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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing whether or not magic in the wizarding world of Harry Potter is becoming weaker with each passing decade.

At the mere age of eleven, when a young Harry Potter discovered that he was a wizard, the spells and incantations that he encountered were—for lack of a better word—MAGICAL. Everything that he witnessed from the time that Hagrid came and got him from that island in the sea, it all just seemed so impressive. I mean, a half-giant who could put a pig’s tail on his cruel bully of a cousin? Incredible. Especially for our poor boy, Harry, who had suffered terribly at the terrorising hands of Dudley. And lest we forget the marvels that awaited him in Diagon Alley, or the simple fact that his Transfiguration Professor could transform into a cat and then back again? All of these displays of magic seemed quite amazing indeed. At least at the time.
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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing some of the most interesting facts about the wizarding world of Harry Potter that some of the biggest fans of the series don’t even know—at least, not yet!

With so much material available out there to uncover the characters, events and places associated with the Harry Potter series, it seems almost impossible that there would be facts out there that the majority of fans wouldn’t already know. From novels to films, and even the wizardingworld.com’s fact files, information about this magical universe is very readily accessible. And yet, as it happens, there are actually QUITE A FEW pieces of information that even the most die-hard fans will find surprising. In today’s video, we’ll be covering 10 of them. Let’s get to it!
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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing ALL of the memories that we see through the Pensieve in Harry Potter. 

Rare and powerful, the majority of Pensieves are typically quite small devices that, due to their incredibly personal nature, are often kept on one’s person. Of course, one very notable exception of this is the large Pensieve located in the Headmaster's office at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This Pensieve is used to store all of the school’s Headmasters memories so that their predecessors may watch and learn from them. It’s described as large, ornate, ancient, and made entirely out of stone, with engravings of modified Saxon runes etched all over it. It is also said to be so old that some witches and wizards believe that the Hogwarts’ Pensieve predates even the school’s castle.
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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we’ll be discussing how ordinary Muggles react when they find out that their child is magical.

The majority of Muggle-born witches and wizards do not discover that they are magical until they are invited to come study magic as a child. In the United Kingdom, this momentous occasion takes place the year of a child’s eleventh birthday by way of mail. Each young witch or wizard receives their letter of acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry sometime over the summer months before the start of term in the fall. In the case of Muggleborns, Hogwarts dispatches a member of staff to travel to the home of said muggle-born student so that the letter can be properly introduced and explained.

These future students of Hogwarts have all been chosen by a magical system of admittance, which is exclusively operated by an ancient magical book and a quill, known as the Book of Admittance and the Quill of Acceptance.
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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re going to be taking a look at some unpublished content from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone- scribblings and drafts taken straight from JK Rowling’s notes that never saw the light of day.

These drafts will include…


An original synopsis for the book that kept getting rejected by Publisher’s 

A very early draft of a page from Philosopher's Stone where you’ll notice that Draco’s surname used to be ‘Spungen’

Another very early draft of one of the earliest pages of Philosopher’s Stone

Page 1 draft of Chapter 6 ‘The Journey From Platform 9 and Three Quarters’



And a

Page 2 draft of Chapter 6 

If you enjoy peeling back the layers of the story and uncovering secret UNPUBLISHED tidbits, then let’s not wait any further.
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Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re going to be discussing the Hogwarts house system- specifically, Ravenclaw house.

Now, as we all know, the four houses of Hogwarts can be identified by very unique, defining characteristics- characteristics that allow these houses to stand out from the others. Hufflepuffs are known for their loyalty and hard-work, Gryffindors for their bravery, Slytherins for their cunning, and Ravenclaws for their knowledge and wisdom. Of course- I am talking in generalizations here- but if the sorting hat is anything to go by- it’s reasonably fair to summarize the houses based on the traits it preaches. The sorting hat DOES sort students in to houses, after all.
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