The Occult and Harry Potter

By: Dr. John Ankerberg; ©1999

The occult is an umbrella term which includes many practices and belief systems. These beliefs are usually based on the idea that everything is or contains energy…, and one can access, change, channel and/or manipulate this energy (or force) for the purposes of gaining information, healing, or bringing a desired situation or thing into material reality. (Marcia Montenegro, “The Occult: Brief Explanations of Various Terms and Concepts,” cana.userworld.com)

The Occult and Harry Potter

Marcia Montenegro, herself a former occultist, says that spirit contact, divination and sorcery are major forms of occultism. We have documented in another article that each of these are practices that God has condemned.

Many critics have said that no actual occult practices or teachings can be found in the Harry Potter books. Others have said that, while there may be things that resemble actual occult practices, they are harmless.

We believe that both statements are incorrect. We believe that readers, including children, are finding out about genuine occult rituals and, in fact, are being shown that these practices have actual power they can learn to use in their own lives.

Furthermore, should the reader’s curiosity be aroused, there is readily available information on the Internet, in bookstores or in the public library where one can learn more. In doing research for this magazine, we checked a local branch library and found literally dozens of books about witchcraft that were written especially for children!

Below we have selected a few terms and practices regularly associated with the occult. With each one we have given a brief definition from Marcia Montenegro. (More complete definitions, along with other terms can be found in “The Occult: Brief Explanations of Various Terms and Concepts” at cana.userworld.com.)

We also give examples—by no means exhaustive—of how these practices are woven into J.K. Rowling’s stories about Harry Potter and the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Animism—A spirit(s) or life force inhabits all creatures & nature, sometimes inanimate objects as well.

Book 1 p. 85—”Curious indeed how these things happen. The wand chooses the wizard, remember….”

p. 206—The hairs on the back of Harry’s neck prickled. Maybe he was imagining it, maybe not, but he thought a faint whispering was coming from the books, as though they knew someone was there who shouldn’t be…. A piercing, bloodcurdling shriek split the silence—the book was screaming!

Book 2 p. 312—”I decided to leave behind a diary, preserving my sixteen-year-old self in its pages…”

Book 3 p. 193—It was a map showing every detail of the Hogwarts castle and grounds. But the truly remarkable thing were the tiny ink dots moving around it, each labeled with a name in miniscule writing.

Book 4 p. 70—”For those who don’t want to Apparate, or can’t, we use Portkeys. They’re object that are used to transport wizards from one spot to another at a prearranged time.”

“What sort of objects are Portkeys?” said Harry curiously.

“Well, they can be anything,” said Mr. Weasley. “unobtrusive things, obviously, so Muggles don’t go picking them up and playing with them….”

p. 255—Dumbledore reached inside it and pulled out a large, roughly hewn wooden cup. It would have been entirely unremarkable had it not been full to the brim with dancing blue-white flames.

Dualism and Polarity—The belief in two equal, opposing forces; or a belief in two forces which appear opposite but are actually complementary.… The belief that opposing forces are complementary and necessary to each other is sometimes termedpolarity. …Good and evil, or other opposites, may also be seen as part of each other, or as mirrors of each other.

Book 1 p. 85—”It so happens that the phoenix whose tail feather is in your wand, gave another feather—just one other. It is very curious indeed that you should be destined for this wand when its brother—why, its brother gave you that scar… .I think we must expect great things from you, Mr. Potter…. After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things—terrible, yes, but great.”

Book 2 p. 332—”Riddle [Lord Voldemort] said I’m like him. Strange likenesses, he said….”

Book 4 p. 697—”Harry’s wand and Voldemort’s wand share cores. Each of them contains a feather from the tail of the same phoenix….”

“So what happens when a wand meets its brother?” said Sirius.

“They will not work properly against each other,” said Dumbledore. “If, however, the owners of the wands force the wands to do battle…a very rare effect will take place. One of the wands will force the other to regurgitate spells it has performed—in reverse. …”

Altered State of Consciousness—A trance or light hypnosis brought about through…meditation; chanting; drugs; dancing…; breathing techniques; sensory deprivation; repetitive movement (pendulum); focusing on one point; suggestion; guided visualization….

Book 1 p. 137—”I don’t expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses….”

Book 2 p. 310—”Of course, she didn’t know what she was doing at first. It was very amusing. I wish you could have seen her new diary entries… ‘Dear Tom…I think I’m losing my memory. There are rooster feathers all over my robes and I don’t know how they got there…. I think I’m going mad….’”

