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Agapanthus • Plants Agapanthus is a mundane plant in the lily family used for decorative plantings. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:33 — 4.2MB)Subscribe:… Read More

Albus Dumbledore defeats the dark wizard Grindelwald • Event The threat posed by Grindelwald and his plans for world domination become so dire that the Wizarding world clamors for Dumbledore to intervene. It is only when he has no choice that Dumbledore finally confronts his old friend in an epic duel. In the end, Dumbledore wins the duel and takes… Read More

Albus Dumbledore's portrait speaks to Harry; Draco Malfoy has a confession • Event 31 October 2020 While Harry Potter is in his office at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Albus Dumbledore visits his portrait and they have a conversation. Dumbledore attempts to speak to Harry about love. Harry counters that that he is so bad at understanding his own… Read More

Albus Potter receives his father's baby blanket and a love potion from his Uncle Ron • Event Albus Potter receives his father Harry’s baby blanket (the one he had been left wrapped in at the Dursley’s and the only thing that belonged to his mother Lily Evans Potter) and also a love potion from his Uncle Ron – as his presents the night before the… Read More

Albus and Scorpius discuss ways to send a warning message to Harry Potter about Delphi • Event 31 October 1981 Needing to warn his father Harry quickly about Delphi’s plan to kill him, Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy are waiting and watching in Godric’s Hollow outside Lily and James Potter’s house. They discuss possible ways of telling his father where they… Read More

Amata • Character The third of three witches in the story “The Fountain of Fair Fortune” from The Tales of Beedle the Bard. In the Amazon.com paraphrase, Amata was a witch seeking a cure from the fountain for the grief and longing caused when she was deserted by her beloved. As she… Read More

Amortentia • 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). Podcast:… Read More

Ancient Magic • 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

Ancient Magic: Magic from Before the Dawn of Time? • Podcast Episode

Posted March 28, 2002 by Steve VanderArk in Canon discussion / Essays

A comparison is inevitable between the Old Magic of the Harry Potter universe and the Magic From Before the Dawn of Time from C. S. Lewis’s Narnia books. Clearly there are similarities between the two, although they are not identical. Both the Harry Potter and the Narnia versions serve as a stronger, more intrinsic form… Read More

Ashwinder • Creature The Ashwinder is a thin grey serpent with glowing red eyes which comes out of untended magical fires and lives long enough to lay fiery hot eggs in some dark and secluded spot. These eggs, while valued as potion ingredients, are very dangerous. If they are not found and frozen… Read More