The books have many strange creatures: Black suckers - small nuisances that suck blood when attached to the skin, similar to leaches. Bulls - crocodile-like monsters with huge jaws and a great tail. Buzzers - small flying animals Dragon lizards - enormous lizards used as beasts of burden Falkishes - great flying beasts Slithers - giant snake-like monster ...

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Magic Lands, Magic Lands - The Story, Magic Lands - Characters in the Books, Magic Lands - Creatures in the Books

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Demonic Wasteland - Usually, it is where demons go, most of the time, after they have been vanquished. A worm-type monster feeds on their essence and powers when they enter the wasteland. Grams' Ring - The ring that Grams used when she was married six different times. After the 6th time she put a curse on the ring that would transform the wearer into a sterotypical 1950s housewife with the addition that they became black-and-white in colour. This was done so that if she became engaged again, the ring would remind her of what she hated about marriag ...

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List of Other Charmed Magical Information, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series One, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Two, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Three, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Four, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Five, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Six, List of Other Charmed Magical Information - Series Seven

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Hogwarts - Early History. Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago by two wizards and two witches: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff. Shortly after founding Hogwarts, Salazar Slytherin fell out with the other founders. Slytherin wanted to admit only pure-blood students, but the other three founders disagreed. Slytherin left the school, but not before secretly building the Chamber of Secrets. When an eventual successor, the Heir of Slytherin, returned to the school, he or she would be able to open the Chamber, unleash a horrible Basilisk, and purge the s ...

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Hogwarts, Hogwarts - Location and Grounds, Hogwarts - Staffing and Curriculum, Hogwarts - Grading and Assessment, Hogwarts - School Motto and Houses, Hogwarts - Disciplinary measures, Hogwarts - The School Year, Hogwarts - Uniform, Hogwarts - History, Hogwarts - Early History, Hogwarts - Middle History, Hogwarts - Recent History, Hogwarts - Coat of Arms, Hogwarts - Layout, Hogwarts - The Grounds, Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut, Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts - Greenhouses, Hogwarts - The Whomping Willow, Hogwarts - The Black Lake, Hogwarts - The Quidditch pitch, Hogwarts - The White Tomb, Hogwarts - Possible influences

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Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut. Hagrid lives in a small hut on the grounds, on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, with his very large dog, Fang, who is actually a coward. Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest. The Forbidden Forest is the forest on the ground of Hogwarts school. Though never referred to as the forbidden forest directly by any character in the books, it is referred to by this name in a chapter title in the first book in the series. When it is discussed in the books it is usually called "the forest on the school grounds" which is "forbidden to students" owing to a variety of ...

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Hogwarts, Hogwarts - Location and Grounds, Hogwarts - Staffing and Curriculum, Hogwarts - Grading and Assessment, Hogwarts - School Motto and Houses, Hogwarts - Disciplinary measures, Hogwarts - The School Year, Hogwarts - Uniform, Hogwarts - History, Hogwarts - Early History, Hogwarts - Middle History, Hogwarts - Recent History, Hogwarts - Coat of Arms, Hogwarts - Layout, Hogwarts - The Grounds, Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut, Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts - Greenhouses, Hogwarts - The Whomping Willow, Hogwarts - The Black Lake, Hogwarts - The Quidditch pitch, Hogwarts - The White Tomb, Hogwarts - Possible influences

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In interviews [2] [3], JK Rowling has suggested that the name 'Hogwarts' derives from a type of lily which she had seen at Kew Gardens some time before writing the Harry Potter books. By coincidence, the name Hogwarts also features in the Molesworth books. The Hogwarts is the title of one of Molesworth's imitation Latin plays, and Hoggwart is also the name of the headmaster of Porridge Court, a rival of St. Custard's, Molesworth's terrible prep school. It has also been suggested that JK Rowling may have found some inspiration from Atlantic College, a real co-educational boarding school in Brit ...

