Occlumency question...

[skriftlig.livejournal.com]

Hi! I have a question about how MAGIC works in Harry Potter's our world.

Specifically, do you need a wand for Occlumency? I know this sort of thing has probably been discussed a lot, but I haven't seen this specific case mentioned before.

The whole idea of wandless magic suggests a wand isn't always necessary for talented witches or wizards (or goblins, house elves etc..), but it also suggests that this is very rare and hard to do. I'm discounting accidental under-age magic, like when Harry blew up Marge.

I can't remember whether Harry uses a wand in his lessons with Snape and I don't have the books to hand to check. I've made a quick poll below; please vote if you are so inclined so we can see if there is a majority one way or the other.

Thanks for reading. Any comments, opinions and votes would be great! ♥

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Comments

[slumber.livejournal.com]

I love questions like this! I read through the entries in the Lexicon and the HP Wiki and both suggest Occlumency is more of a mental skill, the act of closing one's mind to others' intrusions. In the HP Wiki, Snape is pictured using a wand, but that was him attempting to look into Harry's mind using Legilimency. Whether THAT needs a wand, though, could be up for debate.

[skriftlig.livejournal.com]

Lol! Yes, wandless Legilimency is probably the harder question!