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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 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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== History ==
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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|The contents of Harry’s potion vanished; he was left standing foolishly beside an empty cauldron.|[[Professor]] [[Severus Snape|Snape]] vanishes a [[Draught of Peace]] potion|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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Professor [[Minerva McGonagall]] introduced Vanishment to her class in the form of the Vanishing [[Spell]] in her very first [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration class]] with the [[fifth year]] students in 1995, giving them a lecture and then setting them on vanishing [[snail]]s.<ref name="OotP132">{{OOTP}} ([[Minerva McGonagall|Chapter Thirteen - Detention with Dolores]])
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When none of the students except [[Hermione Granger]] could perform the spell properly, Professor McGonagall told the students to practise the spell overnight, for a fresh start [[4 September|the next day]].<ref name="OotP132" />
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In [[4 September|their second lesson]], the students were given questions on the Vanishing Spell for homework.<ref name="OotP132" /> On the [[6 September|6th]], however, the students were given a break from this [[spell]] and instead were given a long and difficult essay on the [[Inanimatus Conjurus Spell]].<ref name="OotP14">{{OOTP}} ([[Partial Vanishment|Chapter Fourteen - Percy and Padfoot]])
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Later on in the year, [[Professor]] [[Minerva McGonagall|McGonagall]] returned the class to Vanishing Spells, this time working to make [[Mouse|mice]] disappear.<ref name="OotP15">{{OOTP}} (''Chapter Fifteen - The Hogwarts High Inquisitor'')
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</ref> However, in the week leading up to the [[Gryffindor]]-[[Slytherin]] match, she abstained from giving them homework so that the [[Gryffindor Quidditch team]] could practise.<ref name="OotP19">{{OOTP}} ([[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets|Chapter Nineteen - The Lion and the Serpent]])
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</ref> Later in the year during O.W.L. exams Vanishment was apart of the Transfiguration practical in, as predicted by Professor McGonagall.
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Severus Snape also used Vanishment in 1995 as a means to get rid of Harry Potter's [[Draught of Peace]] potion. In 1997 Harry Potter used a form of Vanishment to rid himself of a snake that had crossed this path during his Hunt for [[Horcruxs]].
 
==Nature==
  
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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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{{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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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.<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]], "The Hogwarts High Inquisitor", page 287</ref>
  
   
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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> [[Minerva McGonagall]] stated in May of [[1998]] that Vanished objects go "''into non-being, which is to say, everything''".<ref>{{DH}}
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==Methods==
  
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There are several methods one can employ to Vanish an object, described below.
  
   
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=== Methods ===
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There are several methods one can employ to vanish an object, described below.
   
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==== Vanishing Spells ====
 
{{Main|Vanishing spell}}
  
{{Main|Vanishing spell}}
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Unlike [[Conjuration|Conjuring Spells]], Vanishing spells all follow the same, simple incantation — ''Evanesco,'' Latin for "disappear". This is the only vanishing spell taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it seems to act as the general vanishing spell, for anything the caster wishes to vanish. The intent of the caster directs the spell, vanishing the target. Everything vanished by use of this spell goes into non-being.
   
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==== The Vanishing Cabinet ====
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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===
  
 
{{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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[[File:Vanishingcabinet1.jpg|thumb|246x246px|The Vanishing Cabinet located in Hogwarts|left]]
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===The Room of Requirement===
  
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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). The condition of the cabinet, determines weather or not the vanished object will appear in its twin cabinet after the object has been vanished, if the cabinet is broken or defective then the vanishment''' '''will not be hundred percent effective and the object will be trapped in a limbo like state.
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A pair of Vanishing Cabinets''' '''will act as a passage between two places. Objects placed in one cabinet will appear in the other. The cabinets seem to ward off all known [[defensive spells]], as they were successfully used to transport several Death Eaters from Borgin and Burkes into Hogwarts school.
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==== The Room of Requirement ====
 
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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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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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==Known practitioners==
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==Behind the scenes==
  
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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.
  
*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.
 
*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 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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*It may be possible to retrieve Vanished objects, as Bill Weasley Vanished some of the Order of the Phoenix's plans in order to hide them
   
 
==See also==
  
==See also==

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"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]

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.

History

"The contents of Harry’s potion vanished; he was left standing foolishly beside an empty cauldron."
— Professor Snape vanishes a Draught of Peace potion[src]

Professor Minerva McGonagall introduced Vanishment to her class in the form of the Vanishing Spell in her very first Transfiguration class with the fifth year students in 1995, giving them a lecture and then setting them on vanishing snails.[2]

When none of the students except Hermione Granger could perform the spell properly, Professor McGonagall told the students to practise the spell overnight, for a fresh start the next day.[2]

In their second lesson, the students were given questions on the Vanishing Spell for homework.[2] On the 6th, however, the students were given a break from this spell and instead were given a long and difficult essay on the Inanimatus Conjurus Spell.[3]

Later on in the year, Professor McGonagall returned the class to Vanishing Spells, this time working to make mice disappear.[4] However, in the week leading up to the Gryffindor-Slytherin match, she abstained from giving them homework so that the Gryffindor Quidditch team could practise.[5] Later in the year during O.W.L. exams Vanishment was apart of the Transfiguration practical in, as predicted by Professor McGonagall.

Severus Snape also used Vanishment in 1995 as a means to get rid of Harry Potter's Draught of Peace potion. In 1997 Harry Potter used a form of Vanishment to rid himself of a snake that had crossed this path during his Hunt for Horcruxs.

Nature

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.[6] Minerva McGonagall stated in May of 1998 that Vanished objects go "into non-being, which is to say, everything".[7]

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". This is the only vanishing spell taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it seems to act as the general vanishing spell, for anything the caster wishes to vanish. The intent of the caster directs the spell, vanishing the target. Everything vanished by use of this spell goes into non-being.

The Vanishing Cabinet

Main article: Vanishing Cabinet
Vanishingcabinet1

The Vanishing Cabinet located in Hogwarts

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 condition of the cabinet, determines weather or not the vanished object will appear in its twin cabinet after the object has been vanished, if the cabinet is broken or defective then the vanishment will not be hundred percent effective and the object will be trapped in a limbo like state.

A pair of Vanishing Cabinets will act as a passage between two places. Objects placed in one cabinet will appear in the other. The cabinets seem to ward off all known defensive spells, as they were successfully used to transport several Death Eaters from Borgin and Burkes into Hogwarts school.

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).

Known 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).[13]
  • 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 Vanished some of the Order of the Phoenix's plans in order to hide them

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Thirteen - Detention with Dolores)
  3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Fourteen - Percy and Padfoot)
  4. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Fifteen - The Hogwarts High Inquisitor)
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Nineteen - The Lion and the Serpent)
  6. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, "The Hogwarts High Inquisitor", page 287
  7. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  8. ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Thirteen - Detention with Dolores)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter Seventeen - Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four)
  11. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  12. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Chapter thirty-one - O.W.L.S)
  13. ↑ 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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