General notes

- Proper pronunciations/wandwork important

- Wand core acts as channel for magic, insulated by wand
wood

- Ollivander family first to standardize wandmaking (382 BC)

- Int’l Statute of Secrecy 1689

Spells

Lumos (CCW loop) / Nox (swift flick)

Practiced with Lumos. Requires large loop to be effective;
move from elbow not wrist. Best result when cast from 12-o’clock position.
Over-concentrated and produced red light, but startled myself and the spell
dissipated. Tried again, with less mental force and got the white light,
increased will power and was able to get the yellow. By end of practicing, can
get straight to yellow about 3/5 times.

Obviously worked on Nox between Lumos castings. Easier to
enable on early tries. Flick from wrist; simpler to cast. Doesn’t require as
much concentration as Lumos.