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

[jakuako.livejournal.com]

True, magic does take a certain amount of brain power, I'm sure, but I meant that I think Occlumency is more mind work (the meditation sort) and less magic. xD

[vaysh]

I think that meditation techniques are pretty close to magic. All we hear in the books about how magic works - clear your mind; determination, destination, deliberation; wand use for focus and not as a tool that has its own magic etc. - can be seen as descriptions of meditation. The difference is that being Muggles, we cannot read other people's thoughts, no matter how much we clear our minds, whereas the innate magic of wizards and witches allows them to do just that. And perhaps even some real life Muggles can achieve "magic" through meditation. ;) What I am saying is, the way Rowling describes how magic works is basically how meditation works in the real world.