dursley's.

[@Scalesthelizardwizard]

I love that in Harry Potter wandless magic is a sine of power

[@diorillapastel4466]

Dueling with wandless magic must be crazy-

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

And badass

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Spellcasters, conjurors, hand-wizards, potion-masters...so many terms to deal with.

[@kawikakon2646]

Down to new vocabulary and called a new species category of human.

[@stugryffin3619]

Can you please do a video on non-verbal magic?

[@royalwalnutbroth5664]

i think of magic like drawing a circle, and wands to compass rulers humans are capable of drawing a circle, usually not too perfect. while compass helps us draw a perfect symmetrical circle, it just needs the user to exert his/her energy into it any wizards can perform magic without wands, but it can be hard and sloppy. meanwhile wands help the wizard conjure his magic with precision, direction, and perform complex spells. all it needs is the wizard's magic ability and will to cast a magic. just think of wands as the easiest and effective way to channel their ability to conjure. this somehow explains why wands are quasi-sentient and choose the wizard they can effectively work with.

[@emulsion4]

Will there be a cursed child movie?

[@lawlessbritain6187]

Tia and Tony Castaway could perform some magic without wands. Tia could even perform the unlocking spell without a wand.

[@merrillsmith6672]

Why did goblins in America during the times of grindlewald have wands

[@9474sammus]

who settled America? once you answer that you have your answer.

[@CosmicComicChronicles]

@@9474sammus LMAOOOO I love this comment

[@9474sammus]

@@CosmicComicChronicles people are so eager to prove others wrong they don't listen and understand that the answer is in the video.

[@CosmicComicChronicles]

@@9474sammus Can't teach Boomers hun

[@9474sammus]

@@CosmicComicChronicles that's the same mindset that got us here in the first place it has nothing to do with age and everything to do with ignorance if you believe that is true it will come true because you will not put forth the effort to change anything to teach or to learn.

[@bogdanbarbu363]

Another argument for wands making a difference is how powerful the magic is: the Elder Wand. Why else seek it?

[@forrest.0569]

Please please can you do a video explaining that he vision that Harry has whilst he is apparently dead and sees Dumbledore and if it was really him as well as one on the afterlife in Harry potter

[@lemon6757]

Summoning your wand would be a good one. But I understand why JKR didn't want wandless to be use well because it would ruin some pivotal scenes

[@BoshinTV]

I always wondered if it was due to the cores and the wood that increased the power of magic like that

[@dhimes814]

I thought that everyone could do "wandless" magic and a wand was used to focus the magic.

[@elizabethc2856]

Everyone is CAPABLE of doing it. It is more advanced stuff though

[@areyoulit4209]

Is the gameplay chamber of secrets on ps2? It's been so long since I've played

[@vitoru9442]

In my opinion a wand is just like a magic focus, similar to what some characters use in other fantasy media like a ring, or necklaces or a staff, even some magical weapons in some cases, like on some popular RPGs (I know this is probably not the case since I doubt JK played DnD or any other game similar). I also believe a wand isn’t or at least shouldn’t be more powerful in the long run, what I mean is as a focus it can well focus the users magic for them, requiring much less effort, and if you want to go on the DnD path negates the material cost that the spell would have if any, the catch is your magic is bound to the wand and IT’S max capacity, meaning there’s a mechanic limit to the users ability, in theory magic without a external focus is as strong as the user, it grows as the caster practices it, so in the end if you chose wand-less magic you would have an extremely hard beginning requiring enormous concentration to perform the weakest spells but as you grew and trained you would become extremely powerful and theoretically have no “limit” (this would vary from wizard to wizard), and because of it maybe ancient wizards had the abilities to use match more powerful magic and mess with the likes of manipulation of time, space, creation, and concepts such as love, or death with relative ease in comparison to modern magic users. ( examples more dynamic teleportation, resurrection even if veeeery limited, animation of objects? And also more battle intended spells like summoning fireballs or lightning like we see in other media). In the end it’s just my opinion or theory or suggestion whatever you want to call it, I just wanted to share and see if anyone thinks the same or wanted to build on this idea . : )

[@nhansen197]

My own pet theory is that by teaching magic with wands, wizard kind is teaching out the ability to use wandless magic. Wands may be better at finessing, and undoubtedly act as amplifiers, but is it better? Lucius Malfoy certainly didn't want to face off against Dobby, which is kind of telling.

[@ohsnapleia]

Well in the new game, wand-less magic is just as powerful as magic casted by wands and is considered more instinctive

[@aquamarin4851]

As house elves can apparate in and out of restricted areas like Hogwarts or Malfoy Manor why is this not uses more frequently by their wizards? Could Barty Crouch jr. not just have used Winky to apparate himself and Voldemort with her into Hogwards right infront of Harrys bed just like Dobby got Harry and the others out of Malfoy Manor?

