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Starbreeze 
"Yes, but," Eino raised his hand and joined their conversation in a polite manner. "There are three elements that create magic: the wand movement, the incantation, and the intent. Of the three, the intent is the only one that must always be present. Experienced wizards and witches can cast spells nonverbally, that is, without the incantation, and they often find shortcuts to the wand movement. Not to mention that certain wizards and witches can even cast spells without a wand. However, they must always use intent to create the magic." The way children discovered they were magical was by creating magic solely with intent, and without the present of a wand and incantation. "So, you can cause harm with the magic, because it is born," for a lack of a better word "from intent, but should that make all spells that can harm dark? That is what we are trying to define." Eino didn't think so. He still believed that dark arts were types of magic that only had one purpose, which was to harm.
Salander angled his head when a familiar voice chipped in his two bits.
"Hmmm, well firstly Dark Arts is constantly changing..." there was a book entry that said that right?
"... so if one wants to get technical about it, the answer is yes." he said with a nonchalant shrug
"BUT, that is why we go to school to learn magic. If magic was as simple and straightforward as text in a book, then we wouldnt bother with Hogwarts would we? We'd be grabbing a book from Flourish and Blotts under their Do-It-Yourself projects."
He leaned back in his seat, addressing the class in general now.
"Our mentors dont just teach us the simple things like wand movement and incantation, they teach us the finer points of magic, they teach us how to hone our intentions, refine them and harness our energy to maximize the use of a spell or potion-- whether that be for good or for evil." Well they are in Hogwarts so its a bit more of the former than the latter.