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Hogwarts, Hogwarts - Location and Grounds, Hogwarts - Staffing and Curriculum, Hogwarts - Grading and Assessment, Hogwarts - School Motto and Houses, Hogwarts - Disciplinary measures, Hogwarts - The School Year, Hogwarts - Uniform, Hogwarts - History, Hogwarts - Early History, Hogwarts - Middle History, Hogwarts - Recent History, Hogwarts - Coat of Arms, Hogwarts - Layout, Hogwarts - The Grounds, Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut, Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts - Greenhouses, Hogwarts - The Whomping Willow, Hogwarts - The Black Lake, Hogwarts - The Quidditch pitch, Hogwarts - The White Tomb, Hogwarts - Possible influences

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Hogwarts Castle is an ancient, rambling castle with seven floors in a mountainous and secluded location somewhere in the UK. Its precise location has not been revealed in the books, but the author has suggested that she envisions it to be in Scotland[1]. The castle has extensive grounds, including a mountain lake, a large and dense forest, a number of greenhouses, a graveyard, seve ...

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Hogwarts, Hogwarts - Location and Grounds, Hogwarts - Staffing and Curriculum, Hogwarts - Grading and Assessment, Hogwarts - School Motto and Houses, Hogwarts - Disciplinary measures, Hogwarts - The School Year, Hogwarts - Uniform, Hogwarts - History, Hogwarts - Early History, Hogwarts - Middle History, Hogwarts - Recent History, Hogwarts - Coat of Arms, Hogwarts - Layout, Hogwarts - The Grounds, Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut, Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts - Greenhouses, Hogwarts - The Whomping Willow, Hogwarts - The Black Lake, Hogwarts - The Quidditch pitch, Hogwarts - The White Tomb, Hogwarts - Possible influences

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The motto of Hogwarts is "Draco dormiens numquam titillandus", which in Latin means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon". Creator J. K. Rowling said she wanted a practical motto for Hogwarts, since so many schools have less pragmatic ones such as "Reach for the stars". Students at Hogwarts are divided into four houses, each bearing the name of one of the school's original founders. Students are assigned to a house based on their particular academic and personal strengths and weaknesses. The houses are: Gryffindor, c ...

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Hogwarts, Hogwarts - Location and Grounds, Hogwarts - Staffing and Curriculum, Hogwarts - Grading and Assessment, Hogwarts - School Motto and Houses, Hogwarts - Disciplinary measures, Hogwarts - The School Year, Hogwarts - Uniform, Hogwarts - History, Hogwarts - Early History, Hogwarts - Middle History, Hogwarts - Recent History, Hogwarts - Coat of Arms, Hogwarts - Layout, Hogwarts - The Grounds, Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut, Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts - Greenhouses, Hogwarts - The Whomping Willow, Hogwarts - The Black Lake, Hogwarts - The Quidditch pitch, Hogwarts - The White Tomb, Hogwarts - Possible influences

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In interviews [2] [3], Rowling has suggested that the name 'Hogwarts' derives from a type of lily which she had seen at Kew Gardens some time before writing the Harry Potter books. By coincidence, the name Hogwarts also features in the Molesworth books. The Hogwarts is the title of one of Molesworth's imitation Latin plays, and Hoggwart is also the name of the headmaster of Porridge Court, a rival of St. Custard's, Molesworth's terrible prep school. It has also been suggested that Rowling may have found some inspiration from Atlantic College, a real co-educational boarding school in Brit ...

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Hogwarts, Hogwarts - Location and Grounds, Hogwarts - Staffing and Curriculum, Hogwarts - Grading and Assessment, Hogwarts - School Motto and Houses, Hogwarts - Disciplinary Measures, Hogwarts - The School Year and Daily Life, Hogwarts - Uniform, Hogwarts - History, Hogwarts - Early History, Hogwarts - Middle History, Hogwarts - Recent History, Hogwarts - Coat of Arms, Hogwarts - Layout, Hogwarts - The Grounds, Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut, Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts - Greenhouses, Hogwarts - The Whomping Willow, Hogwarts - The Black Lake, Hogwarts - The Quidditch pitch, Hogwarts - The White Tomb, Hogwarts - Possible Influences

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Hogwarts Castle is an ancient, rambling and historic castle with seven floors in a mountainous and secluded location in Scotland. [1]. The castle has extensive grounds, including a loch (mountain lake), a large and dense forest called the Forbidden Forest due to the dangerous creatures there, a number of greenhouses, a graveyard (this is the white marble tomb of one Hogwarts' most famous headmasters, Albus Dumbledore), several outbuildings and a full-size Quiddi ...

