Lesson 2

In our second lesson we learned about the Source of Magic and Flight Charms. Source of Magic is about us and how our magical ability comes along. No one for sure knows where our magical ability comes from but we usually get it from our parents though. There a possibilities that you might become a Squib or you might have no magical ability to use magic but you may be able to detect magical devices. If you are born to 'muggle' parents then you are a witch you are well known us muggle-born. We also learned about Flight Charms. These include, the Floating Charm, Hover Charm, Rocket Charm and the most known, Levitating Charm. 

One of the earliest known spells that allowed us to magically move something off the ground is known as the Hover Charm. If you cast this spell on an object it will move up and down. The Hover Charm hasn't got much of a use anymore because of all the more efficient charms. 

One of the other charms is called the Rocket Charm. This charm only allows the object to move straight up into the air and down again. The height the object goes relies on the amount of effort you put into it. The heavier the object, the lower the object goes. Like the Hover Charm, this charm has a limited use.

Sometime after the Hover Charm and the Rocket Charm were developed, we learned about the Floating Charm. Unlike the Hover charm, this charm can target a distant object rather than requiring it to have physical contact. Unlike the Rocket Charm, this spell involves controlled vertical movement. if you use this charm your object will only levitate a handful of feet into the air, and they cannot be directed to move any other way besides up and down. 

The most common used one nowadays is called the Levitating Charm. The incantation of this charm is called Wingardium Leviosa. It is pronounced 'wing-GAR-dee-um levi-O-sa’. This spell allows the caster to move their object, up and down, back and forward and side to side. Levitating something far away can be very difficult. The only known limitation of the Levitation Charm is that it fails to work on humans. 

To perform the wand movement (typically called the “Swish and Flick”) raise your wand toward the left and then let it glide gently toward the right, wand tip pointed forward. Then you simply move the tip of your wand back toward your body before flicking it in the direction of your target.

Lesson 3

In lesson 3 we learned about Wand Properties and Movements. The main subjects we learned about were the Wand Properties, Wand Movements, Magical Limitations,Mending charm and the Unlocking charm. 

Wand are not living beings. They require someone with magical ability to be used. A wand is as unique as the witch or wizard it chooses. These are some properties of wands.

Wand movement is one of the most essential parts of casting a spell successfully. Really all spell requires some sort of wand movement. Usually if your doing a spell to someone they would just face the wand at the targeted person and say the spell but in a normal spell such as the Levitating spell you need a wand movement. You should practise your wand movements everyday to remember them. 

For every spell to want to remember, you need to also remember the wand movement and the precise words of the spell. You may also need to remember to concentrate on the correct thoughts feelings and desires, and even then you may need sufficient power.

There is a spell called the Mending Charm. This spell is used to repare anything that is broken. This spell can't be used on broomsticks and wands. This spell was created by 1754 by Orabella Nuttley, who was a Ministry of Magic employee. She used this spell to repair the Colosseum after a particularly rowdy crowd of rival Quidditch fans began a fight following the match. That's how this spell became famous. The incantation of this charm is Reparo. 

Another charm is the Unlocking Charm. This charm can unlock any door from magical to mundane. This spell is also known as the Thief's Friend. The spell, which originated in Africa, was brought to the Wizarding World by Eldon Elsrickle. Blagdon Blay created the counter curse for this charm. The trick to this spell is that you need to focus on the object you’re attempting to unlock and visualize yourself unlocking it as you cast the spell. You also need to make sure that your wand movement is in time with the incantation so at the end of the spell your wand is facing the object you want to unlock.

I really enjoyed learning about this topics in the past 2 weeks.