Marcia
Montenegro, herself a former occultist, says that spirit contact,
divination and sorcery are major forms of occultism. We have
documented in another article that each of these are practices that
God has condemned.
The
Occult and Harry Potter
Many critics
have said that no actual occult practices or teachings can be found in
the Harry Potter books. Others have said that, while there may be
things that resemble actual occult practices, they are harmless.
We believe
that both statements are incorrect. We believe that readers, including
children, are finding out about genuine occult rituals and, in fact,
are being shown that these practices have actual power they can learn
to use in their own lives.
Furthermore,
should the reader’s curiosity be aroused, there is readily available
information on the Internet, in bookstores or in the public library
where one can learn more. In doing research for this magazine, we
checked a local branch library and found literally dozens of books
about witchcraft that were written especially for children!
Below we
have selected a few terms and practices regularly associated with the
occult. With each one we have given a brief definition from Marcia
Montenegro. (More complete definitions, along with other terms can be
found in "The Occult: Brief Explanations of Various Terms and
Concepts" at cana.userworld.com.)
We also give
examples—by no means exhaustive—of how these practices are woven
into J.K. Rowling’s stories about Harry Potter and the Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Animism—A
spirit(s) or life force inhabits all creatures & nature,
sometimes inanimate objects as well.
Book 1 p.
85—"Curious indeed how these things happen. The wand chooses
the wizard, remember…."
p. 206—The
hairs on the back of Harry’s neck prickled. Maybe he was imagining
it, maybe not, but he thought a faint whispering was coming from the
books, as though they knew someone was there who shouldn’t be…. A
piercing, bloodcurdling shriek split the silence—the book was
screaming!
Book 2 p.
312—"I decided to leave behind a diary, preserving my
sixteen-year-old self in its pages…"
Book 3 p.
193—It was a map showing every detail of the Hogwarts castle and
grounds. But the truly remarkable thing were the tiny ink dots moving
around it, each labeled with a name in miniscule writing.
Book 4 p.
70—"For those who don’t want to Apparate, or can’t, we use
Portkeys. They’re object that are used to transport wizards from one
spot to another at a prearranged time."
"What
sort of objects are Portkeys?" said Harry curiously.
"Well,
they can be anything," said Mr. Weasley. "unobtrusive
things, obviously, so Muggles don’t go picking them up and playing
with them…."
p. 255—Dumbledore
reached inside it and pulled out a large, roughly hewn wooden cup. It
would have been entirely unremarkable had it not been full to the brim
with dancing blue-white flames.
Dualism
and Polarity—The belief in two equal, opposing forces; or a
belief in two forces which appear opposite but are actually
complementary.… The belief that opposing forces are complementary
and necessary to each other is sometimes termed polarity. …Good
and evil, or other opposites, may also be seen as part of each
other, or as mirrors of each other.
Book 1 p.
85—"It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in
your wand, gave another feather—just one other. It is very curious
indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother—why,
its brother gave you that scar… .I think we must expect great things
from you, Mr. Potter…. After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great
things—terrible, yes, but great."
Book 2 p.
332—"Riddle [Lord Voldemort] said I’m like him. Strange
likenesses, he said…."
Book 4 p.
697—"Harry’s wand and Voldemort’s wand share cores. Each of
them contains a feather from the tail of the same phoenix…."
"So
what happens when a wand meets its brother?" said Sirius.
"They
will not work properly against each other," said Dumbledore.
"If, however, the owners of the wands force the wands to do
battle…a very rare effect will take place. One of the wands will
force the other to regurgitate spells it has performed—in reverse.
…"
Altered
State of Consciousness—
A
trance or light hypnosis brought about through…meditation;
chanting; drugs; dancing…; breathing techniques; sensory
deprivation; repetitive movement (pendulum); focusing on one point;
suggestion; guided visualization….
Book 1 p.
137—"I don’t expect you will really understand the beauty of
the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate
power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind,
ensnaring the senses…."
Book 2 p.
310—"Of course, she didn’t know what she was doing at first.
It was very amusing. I wish you could have seen her new diary entries…
‘Dear Tom…I think I’m losing my memory. There are rooster
feathers all over my robes and I don’t know how they got there…. I
think I’m going mad….’"
Book 3 pp.
83-84—Harry’s eyes rolled up into his head. He couldn’t see. He
was drowning in cold. There was a rushing in his ears as though of
water. He was being dragged downward, the roaring growing louder….
