Accidental Magic
Uncontrolled magical outbursts
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Accio (Summoning Charm)
Read more →Aguamenti (Water-Making Spell)
Conjures water from wand tip
Read more →Aguamenti Charm (Water-Making Spell)
Conjuration That Produces Clean Water From Wand
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Read more →Alohomora (Unlocking Charm)
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MACUSA, Ilvermorny, and magical North America
Read more →Anapneo
Clears blocked airways
Read more →Ancient Runes
Study of magical runic alphabets
Read more →Animagi
Read more →Animagus Transformation
Read more →Anteoculatia
The Antler-Growing Jinx
Read more →Antidote to Common Poisons
General poison remedy
Read more →Aparecium (Revealing Charm)
Reveals invisible ink
Read more →Apparition
Read more →Arania Exumai
Spell to Repel or Blast Away Spiders
Read more →Arithmancy
Study of magical properties of numbers
Read more →Arresto Momentum
Slows falling objects
Read more →Ascendio
Propels caster upward
Read more →Avada Kedavra (Killing Curse)
Read more →Avis
Conjures a flock of birds
Read more →Babbling Beverage
Read more →Bat-Bogey Hex
Ginny Weasley's Signature Spell
Read more →Beautification Potion
Read more →Blood-Replenishing Potion
Restores lost blood
Read more →Bombarda (Exploding Charm)
Creates explosions
Read more →Brackium Emendo
Bone-Mending Spell (When Cast Incorrectly)
Read more →Bubble-Head Charm
Magical Breathing Apparatus Spell
Read more →Calming Draught
A Potion to Reduce Anxiety and Agitation
Read more →Care of Magical Creatures
Study of magical beasts
Read more →Cave Inimicum
Warns of approaching enemies
Read more →Colloportus (Locking Spell)
Locks doors and entrances
Read more →Colloshoo
The Stickfast Hex - Gluing Feet to the Floor
Read more →Confringo (Blasting Curse)
Causes objects to explode in flames
Read more →Confundo
Confundus Charm to bewilder targets
Read more →Confundus Charm
Spell That Confuses and Befuddles the Target
Read more →Confusing Concoction
Read more →Conjunctivitus Curse
The Eye-Blinding Curse Against Large Creatures
Read more →Cruciatus Curse
Read more →Deflating Draught
Reverses swelling
Read more →Defodio (Gouging Spell)
Carves through solid objects
Read more →Densaugeo
Spell that enlarges teeth
Read more →Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
Read more →Department of International Magical Cooperation
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Read more →Department of Magical Law Enforcement
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Read more →Deprimo
Blasts holes in floors
Read more →Descendo
Lowers objects or makes things descend
Read more →Diffindo (Severing Charm)
Cuts or rips objects
Read more →Draught of Living Death
Powerful sleeping potion
Read more →Draught of Peace
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Read more →Duro
Turns objects to stone
Read more →Elixir to Induce Euphoria
Read more →Engorgio (Engorgement Charm)
Causes objects to swell in size
Read more →Engorgio Skullus (Head-Swelling Hex)
Swells the victim's head
Read more →Episkey (Healing Spell)
Minor healing charm for cuts, bruises, and broken bones
Read more →Episkey (Minor Healing Spell)
Charm That Mends Minor Injuries and Broken Bones
Read more →Essence of Dittany
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Magical Europe beyond the British Isles
Read more →Evanesco (Vanishing Spell)
Makes objects vanish
Read more →Expelliarmus (Disarming Charm)
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Read more →Felix Felicis (Liquid Luck)
Read more →Ferula (Bandaging Charm)
Conjures bandages and splints
Read more →Fianto Duri
Strengthening charm for shields
Read more →Fidelius Charm
Advanced charm that hides a secret in a person
Read more →Fiendfyre
Cursed Fire of Destruction
Read more →Finite Incantatem (General Counter-Spell)
Terminates spell effects
Read more →Flagrate
Draws fiery marks in air
Read more →Flame-Freezing Charm
Makes fire harmless and tickly
Read more →Floo Network
Read more →Forgetfulness Potion
A Memory-Affecting Potion Used in Medicine and Education
Read more →Furnunculus
Curse that causes boils
Read more →Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration
Fundamental Magical Law About Creation Limits
Read more →Geminio (Doubling Charm)
Creates duplicate of object
Read more →Geminio Charm (Doubling Charm)
Spell That Creates Duplicate Copies of Objects
Read more →Ghosts in the Wizarding World