Book 3 pp. 83-84—Harry’s eyes rolled up into his head. He couldn’t see. He was drowning in cold. There was a rushing in his ears as though of water. He was being dragged downward, the roaring growing louder….

And then, from far away, he heard screaming, terrible, terrified, pleading screams. He wanted to help whoever it was, he tried to move his arms, but couldn’t…a thick fog was swirling around him, inside him—

Book 4 p. 145—Mr. Roberts had a strange, dazed look about him, and he waved them off with a vague “Merry Christmas.”

“He’ll be all right,” said Mr. Weasley quietly… “Sometimes, when a person’s memory’s modified, it makes him a bit disorientated for a while…and that was a big thing they had to make him forget.”

Amulet—A charm (object, drawing, word, or symbol) believed to contain special powers or magick which is worn or carried as protection against misfortune.

Book 1 p. 134—His classroom smelled strongly of garlic, which everyone said was to ward off a vampire he’d met in Romania….

Book 2 p. 142—”I remember something very similar happening in Ouagadogou,…a series of attacks,…I was able to provide the townsfolk with various amulets, which cleared the matter up at once….”

Astral Travel—Also known as out-of-body experience (OBE), this is a practice in which a person believes their astral self separates from the body and travels to other physical locations or possibly to an astral realm.

Book 2 pp. 48-9—Harry took a pinch of Floo powder and walked to the edge of the fire. He took a deep breath, scattered the powder into the flames, and stepped forward; the fire felt like a warm breeze; he opened his mouth and immediately swallowed a lot of hot ash. “D-Dia-gon Alley,” he coughed.

It felt as though he was being sucked down a giant drain. He seemed to be spinning very fast—the roaring in his ears was deafening—he tried to keep his eyes open but the whirl of green flames made him feel sick—something hard knocked his elbow and he tucked it in tightly, still spinning and spinning—now it felt as though cold hands were slapping his face—squinting through his glasses he saw a blurred stream of fireplaces and snatched glimpses of the rooms beyond—…he closed his eyes again wishing it would stop, and then—He fell, face forward, onto cold stone and felt the bridge of his glasses snap.

Book 3 p. 287—He strode across to his fire, seized a fistful of glittering powder from a jar on the fireplace, and threw it into the flames.

“Lupin!” Snape called into the fire. “I want a word!”

Utterly bewildered, Harry stared at the fire. A large shape had appeared in it, revolving very fast. Seconds later, Professor Lupin was clambering out of the fireplace, brushing ash off his shabby robes.

Book 4 p. 73—With difficulty, owing to their bulky backpacks, the nine of them crowded around the old boot held out by Amos Diggory….

“Three…” muttered Mr. Weasley, one eye still on his watch, “two…one…”

It happened immediately: Harry felt as though a hook just behind his navel had been suddenly jerked irresistibly forward. His feet left the ground; he could feel Ron and Hermione on either side of him, their shoulders banging into his; they were all speeding forward in a howl of wind and swirling color; his forefinger was stuck to the boot as though it was pulling him magnetically onward….

Astral Projection—used by those calling themselvespsychic vampires,who believe they can leave their body and in astral form secretly feed off the spirit or energy of another person.

Book 2 p. 310—”So Ginny poured out her soul to me, and her soul happened to be exactly what I wanted…. I grew stronger and stronger on a diet of her deepest fears, her darkest secrets. I grew powerful, far more powerful than little Miss Weasley. Powerful enough to start feeding Miss Weasley a few ofmysecrets, to start pouring a little ofmysoul back into;her….”

Book 3 p. 371—”Dementors can’t see, you know…” He swallowed. “They feel their way toward people by feeding off their emotions….”

Book 4 p. 703—”The moment that—that thing entered the room,” she screamed, pointing at Fudge, trembling allover, “it swooped down on Crouch and—and—”

Harry felt a chill in his stomach…. He knew what the dementor must have done. It had administered its fatal kiss to Barty Crouch. It had sucked his soul out through his mouth….

Astrology—The belief that the planets, sun, and moon are external and internal signposts for individuals or society to follow in order to understand themselves and choose the best options.

Book 1 p. 257—Remember, Firenze, we are sworn not to set ourselves against the heavens. Have we not read what is to come in the movement of the planets?

Automatic writing—A method of spirit communication and/or divination. Many who practice this believe they are communicating with the dead or evolved spirit beings.