And then,
from far away, he heard screaming, terrible, terrified, pleading
screams. He wanted to help whoever it was, he tried to move his arms,
but couldn’t…a thick fog was swirling around him, inside him—
Book 4 p.
145—Mr. Roberts had a strange, dazed look about him, and he waved
them off with a vague "Merry Christmas."
"He’ll
be all right," said Mr. Weasley quietly… "Sometimes, when
a person’s memory’s modified, it makes him a bit disorientated for
a while…and that was a big thing they had to make him forget."
Amulet—
A
charm (object, drawing, word, or symbol) believed to contain special
powers or magick which is worn or carried as protection against
misfortune.
Book 1
p. 134—His classroom smelled strongly of garlic, which everyone said
was to ward off a vampire he’d met in Romania….
Book 2 p.
142—"I remember something very similar happening in Ouagadogou,…a
series of attacks,…I was able to provide the townsfolk with various
amulets, which cleared the matter up at once…."
Astral
Travel—
Also
known as out-of-body experience (OBE), this is a practice in which a
person believes their astral self separates from the body and
travels to other physical locations or possibly to an astral realm.
Book 2 pp.
48-9—Harry took a pinch of Floo powder and walked to the edge of the
fire. He took a deep breath, scattered the powder into the flames, and
stepped forward; the fire felt like a warm breeze; he opened his mouth
and immediately swallowed a lot of hot ash. "D-Dia-gon
Alley," he coughed.
It felt as
though he was being sucked down a giant drain. He seemed to be
spinning very fast—the roaring in his ears was deafening—he tried
to keep his eyes open but the whirl of green flames made him feel sick—something
hard knocked his elbow and he tucked it in tightly, still spinning and
spinning—now it felt as though cold hands were slapping his face—squinting
through his glasses he saw a blurred stream of fireplaces and snatched
glimpses of the rooms beyond—…he closed his eyes again wishing it
would stop, and then—He fell, face forward, onto cold stone and felt
the bridge of his glasses snap.
Book 3 p.
287—He strode across to his fire, seized a fistful of glittering
powder from a jar on the fireplace, and threw it into the flames.
"Lupin!"
Snape called into the fire. "I want a word!"
Utterly
bewildered, Harry stared at the fire. A large shape had appeared in
it, revolving very fast. Seconds later, Professor Lupin was clambering
out of the fireplace, brushing ash off his shabby robes.
Book 4 p.
73—With difficulty, owing to their bulky backpacks, the nine of them
crowded around the old boot held out by Amos Diggory….
"Three…"
muttered Mr. Weasley, one eye still on his watch, "two…one…"
It happened
immediately: Harry felt as though a hook just behind his navel had
been suddenly jerked irresistibly forward. His feet left the ground;
he could feel Ron and Hermione on either side of him, their shoulders
banging into his; they were all speeding forward in a howl of wind and
swirling color; his forefinger was stuck to the boot as though it was
pulling him magnetically onward….
Astral
Projection—
used
by those calling themselves psychic vampires, who believe
they can leave their body and in astral form secretly feed off the
spirit or energy of another person.
Book 2 p.
310—"So Ginny poured out her soul to me, and her soul happened
to be exactly what I wanted…. I grew stronger and stronger on a diet
of her deepest fears, her darkest secrets. I grew powerful, far more
powerful than little Miss Weasley. Powerful enough to start feeding
Miss Weasley a few of my secrets, to start pouring a little of my
soul back into her…."
Book 3 p.
371—"Dementors can’t see, you know…" He swallowed.
"They feel their way toward people by feeding off their emotions…."
Book 4 p.
703—"The moment that—that thing entered the room," she
screamed, pointing at Fudge, trembling allover, "it swooped down
on Crouch and—and—"
Harry felt a
chill in his stomach…. He knew what the dementor must have done. It
had administered its fatal kiss to Barty Crouch. It had sucked his
soul out through his mouth….
Astrology—
The
belief that the planets, sun, and moon are external and internal
signposts for individuals or society to follow in order to
understand themselves and choose the best options.
Book 1 p.
257—Remember, Firenze, we are sworn not to set ourselves against the
heavens. Have we not read what is to come in the movement of the
planets?
Automatic
writing—
A
method of spirit communication and/or divination. Many who practice
this believe they are communicating with the dead or evolved spirit
beings.
Book 2 p.
