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Lesson Two: Fields of Magic Part II Potions: Potions are magical liquids created by mixing various ingredients in a cauldron, accordingg to very specific rules. These mixtures must usually be drunk to give their magical effect. The ingredients in potions range from the mundane to the bizarre and fantastic and the procedures for creating some potions can be complicated and time-consuming. Severus Snape was the Potions Master at Hogwarts from 1980 to the fall of 1996. Horace Slughorn took over as Potions Master for the 1996-1997 school year. The Potions classroom is located in a chilly, dark dungeon. Transfiguration: Transfiguration is magic that changes one subject into another. It is possible to change inanimate objects into animate ones and vice versa. Some Transfiguration spells alter a part of something such as changing a person's ears from normal into rabbit ears. At Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall taught Transfiguration. Transfiguration spells were cast in ancient times as well. Circe, a witch who lived in the Greek island of Agea, was famous for turning lost sailors into pigs. The opposite of Transfiguration is "Untransfiguration, which would be returning something to its proper form. Divinations: Divination is a magic which attempts to forsee future events. Many in the Wizarding world consider this branch of magic to be imprecise at best. There are several types of Divination. The most imprecise is what is commonly known as "fortune telling" and this is what Professor Trelawney taught at Hogwarts. The second kind of Divination is what is practiced by the Centaurs. When Firenze started teaching Divination classes in the Spring of 1996, he taught these techniques. They were mostly lost on the human students in his class, though. The third type of Divination is called "Seeing". This is true Divination, although what the Seer reveals is usually in the form of a Prophecy, which then itself requires some interpretation. A Seer, one who possesses the "Inner Eye", doesn't seem to have control over their seeing. Professor Trelawney, for example, only made actual prophecies, twice. She made plenty of claims about everything from troubles ahead for various students to Neville breaking a teacup. However, in each case when she made an actual prophecy, she went into a trance and spoke in a completely different voice. Both times, after speaking the prophecy, she didn't remember a thing about it. True seeing is very rare, but it has happened plenty of times over the centuries. There is a huge cathedral-sized room of the Department of Mysteries, where records of thousands of prophecies are stored in glass spheres. Each sphere is labeled with the initials of the Seer who spoke the prophecy, the person it was spoken to and what the subject of the prophecy was. Legilimency: Legilimency is the act of magically navigating through the many layers of a person's mind and correctly interpreting one's findings. This is not normally taught at Hogwarts and it is also an ability to extract emotions and memories from another person's mind. Although the word literally translates as "mind-reading", its practitioners consider this a naive interpretation of the art. Someone who practices Legilimency is known as a Legilimens. Voldemort was a highly skilled Legilimens to the point where he could nearly always tell when someone was lying to him. Unlike Professor Snape, Voldemort was never seen "speaking" the incantation to use Legilimency. He was able to possess the bodies of snakes while retaining his own body, possibly through Legilimency. Through his connection with Harry Potter, he was also able to use his ability to feed images and eventuallyfalse visions into Harry's dreams, when Harry's mind was most relaxed and vulnerable. Dumbledore was also a Legilimens, describing himself as sufficiently skilled to know when he was being lied to. He was also sufficiently skilled in Occlumency, to be able to teach it if he so wished. Occlumency: Occlumency is the act of magically closing one's mind against Legilimency. It can prevent a Legilimens from accessing one's thoughts and feelings or influencing them. The most basic form of Occlumency involves clearing one's mind - making it "blank and empty" - in order to prevent a Legilimens from perceiving one's emotions and thoughts. More advanced Occlumency involves supressing only the thoughts, emotions and memories that would contradict whatever it is an Occlumens wishes a Legilimens to believe. It requires a great deal of will power, as well as a high degree of mental and emotional discipline. The most advanced Occlumens can perform this ability nonverbally and wandlessly. Occlumency is also one method of resisting the influence of veritaserum. Severus Snape was a particularly skilled Occlumens, since he had managed to survive as a spy among the Death Eaters. This occurred under the nose of Voldemort, a noted skilled Legilimens who had good cause to be suspicious of Snape's loyalty. |
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