Book 2 p. 240—Harry sat on his four-poster and flicked through the blank pages, not one of which had a trace of scarlet ink on it. Then he pulled a new bottle out of his bedside cabinet, dipped his quill into it, and dropped a blot onto the first page of the diary. Ink shown brightly on the paper for a second and then, as though it was being sucked into the page, vanished. Excited, Harry loaded up his quill a second time and wrote, “My name is Harry Potter.” The words shown momentarily on the page and they, too, sank without trace. Then, at last, something happened. Oozing back out of the page, in his very own ink, came words Harry had never written.“Hello, Harry Potter. My name is Tom Riddle. How did you come by my diary?”

Black Magick—The use of sorcery or magickal powers for evil intentions or selfish gain.

Book 2 pp. 51-52—”Can I havethat?” interrupted Draco, pointing at the withered hand on its cushion. “Ah, the Hand of Glory!” said Mr. Borgin, abandoning Mr. Malfoy’s list and scurrying over to Draco. “Insert a candle and it gives light only to the holder! Best friend of thieves and plunderers! Your son has fine taste, sir.”

Book 3 p. 29—[After Aunt Marge insults Harry’s mother, he puts a swelling curse on her] She seemed to be swelling with inexpressible anger—but the swelling didn’t stop. Her great red face started to expand, her tiny eyes bulged, and her mouth stretched too tightly for speech…she was inflating like a monstrous balloon, her stomach bursting free of her tweed waistband, each of her fingers blowing up like a salami—

Book 4 p. 655—”She told me many things…but the means I used to break the Memory Charm upon her were powerful, and when I had extracted all useful information from her, her mind and body were both damaged beyond repair. She had now served her purpose. I could not possess her. I disposed of her.”

Channeling, Spiritism—Contact with spirits through methods such as summoning, channeling, evoking or invoking, using a spirit guide, using drugs, using a Ouija Board, worshipping spirits, or various rituals.

Book 1 p. 122—Harry sat down opposite the ghost in the ruff he’d seen earlier. The ghost patted his arm, giving Harry the sudden, horrible feeling he’d just plunged it into a bucket of ice-cold water.

Book 2 Harry hesitated, his quill suspended over the diary. What did Riddle mean? How could he be taken inside somebody else’s memory? He glanced nervously at the door to the dormitory, which was growing dark. When he looked back at the diary, he saw fresh words forming.“Let me show you.”Harry paused for a fraction of a second and then wrote two letters. “OK.”

Book 3 p. 324—Harry got up, picked up his bag and turned to go, but then a loud, harsh voice spoke behind him.

“It will happen tonight.”

Harry wheeled around. Professor Trelawney had gone rigid in her armchair; her eyes were unfocused and her mouth sagging.

“S-sorry?” said Harry.

But Professor Trelawney didn’t seem to hear him. Her eyes started to roll. Harry sat there in a panic. She looked as though she was about to have some sort of seizure. He hesitated, thinking of running to the hospital wing—and then Professor Trelawney spoke again, in the same harsh voice, quite unlike her own: “The Dark Lord lies alone and friendless….”

Book 4 p. 654—”A wizard—young, foolish, and gullible—wandered across my path in the forest I had made my home…. He was easy to bend to my will…. I took possession of his body, to supervise him closely as he carried out my orders.”

p. 698—”He spoke to me,” Harry said. He was suddenly shaking again. “The …the ghost Cedric, or whatever he was, spoke.”

Clairvoyance, ESP—a way in which one perceives or receives information beyond the five physical senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. The information can be about the past, present or future. (includestelepathy,precognition, andclairvoyance). This is sometimes called the “sixth sense” or “the third eye.”

Book 2 p. 120—And then he heard something—something quite apart from the spitting of the dying candles and Lockhart’s prattle about his fans. It was a voice, a voice to chill the bone marrow, a voice of breathtaking, ice-cold venom.“Come…come to me…. Let me rip you…. Let me tear you…. Let me kill you….”

Book 3 p. 297—”Crystal gazing is a particularly refined art,” she said dreamily. “I do not expect any of you to See when first you peer into the Orb’s infinite depths. We shall start by practicing relaxing the conscious mind and external eyes… so as to clear the Inner Eye and the superconscious. Perhaps, if we are lucky, some of you will See before the end of the class.”

p. 323—”My boy, you may well be seeing the outcome of poor Hagrid’s trouble….Does the hippogriff appear to …have its head?”

