Light Magic and the Dark Arts
by Louise Fletcher It has been remarked by some that one thing conspicuously absent from the Harry Potter books is an explanation of what magic is, where it comes from, and how it works. Those people...
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Voldemort’s Make-Over II: How Lily Did It and How Harry Will
by Lenora If you’re not familiar with my last editorial Voldemort’s Make-Over, the long and the short of it is: Voldemort is a vampire, a dragon, a unicorn, an Erkling, a basilisk, and Jo knows...
Voldemort’s Make-Over
by Lenora According to Dumbledore, when Tom Riddle left Hogwarts he disappeared, traveled, and “sank so deeply into the Dart Arts…underwent so many dangerous, magical transformations, that when he resurfaced as Lord Voldemort, he...
The Burrow: Veritaserum and Controlled Substances in the Magical World
by Stuart C In the course of the Harry Potter story, we have been introduced to the potion Veritaserum on several occasions; but we have actually seen it administered only once, to Crouch Jr.,...
Moaning Myrtle: Is She the Common Thread Between CoS and HBP?
by Susan W. Who is Moaning Myrtle? What do we know about her past? These are the two questions that I have been postulating for a while – ever since JK said that there...
“Half Blood Prince” Completed – Release Date Coming Tuesday Morning
J.K. Rowling has written a letter to fans about the completion of “Half-Blood Prince” and its release date. Keep reading to see the letter!
The Two-Way Mirror #10: The Triwizard Tasks and the Seven Books
Seven tunnels of tasks, like seven books of tasks. In “Goblet”, we actually have a network of tunnels, the square maze, so much like a chessboard of tasks. And we have the two grand tournaments (like the two matrix groups of elements): one tournament is Quidditch (in which the players seem to be the most important part); the other is the Triwizard Tournament (here, the tasks are important).
Why Voldemort Didn’t Die
by Linda J.K. Rowling told us we are not asking the right questions. We should wonder why Voldemort didn’t die, and good students as we are we have been asking ourselves that question a...
Is Peter Pettigrew Dead?
by Dave I was reading through the series for the fifth time when something odd occurred to me. Throughout OotP, Pettigrew fails to make a single appearance, be it in visions or in the...
