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Ritual and Magic in Harry Potter
Jan. 9th, 2006 02:49 amRitual and Magic in Harry Potter
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regan_v's recent essay on Ritual and Harry Potter Magic.
Ritual is canon for advanced Dark Magic. We witnessed this in Peter's ritual to bring back the Dark Lord in the Goblet of Fire (which, whoops, I almost spelled Goblin of Fire). It stands to reason that elaborate ritual is also the method for such things as advanced "light" magic, sex magic, sophisticated potions, and the production of such things as, oh say, the Philosopher's Stone.
Why?
( Well, this could be because I just like the idea of Snape participating in the combination of exactitude and emotional abandon of ritual. )
ETA: Okay. How many of you kept stopped at sex magic ("...sex magic? Really?")?
This is inspired by
regan_v's recent essay on Ritual and Harry Potter Magic.Ritual is canon for advanced Dark Magic. We witnessed this in Peter's ritual to bring back the Dark Lord in the Goblet of Fire (which, whoops, I almost spelled Goblin of Fire). It stands to reason that elaborate ritual is also the method for such things as advanced "light" magic, sex magic, sophisticated potions, and the production of such things as, oh say, the Philosopher's Stone.
Why?
( Well, this could be because I just like the idea of Snape participating in the combination of exactitude and emotional abandon of ritual. )
ETA: Okay. How many of you kept stopped at sex magic ("...sex magic? Really?")?