240—Harry sat on his four-poster and flicked through the blank
pages, not one of which had a trace of scarlet ink on it. Then he
pulled a new bottle out of his bedside cabinet, dipped his quill into
it, and dropped a blot onto the first page of the diary. Ink shown
brightly on the paper for a second and then, as though it was being
sucked into the page, vanished. Excited, Harry loaded up his quill a
second time and wrote, "My name is Harry Potter." The words
shown momentarily on the page and they, too, sank without trace. Then,
at last, something happened. Oozing back out of the page, in his very
own ink, came words Harry had never written. "Hello, Harry
Potter. My name is Tom Riddle. How did you come by my diary?"
Black
Magick—
The
use of sorcery or magickal powers for evil intentions or selfish
gain.
Book 2 pp.
51-52—"Can I have that?" interrupted Draco,
pointing at the withered hand on its cushion. "Ah, the Hand of
Glory!" said Mr. Borgin, abandoning Mr. Malfoy’s list and
scurrying over to Draco. "Insert a candle and it gives light only
to the holder! Best friend of thieves and plunderers! Your son has
fine taste, sir."
Book 3 p.
29—[After Aunt Marge insults Harry’s mother, he puts a swelling
curse on her] She seemed to be swelling with inexpressible anger—but
the swelling didn’t stop. Her great red face started to expand, her
tiny eyes bulged, and her mouth stretched too tightly for speech…she
was inflating like a monstrous balloon, her stomach bursting free of
her tweed waistband, each of her fingers blowing up like a salami—
Book 4 p.
655—"She told me many things…but the means I used to break
the Memory Charm upon her were powerful, and when I had extracted all
useful information from her, her mind and body were both damaged
beyond repair. She had now served her purpose. I could not possess
her. I disposed of her."
Channeling,
Spiritism—
Contact
with spirits through methods such as summoning, channeling, evoking
or invoking, using a spirit guide, using drugs, using a Ouija Board,
worshipping spirits, or various rituals.
Book 1 p.
122—Harry sat down opposite the ghost in the ruff he’d seen
earlier. The ghost patted his arm, giving Harry the sudden, horrible
feeling he’d just plunged it into a bucket of ice-cold water.
Book 2 Harry
hesitated, his quill suspended over the diary. What did Riddle mean?
How could he be taken inside somebody else’s memory? He glanced
nervously at the door to the dormitory, which was growing dark. When
he looked back at the diary, he saw fresh words forming. "Let
me show you." Harry paused for a fraction of a second and
then wrote two letters. "OK."
Book 3 p.
324—Harry got up, picked up his bag and turned to go, but then a
loud, harsh voice spoke behind him.
"It
will happen tonight."
Harry
wheeled around. Professor Trelawney had gone rigid in her armchair;
her eyes were unfocused and her mouth sagging.
"S-sorry?"
said Harry.
But
Professor Trelawney didn’t seem to hear him. Her eyes started to
roll. Harry sat there in a panic. She looked as though she was about
to have some sort of seizure. He hesitated, thinking of running to the
hospital wing—and then Professor Trelawney spoke again, in the same
harsh voice, quite unlike her own: "The Dark Lord lies alone and
friendless…."
Book 4 p.
654—"A wizard—young, foolish, and gullible—wandered across
my path in the forest I had made my home…. He was easy to bend to my
will…. I took possession of his body, to supervise him closely as he
carried out my orders."
p. 698—"He
spoke to me," Harry said. He was suddenly shaking again.
"The …the ghost Cedric, or whatever he was, spoke."
Clairvoyance,
ESP—
a way
in which one perceives or receives information beyond the five
physical senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. The
information can be about the past, present or future. (includes telepathy,
precognition, and clairvoyance). This is sometimes
called the "sixth sense" or "the third eye."
Book 2 p.
120—And then he heard something—something quite apart from the
spitting of the dying candles and Lockhart’s prattle about his fans.
It was a voice, a voice to chill the bone marrow, a voice of
breathtaking, ice-cold venom. "Come…come to me…. Let me
rip you…. Let me tear you…. Let me kill you…."
Book 3 p.
297—"Crystal gazing is a particularly refined art," she
said dreamily. "I do not expect any of you to See when first you
peer into the Orb’s infinite depths. We shall start by practicing
relaxing the conscious mind and external eyes… so as to clear the
Inner Eye and the superconscious. Perhaps, if we are lucky, some of
you will See before the end of the class."
p. 323—"My
boy, you may well be seeing the outcome of poor Hagrid’s trouble….Does
the hippogriff appear to …have its head?"
"Yes,"
said Harry firmly…. "it looks fine, it’s—flying away…"
Book 4 pp.
15, 17—Two hundred miles away, the boy called Harry Potter woke with
a start.