[@edopronk1303]

Good question. Can house elves also apparate into Hogwarts? I know of the Voldemort Cave and Malfoy Manor, but those were made restricted by Voldemort and the like, who thought to low of house elves to consider them, or considering apparating together with them. So there they made the apparate restrictions only count for humanlike apparating. (in the Manor the Malfoy family would want the house elves to apparate) In Hogwarts I thing Dumbledore may thought of it and build defence against that.

[@aquamarin4851]

In the book they do it several times, the first time is in the Chamber of Secrets when Dobby visits Harry in the hospital wing at night (Dobby was still Malfoys elve at that time) and later in the Half-Blood Prince in Chapter 19: „Elf Tails“ Harry calls Kreacher to apparate to the hospital wing to order him to follow Draco (and he comes to this idea by remembering Dobbys first visit) „This was, Harry reflected in the darkness, the third time that he had been brought to the hospital wing because of a Quidditch injury. Last time he had fallen off his broom due to the presence of dementors around the pitch, and the time before that, all the bones had been removed from his arm by the incurably inept Professor Lockhart. . . . That had been his most painful injury by far ... he remembered the agony of regrowing an armful of bones in one night, a discomfort not eased by the arrival of an unexpected visitor in the middle of the -- Harry sat bolt upright, his heart pounding, his bandage turban askew. He had the solution at last: There was a way to have Malfoy followed -- how could he have forgotten, why hadn't he thought of it before? But the question was, how to call him? What did you do? Quietly, tentatively, Harry spoke into the darkness. "Kreacher?" There was a very loud crack, and the sounds of scuffling and squeaks filled the silent room. Ron awoke with a yelp. "What's going -- ?" Harry pointed his wand hastily at the door of Madam Pomfrey's office and muttered, "Muffliato!" so that she would not come running. Then he scrambled to the end of his bed for a better look at what was going on. Two house-elves were rolling around on the floor in the middle of the dormitory, one wearing a shrunken maroon jumper and several woolly hats, the other, a filthy old rag strung over his hips like a loincloth. Then there was another loud bang, and Peeves the Poltergeist appeared in midair above the wrestling elves.“

[@PumpiPie]

new HP game revealed soon?

[@clark_crimsontf2481]

Using a wand focuses th3 magic while windless is less focused but someone like valdemar vs most witches and wizard could use windless magic

[@daijutsi]

the lack of staves in hp is still a sore point for me to this day.

[@johan.ohgren]

Dumbledore should've had one..😁

[@Jamsome59]

I was WANDering about wand-less magic.

[@andrewparsons1869]

I think that using Sandler's magic is like boxing and with a wand u have a gun , you can kill someone both ways but the gun is faster and easier , more accurate

[@AnythingDigital]

What video game was that you had up playing?

[@HarryPotterTheory]

There were clips from the various Harry Potter games for Playstation

[@aaron_osborne]

Why didn’t Harry and friends use their dragon at the Battle of Hogwarts (Deathly Hallows)?

[@darthmortem585]

Which dragon? Norbert from Philosophers Stone or The Ironbelly from Deathly Hallows?

[@muhammadhashir6136]

becuz they cannot use a dragon. It'll eat them right away. And it had gone away too

[@darthmortem585]

@@muhammadhashir6136 he's prolly talking about Norbert.

[@muhammadhashir6136]

@@darthmortem585 well they sent Norbert away to Romania

[@darthmortem585]

@@muhammadhashir6136 but Charlie came back didn't he? Norbert could have assisted in Battle Of Hogwarts. Dragons are inteligent beings. They will remember Hagrid and can be used to advantage. Only hard part would be to transport the dragon to London without any muggle attention.

[@jorionrange8336]

African Wizards, specifically studentd of Ugadou, dont use wants only their hands.

[@jonathanhill3668]

And how would Dr. Strange fair in Harry Potter world

[@arrowghost]

Just imagine if you're Sabrina Spellman.

[@alectolovegood531]

It is more powerful and usefull since you can get your wand knocked out of your hand and doing wandless magic is a form of advanced magic which some only can do

[@Leviticus_Prime]

I don't think it's that one wireless magic is inherently less powerful I think it's more that's a level of concentration to focus a spell using wandless magic of makes it less usable in both situations. Wand focuses the magic for you you don't have to concentrate on keeping spell focused. but I believe that wandless magic can be just as powerful if you have the time to concentrate on keeping the spell focused

[@sylvainprigent6234]

Could have been interesting if other culture used different things instead of wands

[@Abyssionknight]

It seems crazy to me that Hogwarts didn't train students in at least the basics of wandless magic. At the bare minimum they should learn a wandless protection spell, and possibly a wandless variant of accio to retrieve their wand if disarmed.