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Read more →Girding Potion
Read more →Glisseo (Slide Charm)
Turns stairs into a slide
Read more →Hair-Raising Potion
Read more →Hair-Thickening Charm
Cosmetic Spell for Fuller Hair
Read more →Harmonia Nectere Passus
Spell to Repair Broken Vanishing Cabinets
Read more →Hogwarts Enchantments
Protective and functional castle magic
Read more →Homenum Revelio (Human Presence Spell)
Reveals human presence
Read more →Horcrux Creation
The Darkest Magic - How Horcruxes Are Made
Read more →Impedimenta (Impediment Jinx)
Slows or stops approaching target
Read more →Imperio - The Imperius Curse
The Unforgivable Curse of Total Control
Read more →Imperio (Imperius Curse)
Mind control curse - one of three Unforgivables
Read more →Impervius (Waterproofing Charm)
Makes objects repel water
Read more →Incarcerous
Conjures Ropes to Bind Targets
Read more →Incendio (Fire-Making Spell)
Conjures fire from the wand
Read more →Invigoration Draught
An Energy-Restoring Potion for Physical and Mental Exhaustion
Read more →Langlock
Glues victim's tongue to roof of mouth
Read more →Laughing Potion
Read more →Legilimency
Read more →Levicorpus
Dangles victim by ankle
Read more →Liberacorpus
Counter-jinx to Levicorpus
Read more →Locomotor
The Movement Charm for Objects
Read more →Lumos (Wand-Lighting Charm)
Read more →Lumos Variations
Different forms of the light-making charm
Read more →Magic & Spells | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
The magical system of the wizarding world
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Understanding how magic works in the wizarding world
Read more →Magical Contracts and Oaths
Read more →Magical Creatures Regulations
Read more →Magical Dueling
Read more →Magical Law and Justice
Read more →Magical Medicine and Healing
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The groups that shaped the Wizarding World
Read more →Magical Portraits and Their History
Read more →Magical Theory
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Human shape-shifting abilities - Animagi and Metamorphmagi
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From Floo Powder to flying broomsticks - traveling through the wizarding world
Read more →Mandrake Restorative Draught
Cures petrification
Read more →Memory Magic and Pensieve Use
Read more →Metamorphmagi
Read more →Meteolojinx Recanto
The Weather-Cancelling Charm
Read more →Mimblewimble
Tongue-tying curse
Read more →Mobiliarbus
Moves trees
Read more →Mobilicorpus
Moves unconscious bodies
Read more →Morsmordre (Dark Mark Conjuration)
Conjures the Dark Mark
Read more →Morsmordre (Dark Mark Spell)
The dreaded spell that conjures Voldemort's symbol in the sky
Read more →Muffliato
Fills ears of nearby people with buzzing
Read more →Muggle Studies
Study of non-magical people
Read more →Non-Verbal Spells
Casting magic without speaking
Read more →Nox (Wand-Extinguishing Charm)
Counter-charm to Lumos
Read more →Nox Maxima
Extinguishes all nearby lights
Read more →Obliteration Charm
Removes traces and footprints
Read more →Obliviate (Memory Charm)
Read more →Occlumency
Read more →Oppugno (Attacking Spell)
Commands objects to attack
Read more →Orchideous (Flower Conjuration)
Conjures a bouquet of flowers
Read more →Pack
Packing charm
Read more →Pack (Packing Spell)
Automatically packs belongings
Read more →Parseltongue
Read more →Partis Temporus
Spell to Create a Temporary Path Through Fire
Read more →Patronus Charm
Read more →Patronus Messaging
Using Patronuses to send messages
Read more →Pepperup Potion
Read more →Periculum (Red Sparks Spell)
Shoots red sparks for emergencies
Read more →Petrificus Totalus (Full Body-Bind Curse)
Completely immobilizes the victim
Read more →Point Me
Four-Point Spell
Read more →Polyjuice Potion
Read more →Portus
Creates a Portkey
Read more →Potions Guide | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
Complete guide to magical potions and brewing
Read more →Power of Love (Ancient Magic)
The most powerful magic of all
Read more →Prior Incantato (Reverse Spell)
Forces wand to reveal last spell cast
Read more →Priori Incantatem
Reverse spell effect from twin cores
Read more →Prophecies | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
The predictions that shaped the wizarding world and Harry Potter's destiny
Read more →Protego (Shield Charm)
Read more →Protego Horribilis
Protection against Dark magic
Read more →Protego Maxima
Powerful shield charm for area protection
Read more →Protego Totalum