Harry tried
to recall what he had been dreaming about before he had awoken….
The dim
picture of a darkened room came to him…. There had been a snake on a
hearth rug…a small man called Peter, nicknamed Wormtail... and a
cold, high voice…the voice of Lord Voldemort…..
Divination—
Also
called "fortunetelling;" the art of retrieving information
about the past, present or future using psychic or occult
techniques, or spirit contact.
Book 1 p.
209—They just looked at him, smiling. And slowly, Harry looked into
the faces of the other people in the mirror, and saw other pairs of
green eyes like his, other noses like his…—Harry was looking at
his family, for the first time in his life. The Potters smiled and
waved at Harry and he stared hungrily back at them, his hands pressed
flat against the glass as though he was hoping to fall right through
it and reach them.
Book 2 p.
252—"Depends where you want to go, Harry," he said.
"It’s never too early to think about the future, so I’d
recommend Divination."
Book 3 p.
104—"Now, I want you all to divide into pairs. Collect a teacup
from the shelf, come to me, and I will fill it. Then sit down and
drink, drink until only the dregs remain. Swill those around the cup
three times with the left hand, then turn the cup upside down on its
saucer, wait for the last of the tea to drain away, then give your cup
to your partner to read. You will interpret the patterns using pages
five and six of Unfogging the Future."
Energy
healing—
form of healing based on accessing, channeling, balancing and/or
manipulating energy
Book 1 p.
147, 156—"Broken wrist," Harry heard her mutter."…
"How’s
your arm?" said Harry. "Fine," said Neville, showing
them. "Madam Pomfrey mended it in about a minute."
Book 2 p.
173-4—Madam Pomfrey wasn’t at all pleased.
"You
should have come straight to me!" she raged, holding up the sad,
limp remainder of what, half an hour before, had been a working arm.
"I can mend bones in a second—but growing them back—"
"You
will be able to, won’t you?" said Harry desperately.
"I’ll
be able to, certainly, but it will be painful," said Madam
Pomfrey grimly, throwing Harry a pair of pajamas. "You’ll have
to stay the night…."
p. 321—Harry
gave his head a little shake and there was Fawkes, still resting his
head on Harry’s arm. A pearly patch of tears was shining all around
the wound—except that there was no wound—…
"Phoenix
tears…" said Riddle quietly, staring at Harry’s arm. "Of
course…healing powers…I forgot…."
Book 4 p.
698—The phoenix had fluttered to the floor. It was resting its
beautiful head against Harry’s injured leg, and thick, pearly tears
were falling form its eyes onto the wound left by the spider. The pain
vanished. The skin mended. His leg was repaired.
Familiar(s)—
A
spirit often assuming the form of an animal, or an actual animal
used as a helper for sorcerers or witches. A familiar can also be
conjured by a sorcerer for protection or aid; sometimes this is
called a thought-form and has a quasi-independent existence.
Book 1 p.
81—"I’ll get yer an owl. All the kids want owls, they’re
dead useful, carry yer mail an’ everythin’."
Book 2 p.
315—A crimson bird the size of a swan had appeared, piping its weird
music to the vaulted ceiling…. A second later, the bird was flying
straight at Harry. It dropped the ragged thing it was carrying at his
feet, then landed heavily on his shoulder. "That’s a phoenix…"
said Riddle.
Book 3 pp.
237, 411—"The Patronus is a kind of positive force, a
projection of the very things that the dementor feeds upon—hope,
happiness, the desire to survive—but it cannot feel despair, as real
humans can, so the dementors can’t hurt it."
The Patronus
turned. It was cantering back toward Harry across the still surface of
the water…. It was a stag.
Magick—
Practices
which may include casting spells, using or summoning energy for a
desired end, invoking forces or spirits, and/or calling on spiritual
entities for aid. Occultists differentiate between black and white
magick, claiming that black magick is the use of magick
for bad while white magick is the use of magick for good.
Book 1 p.
273—Hermione stepped forward. "Neville," she said, "I’m
really, really sorry about this." She raised her wand. "Petrificus
Totalus!" she cried, pointing it at Neville. Neville’s arms
snapped to his sides. His legs sprang together. His whole body rigid,
he swayed where he stood and then fell flat on his face, stiff as a
board.
Book 2 pp.
263-64—"However," said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly
and clearly so that none of them could miss a word, "you will
find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are
loyal to me. You will also find that help will always be given at
Hogwarts to those who ask for it."
Book 3 p.
