Talk:Spell

I'm considering adding the following bit to this, but I'd like to run it past everyone else first:

It remains an open question whether a wizard or witch can in fact "invent" a new spell or if all such incantations have instead stood incorporated into the principles of sorcery for the entire history of magic. For example, Severus Snape can probably be credited with the introduction of spells like Levicorpus and Sectumsempra to Hogwarts, but whether he actually "created" such incantations, simply discovered them by accident, or learned of them from an outside source (as Harry in turn learns of them from the writing of the "Half-Blood Prince'') is unclear.

--Lenoxus 12:09, 26 July 2006 (UTC)