Yes we are overwhelmingly similar Jitterbug, I quite agree, wizards and muggles coexisted for centuries before us wizards decided to go into hiding for both our own safety and the safety of the muggles, there's quite a bit of literature on it if you'd like to learn more about it.
Yes indeed Crystal, the one unmistakable difference between Wizards and Muggles is magic. Quite fascinating really when you get right down to it. I mean what makes a magical creature different from an ordinary creature?
The "Magical" part of course.
But what is magic really but the ability to harness energy and use it for our own purposes. This Energy that lessens the gravitational pull on an object to cause it to levitate when we cast Wingardium Leviosa, Energy that causes cells to rapidly mutate to transfigure one animal into a different one such as with Animagi, Energy that can change and expand a single dust particle into a comfy chair or an owlpocolypse. You see?
Ancient Wizards, even more ancient ones than myself if you can imagine, felt that the stars were these orbs of concentrated and undetermined magic that were just suspended in the sky, and completely unobtainable to any magical being.
--We can't create our own energy, wizards; we have to use the energy that's available in the air and earth around us, which is quite a lot, mind you.
-So anyway. When they saw what many muggles today call meteors, they felt they were stars plummeting to the earth. They believed that whoever was worthy enough could harness the power, and that they could then achieve the most spectacular magic that the depths of their imagination could dream up. Therefore, whenever they saw a shooting star they'd try to instill their will upon it, like you would a spell, but as more of a wish to try and harness that energy.
*The students all look up at the ceiling, eager to try it for themselves, looking hopeful.*
Of course that’s all a load of tosh though... I mean, shooting stars aren't even stars, are they? They're space junk. But, nonetheless, I think it's always good to keep the old traditions alive don't you?
* He looks over to the group of students who are looking slightly crestfallen now.*
Oh come now, tell me, what would you wish for?
Yes indeed Crystal, the one unmistakable difference between Wizards and Muggles is magic. Quite fascinating really when you get right down to it. I mean what makes a magical creature different from an ordinary creature?
The "Magical" part of course.
But what is magic really but the ability to harness energy and use it for our own purposes. This Energy that lessens the gravitational pull on an object to cause it to levitate when we cast Wingardium Leviosa, Energy that causes cells to rapidly mutate to transfigure one animal into a different one such as with Animagi, Energy that can change and expand a single dust particle into a comfy chair or an owlpocolypse. You see?
Ancient Wizards, even more ancient ones than myself if you can imagine, felt that the stars were these orbs of concentrated and undetermined magic that were just suspended in the sky, and completely unobtainable to any magical being.
--We can't create our own energy, wizards; we have to use the energy that's available in the air and earth around us, which is quite a lot, mind you.
-So anyway. When they saw what many muggles today call meteors, they felt they were stars plummeting to the earth. They believed that whoever was worthy enough could harness the power, and that they could then achieve the most spectacular magic that the depths of their imagination could dream up. Therefore, whenever they saw a shooting star they'd try to instill their will upon it, like you would a spell, but as more of a wish to try and harness that energy.
*The students all look up at the ceiling, eager to try it for themselves, looking hopeful.*
Of course that’s all a load of tosh though... I mean, shooting stars aren't even stars, are they? They're space junk. But, nonetheless, I think it's always good to keep the old traditions alive don't you?
* He looks over to the group of students who are looking slightly crestfallen now.*
Oh come now, tell me, what would you wish for?