Creates area protection shield
Read more →Quidditch Equipment and Gear
Read more →Quidditch Fouls
Read more →Quidditch Guide | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
The most popular sport in the wizarding world
Read more →Quidditch Through the Ages
Read more →Quietus
Quiets magically amplified voice
Read more →Reducio (Shrinking Charm)
Causes objects to shrink
Read more →Reducto (Reductor Curse)
Explosive Curse That Blasts Solid Objects to Pieces
Read more →Relashio
Releases from grip or bindings
Read more →Rennervate
Revives unconscious people
Read more →Reparo (Repairing Charm)
Fixes broken objects
Read more →Repello Inimicum
Repels enemies
Read more →Repello Muggletum (Muggle-Repelling Charm)
Makes Muggles avoid area
Read more →Rictusempra
Tickling charm
Read more →Riddikulus (Boggart-Banishing Spell)
The charm that defeats Boggarts by turning fears into comedy
Read more →Salvio Hexia
Repels hexes from area
Read more →Scourgify (Scouring Charm)
Cleans objects thoroughly
Read more →Sectumsempra (Dark Cutting Curse)
For enemies - causes severe lacerations
Read more →Seers and True Divination
Read more →Serpensortia
Conjures a snake
Read more →Shrinking Solution
Reduces size of objects or creatures
Read more →Silencio (Silencing Charm)
Renders target silent
Read more →Skele-Gro
Read more →Sleeping Draught
Read more →Sonorus
Amplifies voice magically
Read more →Specialis Revelio
Spell to Reveal Hidden Magical Properties
Read more →Spells Encyclopedia | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
Complete guide to magical spells, charms, hexes, jinxes, and curses
Read more →Splinching
Apparition accident leaving body parts behind
Read more →Stinging Jinx
Painful Hex for Defense and Disguise
Read more →Strengthening Solution
Increases physical strength
Read more →Stupefy (Stunning Spell)
Read more →Swelling Solution
Causes swelling and enlargement
Read more →Tarantallegra
Dancing feet jinx
Read more →Tergeo (Wiping Spell)
Siphons liquid and cleans surfaces
Read more →The Battle of Hogwarts
Read more →The Death Eaters
Read more →The First Wizarding War
Read more →The Goblin Rebellions
Read more →The Golden Snitch
Read more →The International Confederation of Wizards
Read more →The Invisibility Cloak
Read more →The Sorting Ceremony
Read more →The Statute of Secrecy
Read more →The Unforgivable Curses
Three Illegal Spells That Earn Life in Azkaban
Read more →The Veil in the Department of Mysteries
Read more →Time-Turners
Read more →Transfiguration Theory
Principles of magical transformation
Read more →Unbreakable Vow
Read more →Unforgivable Curses | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
The three most terrible curses in wizarding law - their use earns a life sentence in Azkaban
Read more →Unplottable Locations
Magically hidden from maps
Read more →Verdimillious
Green Sparks Spell for Illumination and Signaling
Read more →Vermillious
Red Sparks Spell for Signaling
Read more →Vulnera Sanentur
Healing spell for Dark magic wounds
Read more →Waddiwasi
Shoots small objects at target
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The Wand Chooses the Wizard
Read more →Wandless Magic
Magic without a wand
Read more →Wandlore and Wand Theory
Read more →Wideye Potion
Prevents sleep
Read more →Wingardium Leviosa (Levitation Charm)
Read more →Wit-Sharpening Potion
A Cognitive Enhancement Potion for Mental Clarity
Read more →Wizard Currency and Economics
Read more →Wizard Dueling
Formal magical combat
Read more →Wizarding Economy | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
Money, banking, jobs, and the economic system of the magical world
Read more →Wizarding Food & Drink | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
Magical cuisine and beverages
Read more →Wizarding Holidays & Traditions | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
Explore the magical celebrations and customs of the wizarding world
Read more →Wizarding Languages | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
Magical communication beyond human speech
Read more →Wizarding Media & Publications | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
The newspapers, magazines, and broadcasts that keep the magical world informed
Read more →Wizarding Schools | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
Magical education across the globe
Read more →Wizarding World Glossary | Harry Potter Encyclopedia
A-Z of magical terms and definitions
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