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'''Vanishment''' is the art of causing thing to vanish (making things go into non-being).
  
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Vanishment is the art of vanishing objects i.e., causing object to cease to exist<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]], Chapter 30, "[Vanished objects go] into non-being, which is to say, everything." - Prof. McGonagall. </ref>. It is one of the four branches of [[Transfiguration]], and is the opposite of [[Conjuration]] (another branch), which brings objects into existence.
   
 
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{{Quote|So... today we are starting Vanishing Spells. These are easier than Conjuring Spells, which you would not usually attempt until [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]] level, but they are still among the most difficult magic you will be tested on in your [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L]].|[[Professor]] [[McGonagall]] regarding Vanishing Spells|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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Vanishment is moderately difficult - learnt in Fourth Year and up - and is considered one of the hardest transfigurations to be tested on in one's O.W.L. and the difficulty of the vanishment to be performed positively correlates with the complexity of the organism to be vanished (for example, invertebrates are easier to Vanish than vertebrates)
  
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Compared to the other three branches, Vanishment appears moderately difficult - it is taught in fourth year at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] and up - and is considered one of the hardest transfigurations to be tested on in one's O.W.L.
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The difficulty of the Vanishment to be performed positively correlates with the complexity of the organism to be vanished. For example, invertebrates are easier to vanish than vertebrates, whilst mammals are more difficult.<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]], "The Hogwarts High Inquisitor", page 287</ref>
   
 
==Methods==
  
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There are several methods one can employ to Vanish an object, described below.
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There are several methods one can employ to vanish an object, described below.
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Unlike [[Conjuration|conjuring spells]], vanishing spells all follow the same formula of "X Evanesco", where X is the name of the object to be vanished and ''Evanesco'' is Latin for "disappear".
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Unlike [[Conjuration|Conjuring Spells]], Vanishing spells all follow the same, simple incantation - ''Evanesco,'' Latin for "disappear". The intent of the caster directs the spell, vanishing the target.
   
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===The Vanishing Cabinet===
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{{Main|Vanishing Cabinet}}
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The [[Vanishing Cabinet]] is a special piece of furniture in [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] that randomly Vanishes & reappears. As such, it be used to vanish things for a variable but finite length of time (since the cabinet always reappears at some point in the future).
   
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===The Room of Requirement===
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The [[Vanishing Cabinet]] is a special piece of furniture in [[Hogwarts]] that randomly vanishes & reappears. As such, it be used to vanish things for a variable but finite (since the cabinet always reappears sooner or later).
  
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Like the Vanishing Cabinet, the [[Room of Requirement]] also appears and reappears, though in accordance with one's wishes. Things left in the Room after one no longer has need of it will be vanished along with the Room itself until a later date (when one has need of that specific object, at which point it will be conjured up inside the Room for them to retrieve).
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==Practitioners==
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Like the Vanishing Cabinet the [[Room of Requirement]] also appears and reappears, but in accordance with one's wishes. Things left in the Room after one no longer has need of it will be Vanished along with the Room itself until a later date (when one has need of that specific object).
  
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*Various [[fifth year]] students<ref name="OotP13"/>
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*[[Babbitty]]<ref name="tToBtB">''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)]]''</ref>
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*[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="OotP13">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter Thirteen - Detention with Dolores'')</ref>
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*[[Severus Snape]]<ref name="OotP17">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter Seventeen - Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four'')</ref>
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*[[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]]<ref name= "OotP">{{OOTP}}</ref>
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*[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="OotP31">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter thirty-one - O.W.L.S'')</ref>
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
  
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*[[Vanishing sickness]] is a wizarding illness treated at [[St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries]]. Is is unknown is vanishing is the cause or effect of this illness though it appears to be related to the contraction of some sort of magical bug (since it is treated in the "Magical Bugs" section of St. Mungo's).
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*[[Vanishing sickness]] is a wizarding illness treated at [[St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries]]. It is unknown if Vanishing is the cause or effect of this illness though it appears to be related to the contraction of some sort of magical bug (since it is treated in the "Magical Bugs" section of St. Mungo's).<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]], "St. Mungo's Hospital", page 429</ref>
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*According to [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]], it may be possible to Vanish both inanimate and animate objects.
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*It is unknown if the Vanishment of a living creature would result in said creature's death, or merely send it into a conscious, intermediate state until it is naturally Conjured back into existence. According to [[Minerva McGonagall]], Vanished objects enter "everything", possibly suggesting that Vanished entities do have some form of existence, albeit an unknown kind.
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*It may be possible to retrieve Vanished objects, as Bill Weasley possibly Vanished some of the Order of the Phoenix's plans in order to hide them (though it is also possible that he used a teleportation spell).
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==See also==
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*[[Partial Vanishment]]
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==Appearances==
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{Comment|[[Vanishing Cabinet]]}} {{mention}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{1st}} {{Comment|[[Vanishing spell]]s and [[Vanishing Cabinet]], the latter mentioned only}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' {{1st}} {{Comment|[[Room of Requirement]] and [[Vanishing Sickness]], the latter mentioned only}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{Comment|[[Vanishing Cabinet]] and [[Room of Requirement]], the latter only seen from outside}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]'' {{Comment|[[Vanishing Cabinet]] and [[Room of Requirement]]}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]'' {{Comment|[[Vanishing Cabinet]]}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]] ''{{Comment|[[Room of Requirement]]}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' {{Comment|[[Room of Requirement]]}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)]]'' {{Comment|[[Room of Requirement]]}}
   
 
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Vanishment is the art of vanishing objects i.e., causing object to cease to exist[1]. It is one of the four branches of Transfiguration, and is the opposite of Conjuration (another branch), which brings objects into existence.