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Hogwarts, Hogwarts - Location and Grounds, Hogwarts - Staffing and Curriculum, Hogwarts - Grading and Assessment, Hogwarts - School Motto and Houses, Hogwarts - Disciplinary Measures, Hogwarts - The School Year and Daily Life, Hogwarts - Uniform, Hogwarts - History, Hogwarts - Early History, Hogwarts - Middle History, Hogwarts - Recent History, Hogwarts - Coat of Arms, Hogwarts - Layout, Hogwarts - The Grounds, Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut, Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts - Greenhouses, Hogwarts - The Whomping Willow, Hogwarts - The Black Lake, Hogwarts - The Quidditch pitch, Hogwarts - The White Tomb, Hogwarts - Possible Influences

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The motto of Hogwarts is "Draco dormiens numquam titillandus," which in Latin means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon." Creator J.K. Rowling said she wanted a practical motto for Hogwarts, since so many schools have less pragmatic ones such as "Reach for the stars" - something like "Ad Astra" in Latin. Students at Hogwarts are divided into four houses, each bearing the name of one of the school's original founders. Students are assigned to a house based on their particular academic and personal strengths and weaknesses. The houses are:< ...

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Hogwarts, Hogwarts - Location and Grounds, Hogwarts - Staffing and Curriculum, Hogwarts - Grading and Assessment, Hogwarts - School Motto and Houses, Hogwarts - Disciplinary Measures, Hogwarts - The School Year and Daily Life, Hogwarts - Uniform, Hogwarts - History, Hogwarts - Early History, Hogwarts - Middle History, Hogwarts - Recent History, Hogwarts - Coat of Arms, Hogwarts - Layout, Hogwarts - The Grounds, Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut, Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts - Greenhouses, Hogwarts - The Whomping Willow, Hogwarts - The Black Lake, Hogwarts - The Quidditch pitch, Hogwarts - The White Tomb, Hogwarts - Possible Influences

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Hogwarts - Early History. Hogwarts was founded over a thousand years ago by two wizards and two witches: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff. Shortly after founding Hogwarts, Salazar Slytherin fell out with the other founders. Slytherin wanted to admit only pure-blood students, but the other three founders disagreed. Slytherin left the school, but not before secretly building the Chamber of Secrets. When an eventual successor, the Heir of Slytherin, returned to the school, he or she would be able to open the Chamber, unleash a horrible Basilisk, and purge the s ...

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Hogwarts, Hogwarts - Location and Grounds, Hogwarts - Staffing and Curriculum, Hogwarts - Grading and Assessment, Hogwarts - School Motto and Houses, Hogwarts - Disciplinary Measures, Hogwarts - The School Year and Daily Life, Hogwarts - Uniform, Hogwarts - History, Hogwarts - Early History, Hogwarts - Middle History, Hogwarts - Recent History, Hogwarts - Coat of Arms, Hogwarts - Layout, Hogwarts - The Grounds, Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut, Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts - Greenhouses, Hogwarts - The Whomping Willow, Hogwarts - The Black Lake, Hogwarts - The Quidditch pitch, Hogwarts - The White Tomb, Hogwarts - Possible Influences

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Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut. Hagrid lives in a small hut on the grounds, on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, with his very large dog, Fang, who is actually a coward. Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest. The Forbidden Forest is the forest on the ground of Hogwarts school. Though never referred to as the forbidden forest directly by any character in the books, it is referred to by this name in a chapter title in the first book in the series. When it is discussed in the books it is usually called "the forest on the school grounds" which is "forbidden to students" owing to a variety of ...

