Magic

Magic is a supernatural force that changes aspects of the world at fundamental levels. The ability for humans to use magic is a hereditary trait passed down from a person's ancestors, which allows witches and wizards to practice it. However, sometimes, people without magical parents are born with magic - these people are called Muggle-Born.

Rather than being a mystical or unnatural pursuit that defied the laws of nature, however, the magic simply allowed those who could wield it to manipulate the creative forces. Also see, dark magic.

Wand Magic

In present England and Europe, magic is mostly performed with wands made from wand trees.

Magical Staffs are like bigger wands, essentially. And just like Wand Magic, they have certain spells that can only be cast by a conduit that powerful. To wield a staff, you need skill and a powerful magical core to supply that much power to such a large conduit. However, due to its powerful magical output, the staff is a doubled-edged sword. It's powerful, but it drains you quickly

Wandless Magic

Wandless magic is magic performed without a wand.

Certain Spells cannot be cast wandlessly as they don't have a wandless variation. For example, the Killing Curse, the Cruciatus Curse, Stunners, certain hexes like the Bat-Boogie Hex, and so on. Other limitations include needing a powerful enough body to be able to endure the massive torrents of Magic passing through the muscles and such.

Wandless magic is extremely versatile but requires immense patience and effort to become useful. Wands make everything so much simpler, and they have a larger pool of Spells that can make everyday life so much easier. Wandless Magic, more specifically, Progenitor Magic, is a little primitive. Back then, when wands weren't a thing, the world was a far more dangerous place for wizards, and as such, many Progenitor Spells tend to be offensive Spells.

Wands are almost always better than Wandless Magic, however, training in Wandless Magic makes your Wand Magic much more powerful. Ron's body no longer loses as much magic as it travels to his wand, and therefore, what comes out of his wand is much stronger - in other words, it is more efficient.

Sword magic

Magic can also be channelled with other objects, such as Emilia Traver's Oni-blade.