Nature

"So... today we are starting Vanishing Spells. These are easier than Conjuring Spells, which you would not usually attempt until N.E.W.T. level, but they are still among the most difficult magic you will be tested on in your O.W.L."
— Professor McGonagall regarding Vanishing Spells[src]

Compared to the other three branches, Vanishment appears moderately difficult - it is taught in fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and up - and is considered one of the hardest transfigurations to be tested on in one's O.W.L.

The difficulty of the Vanishment to be performed positively correlates with the complexity of the organism to be vanished. For example, invertebrates are easier to vanish than vertebrates, whilst mammals are more difficult.[2]

Methods

There are several methods one can employ to vanish an object, described below.

Vanishing Spells

Main article: Vanishing spell

Unlike Conjuring Spells, Vanishing spells all follow the same, simple incantation - Evanesco, Latin for "disappear". The intent of the caster directs the spell, vanishing the target.

The Vanishing Cabinet

Main article: Vanishing Cabinet

The Vanishing Cabinet is a special piece of furniture in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that randomly Vanishes & reappears. As such, it be used to vanish things for a variable but finite length of time (since the cabinet always reappears at some point in the future).

The Room of Requirement

Main article: Room of Requirement

Like the Vanishing Cabinet, the Room of Requirement also appears and reappears, though in accordance with one's wishes. Things left in the Room after one no longer has need of it will be vanished along with the Room itself until a later date (when one has need of that specific object, at which point it will be conjured up inside the Room for them to retrieve).

Practitioners

Behind the scenes

  • Vanishing sickness is a wizarding illness treated at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. It is unknown if Vanishing is the cause or effect of this illness though it appears to be related to the contraction of some sort of magical bug (since it is treated in the "Magical Bugs" section of St. Mungo's).[8]
  • According to W.O.M.B.A.T., it may be possible to Vanish both inanimate and animate objects.
  • It is unknown if the Vanishment of a living creature would result in said creature's death, or merely send it into a conscious, intermediate state until it is naturally Conjured back into existence. According to Minerva McGonagall, Vanished objects enter "everything", possibly suggesting that Vanished entities do have some form of existence, albeit an unknown kind.
  • It may be possible to retrieve Vanished objects, as Bill Weasley possibly Vanished some of the Order of the Phoenix's plans in order to hide them (though it is also possible that he used a teleportation spell).

See also

Appearances

Notes and References

  1. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 30, "[Vanished objects go] into non-being, which is to say, everything." - Prof. McGonagall.
  2. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, "The Hogwarts High Inquisitor", page 287
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Thirteen - Detention with Dolores)
  4. ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Seventeen - Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four)
  6. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  7. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter thirty-one - O.W.L.S)
  8. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, "St. Mungo's Hospital", page 429
Transfiguration (class)
COS Vera Verto demo
Branches of Transfiguration Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration
Notable practitioners Circe · Emeric Switch · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell
Professors Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall · Charles Rookwood · Matilda Weasley
Textbooks A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Transfiguration spells taught at Hogwarts
Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Change of hair colour and style (Crinus Muto) · Hardening Charm (Duro) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Partial Vanishment · Reparifarge · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Switching Spell · Vanishing Spell (Evanesco)
Conjuring Spells Bird-Conjuring Charm (Avis) · Inanimatus Conjurus Spell · Bouquet Spell (Orchideous) · Snake Summons Spell (Serpensortia)
Transforming Spells Animal to water goblet (Vera Verto) · Armadillo to Pillow · Bowling Ball to Balloon · Beetle into Button · Cauldron to badger · Cat to cauldron (Felifors) · Cauldron Cakes to Cabbages · Chair to cat · Cross-Species Switches · Desk Into Pig · Fairy Cakes to Fairies · Feather Duster to Ferret · Ferret to Feather Duster · Gobstone to butterfly · Goldfinch to Golden Snitch · Flobberworm to Fritter · Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes · Guinea fowl to guinea pig · Gobstone to Skunk · Hedgehog to pincushion · King to Rook · Lovebird to Love Note · Match to needle · Meddling Man to Monkey · Mice to Snuffboxes · Owl to Opera Glasses (Strigiforma) · Pawn to Queen · Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) · Puffskein to Paperweight · Rubbish to Raccoon Dog · Small Child to Rat · Small object to dragon (Draconifors) · Snail to Teapot · Target to bird (Avifors) · Target to matchbox (Flintifors) · Target to rabbit (Lapifors) · Teacup into Gerbil · Teacup to Rat · Teapot to Tortoise · Thimble to Thestral · Toad to Toadstool · Tortoise to Trumpet · White rabbits to slippers
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