“Yes,” said Harry firmly…. “it looks fine, it’s—flying away…”

Book 4 pp. 15, 17—Two hundred miles away, the boy called Harry Potter woke with a start.

Harry tried to recall what he had been dreaming about before he had awoken….

The dim picture of a darkened room came to him…. There had been a snake on a hearth rug…a small man called Peter, nicknamed Wormtail… and a cold, high voice…the voice of Lord Voldemort…..

Divination—Also called “fortunetelling;” the art of retrieving information about the past, present or future using psychic or occult techniques, or spirit contact.

Book 1 p. 209—They just looked at him, smiling. And slowly, Harry looked into the faces of the other people in the mirror, and saw other pairs of green eyes like his, other noses like his…—Harry was looking at his family, for the first time in his life. The Potters smiled and waved at Harry and he stared hungrily back at them, his hands pressed flat against the glass as though he was hoping to fall right through it and reach them.

Book 2 p. 252—”Depends where you want togo, Harry,” he said. “It’s never too early to think about the future, so I’d recommend Divination.”

Book 3 p. 104—”Now, I want you all to divide into pairs. Collect a teacup from the shelf, come to me, and I will fill it. Then sit down and drink, drink until only the dregs remain. Swill those around the cup three times with the left hand, then turn the cup upside down on its saucer, wait for the last of the tea to drain away, then give your cup to your partner to read. You will interpret the patterns using pages five and six ofUnfogging the Future.”

Energy healing—form of healing based on accessing, channeling, balancing and/or manipulating energy

Book 1 p. 147, 156—”Broken wrist,” Harry heard her mutter.”…

“How’s your arm?” said Harry. “Fine,” said Neville, showing them. “Madam Pomfrey mended it in about a minute.”

Book 2 p. 173-4—Madam Pomfrey wasn’t at all pleased.

“You should have come straight to me!” she raged, holding up the sad, limp remainder of what, half an hour before, had been a working arm. “I can mend bones in a second—but growing them back—”

“You will be able to, won’t you?” said Harry desperately.

“I’ll be able to, certainly, but it will be painful,” said Madam Pomfrey grimly, throwing Harry a pair of pajamas. “You’ll have to stay the night….”

p. 321—Harry gave his head a little shake and there was Fawkes, still resting his head on Harry’s arm. A pearly patch of tears was shining all around the wound—except that there was no wound—…

“Phoenix tears…” said Riddle quietly, staring at Harry’s arm. “Of course…healing powers…I forgot….”

Book 4 p. 698—The phoenix had fluttered to the floor. It was resting its beautiful head against Harry’s injured leg, and thick, pearly tears were falling form its eyes onto the wound left by the spider. The pain vanished. The skin mended. His leg was repaired.

Familiar(s)—A spirit often assuming the form of an animal, or an actual animal used as a helper for sorcerers or witches. A familiar can also be conjured by a sorcerer for protection or aid; sometimes this is called a thought-form and has a quasi-independent existence.

Book 1 p. 81—”I’ll get yer an owl. All the kids want owls, they’re dead useful, carry yer mail an’ everythin’.”

Book 2 p. 315—A crimson bird the size of a swan had appeared, piping its weird music to the vaulted ceiling…. A second later, the bird was flying straight at Harry. It dropped the ragged thing it was carrying at his feet, then landed heavily on his shoulder. “That’s a phoenix…” said Riddle.

Book 3 pp. 237, 411—”The Patronus is a kind of positive force, a projection of the very things that the dementor feeds upon—hope, happiness, the desire to survive—but it cannot feel despair, as real humans can, so the dementors can’t hurt it.”

The Patronus turned. It was cantering back toward Harry across the still surface of the water…. It was a stag.

Magick—Practices which may include casting spells, using or summoning energy for a desired end, invoking forces or spirits, and/or calling on spiritual entities for aid. Occultists differentiate betweenblackandwhite magick, claiming thatblack magickis the use of magick for bad whilewhite magickis the use of magick for good.

Book 1 p. 273—Hermione stepped forward. “Neville,” she said, “I’m really, really sorry about this.” She raised her wand. “Petrificus Totalus!” she cried, pointing it at Neville. Neville’s arms snapped to his sides. His legs sprang together. His whole body rigid, he swayed where he stood and then fell flat on his face, stiff as a board.