[@juliohsb9754]

I think hogwarts teach students wandless magic in 6th year

[@mattitalks6261]

Harry potter used wandless magic in the order if the phonix to cast lumos

[@mattitalks6261]

Honestly as long as its a simple spell most wizards and witch should be able to cast it with out a wand. The wand an amp and used to focus the magic

[@razorramone63139]

I'd love to know more about the Native American wizards. 🤔

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

Same and also wizards from Asia.

[@snipestrike7689]

Question: why do they use spells, is magic stronger when using a spell, instead of just doing what you want to do

[@rp7784]

not stronger, but more accurate and potent in it's effects. in harry potter using magic via nonverbal incantation requires immense control and concentration, something out of reach to the average witch or wizard. by doing what you want to do you need to think about the following... "What do I want to do with magic" "Ok how do I do it" "Ok how do I make this do that, etc etc" You have magic but do you know how to channel that energy to cut someone? do you know how to channel that energy to create a forcefield? or to manipulate light turning you invisible? how would you channel magic to levitate an object? That's what spells are designed for, they are like manuals that help witches and wizards achieve a desired outcome via magic, using magic via sheer will power is something very few witches and wizards have ever accomplished, and even then it's said that nonverbal magic is less effective. The reason for that is becasue a spell also empowers an outcome by invoking the witch or wizards emotions, their intention and passion, spells help witches and wizards draw on emotion by speaking words, by stimulating the necessary emotion, action, or memory to achieve the best outcome. Think of it like a recipe for a soufle. You have all the ingredients with you, you have the power mwahahaha, you desire to make a bomb ass soufle, thats your want. But you aren't following any recipe, you decide to make it through your own will and thought, chances are you are going to end up with a crap soufle, nothing like what you intended. Same thing applies to spells, take levitation, you have magic but no matter how long you stare at that feather and think "levitate" or "lift", without knowing how magic works chances are nothing will happen, or something unintentioned will happen. A spell gets the right gears moving, it gets things cooking, it gets things blending, it gets the feather levitating. So I guess you could say Spells makes Witches and Wizards less experimental and more lazy, but its way more convenient, and safer.

[@snipestrike7689]

@@rp7784 thanks

[@jacobo6652]

At some point wands were introduced in Asia

[@Xekzelstriker]

I think magic with the wand is more focused and controlled then Wandless magic.

[@genozide1996]

I have this thing that if a wand is just to focus a wizards magic then why are wands like the elder wand referred to as more powerful surely if it’s just a focus then the magic of the person is the only factor the elder shouldn’t be able to win if it’s used by say Ron against voldermort as clearly voldermort is more powerful yet the elder is said to be unbeatable which implies the wand has more to offer than just to focus magic

[@nicholasrose8173]

I know atleast Japan uses wands as well

[@simplybeef1934]

1:05 of all photos why this one lmao

[@LoganCadle]

Wandless magic yea, Chris angel

[@greenknight8239]

Dumbledore’s sister may have also been able to perform very powerful ‘wand-less’ magic.

[@callmeamir4239]

the way you talking is like you live in the real world and the world that i live in is fake xD

[@nathanwhite2689]

Idk if its more powerful think about it if African people were practicing wandless magic for thousands of years you'd think they'd have a grasp on it making it powerful but adopting the wand out of convenience not power.

[@uutakke1]

If wands are not integral to using magic, then what is magic exactly?

[@dranzergigs8333]

There is no difference between magic and science. This was said by Thor in his first movie. According to me any power whose origin and nature is known is science. Whereas any power which cannot be understood is magic. In the potterverse it is said that only those with magical blood can perform magic. Even muggle borns have that blood due to a distant ancestor beinng magical blood. It's possible that there is some kind of scientific process going on here when it comes to casting spells but it's just that we don't understand it.

[@jonathanhill3668]

1: so in Harry Potter there’s also an American wizard world and stuff the Harry Potter story may have ended but why can’t we continue on the story with the other wizard from other countries

[@kimgrod]

There are theories, and maybe you have even stated them, that modern witches are less powerful than older witches, for example the founders of Hogwarts. Perhaps the use of Wands in other cultures now is out of need, that is, witches and wizards are generally less powerful now creating the need for wand magic.

[@jaybberwocky]

Kinda neat learning more about this now that I've met Natty in Hogwarts Legacy XD Something I've always been curious about.

[@MarineKingPride]

I mean you can eat with hands, or with tools. We most likely use tools, does the trick better in most cases without getting our food and hands dirty.