How does Percival Graves use magic without his wand in Fantastic Beasts?
In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, we can see Percival Graves use magical abilities (mainly telekinetic) that we would typically associate with wands, at least as far as wizards and witches are concerned.
I understand that Mr. Graves isn't a typical wizard,
he is revealed to be Gellert Grindelwald,
and that he may be really powerful, justifying his use of advanced magic, including this Star Wars-esque, force-style telekinesis, but I'm wondering whether there is more to it or if anyone knows any specific info about this ability. I know that there were a few occasions of non-wand magic in the Harry Potter movies (excluding apparition, house-elves and other obvious things), for instance the "premature" kind of magic children under 11 perform, and Dumbledore setting Tom Riddle's wardrobe on fire in the flashback scene of Half-Blood Prince.
In Fantastic Beasts, Mr. Graves uses his "telekinesis" to grab a hold of Newt's suitcase. He also uses it to move Newt's Obscurial bubble around in the interrogation room. If you didn't know better, you would think that he's using the Force.
Best Answer
Well experienced wizards, such as Albus Dumbledore, Grindelwald or Voldemort would be able to probably cast minor spells without a wand. We can assume that Graves aka Grindelwald can do much more without a wand.
Also, one final but important info. Wandless magic is not rare. JKR shared some info on Magic in America in Pottermore.
“The Native American wizarding community was particularly gifted in animal and plant magic, its potions in particular being of a sophistication beyond much that was known in Europe. The most glaring difference between magic practised by Native Americans and the wizards of Europe was the absence of a wand.
The magic wand originated in Europe. Wands channel magic so as to make its effects both more precise and more powerful, although it is generally held to be a mark of the very greatest witches and wizards that they have also been able to produce wandless magic of a very high quality."
So Graves doing some Accio (summoning) and Wingardium Leviosa (levitating) without a wand is quite possible.
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All a wand does is focus a wizards magic in order to create more powerful and precise spells. Essentially all a wand does is make magic easier to perform, which is why wandless magic is so rarely seen as a wizard needs to be particularly powerful and skilled to pull it off effectively.
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