9—"It’s amazing here in Egypt. Bill’s taken us around all
the tombs and you wouldn’t believe the curses those old Egyptians
wizards put on them. Mum wouldn’t let Ginny come in the last one.
There were all these mutant skeletons in there, of Muggles who’d
broken in and grown extra heads and stuff."
Book 4 p.
214—Moody raised his wand again, pointed it at the spider, and
muttered, "Crucio!"
At once the
spider’s legs bent in upon its body; it rolled over and began to
twitch horribly, rocking from side to side. No sound came from it, but
Harry was sure that if it could have given voice, it would have been
screaming.
pp. 215-16—Moody
raised his wand, and Harry felt a sudden thrill of foreboding.
"Avada
Kedavra!" Moody roared.
There was a
flash of blinding green light and a rushing sound, as though a vast,
invisible something was soaring through the air—instantaneously the
spider rolled over onto its back, unmarked, but unmistakably dead.
Neo-paganism—
Umbrella
term for contemporary revival of pagan nature worship; practices
include some or all of the following: revering nature, polytheism
(belief in many gods), divination, magick and casting spells. Neo-paganism
views life as cyclical, not linear.
Book 1 p.
297—"To one as young as you, I’m sure it seems incredible,
but to Nicolas and Perenelle, it really is like going to bed after a
very, very long day. After all, to the well-organized mind, death is
but the next great adventure."
Book 3 p.
205—"An extremely complex spell…involving the magical
concealment of a secret inside a single, living soul. The information
is hidden inside the chosen person, or Secret-Keeper, and is
henceforth impossible to find—unless, of course, the Secret-Keeper
chooses to divulge it."
Psychokinesis—
Considered
a power of the mind allowing one to move objects with one’s mind,
or otherwise influence things and events in the material world
through the mind. This includes the alleged ability to materialize
and dematerialize and to levitate.
Book 1 p.
146—"Stick out your right hand over your broom," called
Madam Hooch at the front, "and say ‘Up!’" "UP"
everyone shouted. Harry’s broom jumped into his hand at once….
Book 2 pp.
319-20—Help me—help me—Harry thought, his eyes screwed
tight under the hat. Please help me—…Something very hard
and heavy thudded onto the top of Harry’s head, almost knocking him
out. Stars winking in front of his eyes, he grabbed the top of the hat
to pull it off and felt something long and hard beneath it. A gleaming
silver sword had appeared inside the hat….
Book 3 p.
181—"Then he magicked you onto a stretcher," said Ron.
"And walked up to school with you floating on it. Everyone
thought you were…"
Book 4 pp.
344-45—"That’s right," said Moody, staring at him very
hard, his magical eye barely moving at all. "You’re a damn good
flier from what I’ve heard."
"Yeah,
but…" Harry stared at him. "I’m not allowed a broom, I’ve
only got my wand—"
"My
second piece of general advice," said Moody loudly, interrupting
him, "is to use a nice, simple spell that will enable you to get
what you need."…
"Hermione,
I need to learn how to do a Summoning Charm properly by tomorrow
afternoon."
Reincarnation—
Generally
speaking, the belief that one lives many lives, returning after
death to life in another body, time, and place.
Book 2 p.
207—"Fawkes is a phoenix, Harry. Phoenixes burst into flame
when it is time for them to die and are reborn from the ashes. Watch
him…." Harry looked down in time to see a tiny, wrinkled,
newborn bird poke its head out of the ashes. It was quite as ugly as
the old one.
Book 4 p.
653—"I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less
than the meanest ghost…but still, I was alive. What I was, even I do
not know…I, who have gone further than anybody along the path that
leads to immortality. You know my goal—to conquer death."
Scrying—
A
form of divination by gazing into an opaque surface such as a
crystal, glass, water surface, or dark mirror.
Book 1 p.
213—"[The Mirror of Erised] shows us nothing more or less than
the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts."
Book 4 pp.
583-84—The surface of the silvery stuff inside the basin began to
swirl very fast.
Harry bent
close, his head right inside the cabinet. The silvery substance had
become transparent; it looked like glass. He looked down into it,
expecting to see the stone bottom of the basin—and saw instead an
enormous room below the surface of the mysterious substance, a room
into which he seemed to be looking though a circular window in the
ceiling.
Sorcery—
Manipulation
of energy or forces to bring about a desired end through
visualization; invocation or summoning of powers/spirits; ritual;
Book 1 p.
123—"Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our
banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit!
Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"…. Harry’s mouth fell open. The
dishes in front of him were now piled with food.
Book 2 p.