Book 2 pp. 263-64—”However,” said Dumbledore, speaking very slowly and clearly so that none of them could miss a word, “you will find that I will only truly have left this school when none here are loyal to me. You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it.”

Book 3 p. 9—”It’s amazing here in Egypt. Bill’s taken us around all the tombs and you wouldn’t believe the curses those old Egyptians wizards put on them. Mum wouldn’t let Ginny come in the last one. There were all these mutant skeletons in there, of Muggles who’d broken in and grown extra heads and stuff.”

Book 4 p. 214—Moody raised his wand again, pointed it at the spider, and muttered, “Crucio!”

At once the spider’s legs bent in upon its body; it rolled over and began to twitch horribly, rocking from side to side. No sound came from it, but Harry was sure that if it could have given voice, it would have been screaming.

pp. 215-16—Moody raised his wand, and Harry felt a sudden thrill of foreboding.

“Avada Kedavra!” Moody roared.

There was a flash of blinding green light and a rushing sound, as though a vast, invisible something was soaring through the air—instantaneously the spider rolled over onto its back, unmarked, but unmistakably dead.

Neo-paganism—Umbrella term for contemporary revival of pagan nature worship; practices include some or all of the following: revering nature, polytheism (belief in many gods), divination, magick and casting spells.Neo-paganismviews life as cyclical, not linear.

Book 1 p. 297—”To one as young as you, I’m sure it seems incredible, but to Nicolas and Perenelle, it really is like going to bed after a very, very long day. After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”

Book 3 p. 205—”An extremely complex spell…involving the magical concealment of a secret inside a single, living soul. The information is hidden inside the chosen person, or Secret-Keeper, and is henceforth impossible to find—unless, of course, the Secret-Keeper chooses to divulge it.”

Psychokinesis—Considered a power of the mind allowing one to move objects with one’s mind, or otherwise influence things and events in the material world through the mind. This includes the alleged ability to materialize and dematerialize and to levitate.

Book 1 p. 146—”Stick out your right hand over your broom,” called Madam Hooch at the front, “and say ‘Up!’” “UP” everyone shouted. Harry’s broom jumped into his hand at once….

Book 2 pp. 319-20—Help me—help me—Harry thought, his eyes screwed tight under the hat.Please help me—…Something very hard and heavy thudded onto the top of Harry’s head, almost knocking him out. Stars winking in front of his eyes, he grabbed the top of the hat to pull it off and felt something long and hard beneath it. A gleaming silver sword had appeared inside the hat….

Book 3 p. 181—”Then he magicked you onto a stretcher,” said Ron. “And walked up to school with you floating on it. Everyone thought you were…”

Book 4 pp. 344-45—”That’s right,” said Moody, staring at him very hard, his magical eye barely moving at all. “You’re a damn good flier from what I’ve heard.”

“Yeah, but…” Harry stared at him. “I’m not allowed a broom, I’ve only got my wand—”

“My second piece of general advice,” said Moody loudly, interrupting him, “is to use a nice, simple spell that will enable you toget what you need.”…

“Hermione, I need to learn how to do a Summoning Charm properly by tomorrow afternoon.”

Reincarnation—Generally speaking, the belief that one lives many lives, returning after death to life in another body, time, and place.

Book 2 p. 207—”Fawkes is a phoenix, Harry. Phoenixes burst into flame when it is time for them to die and are reborn from the ashes. Watch him….” Harry looked down in time to see a tiny, wrinkled, newborn bird poke its head out of the ashes. It was quite as ugly as the old one.

Book 4 p. 653—”I was ripped from my body, I was less than spirit, less than the meanest ghost…but still, I was alive. What I was, even I do not know…I, who have gone further than anybody along the path that leads to immortality. You know my goal—to conquer death.”

Scrying—A form of divination by gazing into an opaque surface such as a crystal, glass, water surface, or dark mirror.

Book 1 p. 213—”[The Mirror of Erised] shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts.”

Book 4 pp. 583-84—The surface of the silvery stuff inside the basin began to swirl very fast.

Harry bent close, his head right inside the cabinet. The silvery substance had become transparent; it looked like glass. He looked down into it, expecting to see the stone bottom of the basin—and saw instead an enormous room below the surface of the mysterious substance, a room into which he seemed to be looking though a circular window in the ceiling.

Sorcery—Manipulation of energy or forces to bring about a desired end through visualization; invocation or summoning of powers/spirits; ritual;

Book 1 p. 123—”Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!”…. Harry’s mouth fell open. The dishes in front of him were now piled with food.

