• Spells The Summoning Charm causes an object to fly to the caster, even over quite some distance; the target object is said to have been Summoned. It would seem that the caster must know at least the general location of the object Summoned. Read More
• Potions Ageing Potion causes the person drinking it to grow older. The more one drinks, the more one ages. Read More
• Magical effects An Age Line is a thin golden line drawn on a floor which affects anyone too young to cross it. Read More
• Potions Amortentia is the most powerful love potion in the world. It is recognizable by its distinctive mother-of-pearl sheen and by the fact that its steam rises in characteristic spirals. The potion smells differently to different people according to what attracts them (HBP9). Read More
• Incantations “Anapneo” is the incantation for a spell that clears the target’s breathing airway if blocked. Slughorn cast this on Marcus Belby when the latter began to choke after swallowing too fast while attempting to respond to a question (HBP7). Read More
• Magical discipline Ancient Magic is magic which happens independently of efforts by wizards, an effect which is triggered by events and powers endemic to the nature of reality. It is extremely old and mysterious, and a wand is not necessary for it to work. It is part of the “magical-ness” of the… Read More
• Magical effects Animagus Transfiguration is the magical process of taking on the form of an animal, or afterward, reverting back again to human form. The animal form is sometimes referred to as the witch or wizard’s Animagus form. Animagi See the Animagus entry for further details about wizarding folk who can perform… Read More
• Spells Anti-Apparition Charms prevent someone from Apparating, or magically traveling to a location. Read More
• Magical effects Anti-Gravity Mist is a Charm which creates an innocent-looking golden mist that hovers above the ground. A person stepping into this mist immediately finds that up and down have reversed and they are hanging from the ground over the endless sky. Read More
• Spells The antler jinx, as the name suggests, causes the victim to sprout antlers.  … Read More
• Spells Apparition is an advanced spell used by fully trained witches and wizards to disappear from one place and appear almost instantly somewhere else. A person who uses this spell is referred to as an Apparator. Apparition is typically cast non-verbally. No one can Apparate or Disapparate inside Hogwarts because of… Read More
• Incantations Arresto Momentum is an incantation that slows the speed or stops a falling object or person to keep them from harm. Read More
• Spells Atmospheric Charms affect the weather inside Ministry of Magic headquarters in London. When Hermione and Ron infiltrated the Ministry in disguise during the Voldemort regime, Ron’s alter-ego Reginald Cattermole was supposed to stop the rain that was falling in the office of Yaxley the Death Eater. Hermione whispers to him… Read More
• Spells The Killing Curse causes instant death in a flash of green light, usually leaving no sign of physical damage or of the cause of death that would be detectable to a Muggle autopsy. Read More
• Incantations Avenseguim is the incantation of a spell that converts a target object into a tracking device (CG48).      … Read More