279—Ron didn’t touch the accelerator but the car didn’t need
him; the engine roared and they were off…
Book 3 p.
108—He hardly heard what Professor McGonagall was telling them about
Animagi (wizards who could transform at will into animals), and wasn’t
even watching when she transformed herself in front of their eyes into
a tabby cat with spectacle markings around her eyes.
Book 4
[CAUTION: This excerpt may be too graphic for younger children.]
pp. 640-643—Wormtail
lowered the creature into the cauldron; there was a hiss, and it
vanished below the surface;…
Wormtail was
speaking. His voice shook; he seemed frightened beyond his wits. He
raised his wand, closed his eyes, and spoke to the night.
"Bone
of the father, unknowingly given, you will renew your son!"
[Fragments
of bone from the grave are taken and placed into the cauldron.]
And now
Wormtail was whimpering. He pulled a long, thin, shining silver dagger
from inside his cloak. His voice broke into petrified sobs.
"Flesh—of
the servant—w-willingly given—you will—revive—your
master."
[Wormtail
cuts off his right hand and places it into the cauldron.]
Wormtail was
gasping and moaning with agony. Not until Harry felt Wormtail’s
anguished breath on his face did he realize that Wormtail was right in
front of him.
"B-blood
of the enemy…forcibly taken…you will…resurrect your foe."
[Wormtail
pricks Harry’s arm and collects drops of blood.]
He staggered
back to the cauldron with Harry’s blood. He poured it inside. The
liquid within turned, instantly, a blinding white. …
But then,
through the mist in front of him, he saw, with an icy surge of terror,
the dark outline of a man, tall and skeletally thin, rising slowly
from inside the cauldron….
The thin man
stepped out of the cauldron, staring at Harry. And Harry stared back
into the face that had haunted his nightmares for three years. Whiter
than a skull, with wide, livid scarlet eyes and a nose that was flat
as a snake’s with slits for nostrils…
Lord
Voldemort had risen again.
Talisman—
An
object, drawing or symbol which is believed to confer power on the
owner for a specific purpose through magickal or supernatural means.
It may also attract good luck health, love, or power. Used in
magickal practices. Whereas an amulet is passive, a talisman is seen
as possessing an active force.
Book 1 p.
145—"It’s a Remembrall!" he explained. "…this
tells you if there’s something you’ve forgotten to do. Look, you
hold it tight like this and if it turns red—oh…" His face
fell, because the Remembrall had suddenly glowed scarlet, "…you’ve
forgotten something…."
p. 220—"A
stone that makes gold and stops you from ever dying!" said Harry.
"No wonder Snape’s after it! Anyone would want it."
Book 2 p.
319—Help me—help me—Harry thought, his eyes screwed tight
under the hat. Please help me—There was no answering voice.
Instead, the hat contracted, as though an invisible hand was squeezing
it very tightly.
Book 3 pp.
394-95—She was holding the chain out. He saw a tiny, sparkling
hourglass hanging from it….
Hermione
turned the hourglass over three times….
"We’ve
gone back in time," Hermione whispered, lifting the chain off
Harry’s neck in the darkness. "Three hours back…"
Telekinesis
or Teleportation—A form of psychokinesis in which
physical bodies or objects are moved over distances, and in which
solid objects are materialized and dematerialized in order to pass
through matter.
Book 1 p.
71—He tapped the wall three times with the point of his umbrella.
The brick he had touched quivered—it wiggled—in the middle, a
small hole appeared—it grew wider and wider—a second later they
were facing an archway….
p. 92—Now
the third brother was walking briskly toward the barrier—he was
almost there—and then, quite suddenly, he wasn’t anywhere.
Book 2 p.
325—Harry reached out and took hold of Fawkes’s strangely hot tail
feathers. An extraordinary lightness seemed to spread through his
whole body and the next second, in a rush of wings, they were flying
upward through the pipe.
Book 3 p.
33—"Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the
stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on
board, and we can take you anywhere you want to go. My name is Stan
Shunpike, and I will be your conductor this eve—…"
Book 4 p.
669—Harry’s hand had closed on Cedric’s wrist; one tombstone
stood between him and Voldemort, but Cedric was too heavy to carry,
and the cup was out of reach—…
"Accio!"
Harry yelled, pointing his wand at the Triwizard Cup.
It flew into
the air and soared toward him. Harry caught it by the handle—
He heard
Voldemort’s scream of fury at the same moment that he felt the jerk
behind his navel that meant the Portkey had worked—it was speeding
him away in a whirl of wind and color, and Cedric along with him….
They were going back.