Book 2 p. 279—Ron didn’t touch the accelerator but the car didn’t need him; the engine roared and they were off…

Book 3 p. 108—He hardly heard what Professor McGonagall was telling them about Animagi (wizards who could transform at will into animals), and wasn’t even watching when she transformed herself in front of their eyes into a tabby cat with spectacle markings around her eyes.

Book 4 [CAUTION: This excerpt may be too graphic for younger children.]

pp. 640-643—Wormtail lowered the creature into the cauldron; there was a hiss, and it vanished below the surface;…

Wormtail was speaking. His voice shook; he seemed frightened beyond his wits. He raised his wand, closed his eyes, and spoke to the night.

“Bone of the father, unknowingly given, you will renew your son!”

[Fragments of bone from the grave are taken and placed into the cauldron.]

And now Wormtail was whimpering. He pulled a long, thin, shining silver dagger from inside his cloak. His voice broke into petrified sobs.

“Flesh—of the servant—w-willingly given—you will—revive—your master.”

[Wormtail cuts off his right hand and places it into the cauldron.]

Wormtail was gasping and moaning with agony. Not until Harry felt Wormtail’s anguished breath on his face did he realize that Wormtail was right in front of him.

“B-blood of the enemy…forcibly taken…you will…resurrect your foe.”

[Wormtail pricks Harry’s arm and collects drops of blood.]

He staggered back to the cauldron with Harry’s blood. He poured it inside. The liquid within turned, instantly, a blinding white. …

But then, through the mist in front of him, he saw, with an icy surge of terror, the dark outline of a man, tall and skeletally thin, rising slowly from inside the cauldron….

The thin man stepped out of the cauldron, staring at Harry. And Harry stared back into the face that had haunted his nightmares for three years. Whiter than a skull, with wide, livid scarlet eyes and a nose that was flat as a snake’s with slits for nostrils…

Lord Voldemort had risen again.

Talisman—An object, drawing or symbol which is believed to confer power on the owner for a specific purpose through magickal or supernatural means. It may also attract good luck health, love, or power. Used in magickal practices. Whereas an amulet is passive, a talisman is seen as possessing an active force.

Book 1 p. 145—”It’s a Remembrall!” he explained. “…this tells you if there’s something you’ve forgotten to do. Look, you hold it tight like this and if it turns red—oh…” His face fell, because the Remembrall had suddenly glowed scarlet, “…you’ve forgotten something….”

p. 220—”A stone that makes gold and stops you from ever dying!” said Harry. “No wonder Snape’s after it!Anyonewould want it.”

Book 2 p. 319—Help me—help me—Harry thought, his eyes screwed tight under the hat.Please help me—There was no answering voice. Instead, the hat contracted, as though an invisible hand was squeezing it very tightly.

Book 3 pp. 394-95—She was holding the chain out. He saw a tiny, sparkling hourglass hanging from it….

Hermione turned the hourglass over three times….

“We’ve gone back in time,” Hermione whispered, lifting the chain off Harry’s neck in the darkness. “Three hours back…”

TelekinesisorTeleportation—A form of;psychokinesisin which physical bodies or objects are moved over distances, and in which solid objects are materialized and dematerialized in order to pass through matter.

Book 1 p. 71—He tapped the wall three times with the point of his umbrella. The brick he had touched quivered—it wiggled—in the middle, a small hole appeared—it grew wider and wider—a second later they were facing an archway….

p. 92—Now the third brother was walking briskly toward the barrier—he was almost there—and then, quite suddenly, he wasn’t anywhere.

Book 2 p. 325—Harry reached out and took hold of Fawkes’s strangely hot tail feathers. An extraordinary lightness seemed to spread through his whole body and the next second, in a rush of wings, they were flying upward through the pipe.

Book 3 p. 33—”Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board, and we can take you anywhere you want to go. My name is Stan Shunpike, and I will be your conductor this eve—…”

Book 4 p. 669—Harry’s hand had closed on Cedric’s wrist; one tombstone stood between him and Voldemort, but Cedric was too heavy to carry, and the cup was out of reach—…

“Accio!” Harry yelled, pointing his wand at the Triwizard Cup.

It flew into the air and soared toward him. Harry caught it by the handle—

He heard Voldemort’s scream of fury at the same moment that he felt the jerk behind his navel that meant the Portkey had worked—it was speeding him away in a whirl of wind and color, and Cedric along with him…. They were going back.