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Hogwarts, Hogwarts - Location and Grounds, Hogwarts - Staffing and Curriculum, Hogwarts - Grading and Assessment, Hogwarts - School Motto and Houses, Hogwarts - Disciplinary Measures, Hogwarts - The School Year and Daily Life, Hogwarts - Uniform, Hogwarts - History, Hogwarts - Early History, Hogwarts - Middle History, Hogwarts - Recent History, Hogwarts - Coat of Arms, Hogwarts - Layout, Hogwarts - The Grounds, Hogwarts - Hagrid's Hut, Hogwarts - The Forbidden Forest, Hogwarts - Greenhouses, Hogwarts - The Whomping Willow, Hogwarts - The Black Lake, Hogwarts - The Quidditch pitch, Hogwarts - The White Tomb, Hogwarts - Possible Influences

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Mudra (Sanskrit). Called the mystic seal. A system of occult signs made with the fingers. These signs imitate ancient Sanskrit characters of magic efficacy. First used in the Northern Buddhist Yogacharya School, they were adopted later by the Hindu Tantrikas, but often misused by them for black magic purposes.

(See also: Mudra, Theosophy, Spirituality, Body mind and Soul, Spiritual Dictionary, )

Grimoires:

So-called “Black Books” of (usually Goetic) magic, consisting of recipe collections, scrapbooks of magical customs, Who’s Who’s of the spirit worlds and phone directories for contacting various entities. Fairly useless unless you know enough Hebrew, Greek and Latin to correct all the mistakes.

(See also: Grimoires, Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

ATHAME

Consecrated, black-handled knife, used for drawing circles to invoke spiritual entities. Implements for performing M/magic(k)al acts must themselves be M/magic(k)al. Ordinary tools do but ordinary work.

(See also: ATHAME, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

Sooniam (Eastern Indian) Used by certain tribes or racelets of the Indian peninsula to describe a specific form of black magical practice; "a magical ceremony for the purpose of removing a sickness from one person to another" (TG 305).

(See also: Sooniam, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary)

Goetia (Greek) (from goes enchanter, sorcerer)

Also goety. One who uses incantations by song or speech, one who holds others under the spell of sound, chants, or incantations. Porphyry condemns it as black magic, distinguishing it from theurgy or divine magic; and it has in general been so contrasted.

(See also: Goetia, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Goetia (Greek) (from goes enchanter, sorcerer)

Also goety. One who uses incantations by song or speech, one who holds others under the spell of sound, chants, or incantations. Porphyry condemns it as black magic, distinguishing it from theurgy or divine magic; and it has in general been so contrasted.

(See also: God-wisdom, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

incantation: Mantraprayoga. The chanting of prayers, verses or formulas for magical or mystical purposes. Also refers to such chants (mantra). Vashakriya is the subduing or bewitching by charms, incantation or drugs. Incantation for malevolent purposes (black magic) is called abhichara.

See: mantra.

(See also: Incantation, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Dane has gone through several different sets of equipment since his creation. Black Knight Dane Whitman - Scientific Equipment. Dane first became the Black Knight to atone for the crimes his uncle Nathan Garrett had committed using the name. He started out with his uncle's non-magical tools, namely a power lance that fired energy blasts, and Aragorn, a genetically engineered flying white horse. Black Knight Dane Whitm ...

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Black Knight Dane Whitman, Black Knight Dane Whitman - History, Black Knight Dane Whitman - Powers and Abilities, Black Knight Dane Whitman - Skills and Talents, Black Knight Dane Whitman - Weapons and Equipment, Black Knight Dane Whitman - Scientific Equipment, Black Knight Dane Whitman - The Ebony Blade, Black Knight Dane Whitman - Photonic Sword, Black Knight Dane Whitman - Avalonian equipment, Black Knight Dane Whitman - Miscellaneous, Black Knight Dane Whitman - Awards

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SCHOOLS OF MAGIC

There are, traditionally, three schools of magic in the world: Black, White and Yellow. These colors, however, have nothing to do with the usual understanding of them as "good" or "evil," they are simply three avenues. The black school warns that life is pain and sorrow. The white school teaches that it can be transformed into joy. The yellow school practices passivity and non-interference (occasionally it interferes to keep the black and white schools from destroying one another, lest the winner turn on the yellow school).

(See also: SCHOOLS OF MAGIC, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

BAAL SHEM TOV

Lord of the Good Name. This phrase is involved in the Hebrew banishing and exorcism of the demons of black magic.

(See also: BAAL SHEM TOV, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )