What u think???

It will as soon as I have 2 billion dollars.

Without sounding rude, i really hope you are under 10 years old.
no i dosent exist or anything like it, it was concieved and imagined all inside the head or its creator J K Rowling.

Add a poll so I can vote NO!

Yeah sure it does! And magical unicorns prance merrily in a world of happy laughter and fun! And money will fly out my a*se! And idiots who waste my time will be shot and killed!

Lol, but seriously you are kidding right?

I can't help but giggle when I imagine the OP's avatar asking that question the way he does.

A good looking dude, coming up to someone - "Harry Potter magic school exist? What you think?"

Man. This is getting silly. And NO it does not.

"Hollow Earth"?
Opening at the artic, antartic, and other places?

Why do you all have to be ridiculous. and unfun.

it is totally plausible that a magic school exists (not like hogwarts)

But where do you think Druids learned? and what do they do at Magnet schools? and where do you think magicians were before they took thei apprenticeships.

Like the others, I really do hope you're a kid. However much the idea sounds fantastic and extraordinary, no. JK Rowling's universe is original and unique, yes, but magic in that form just doesn't exist. There are different magics and realities, but absolutely nothing to the extent of Harry Potter. Of course, I love HP, I'm booking a trip to the theme park that opens in 2010 for the very first day regardless of how much it costs, but it just doesn't exist. It can't. Things just don't work that way. Different "schools" exist, but you won't find anything like Hogwarts. You can find covens and communities of Pagans/witches that will teach, but you may be disappointed to find that the magic in this world is considerably different than in Harry's.

No.


HN

No, but there are werewolf schools. And dragon academies.

You forgot vampire boarding schools.

A little offtopic but: No, no , no. Harry Potter is neither unique nor original. It is a wildly successful series of novels that people who know nothing of fantasy and science fiction as a genre believe is something new.

Enlighten me, because I've never heard of another book remotely similar to this. Given the critisim it received in modern times, I could not fathom a similar storyline at any other time. A wizarding school for eleven year olds? I've never heard of anything else--the morals and plot (good verses evil, good prevails) are universal, but the characters, the setting, and the rest of it?

Ever heard of the book "The name of the wind"? Or "Shaman crossing"?

To the op, no way that magic schools exist. I mean, it did before, but no one with the knowledge can teach away like in the old times. So literaly it means the magic schools have died out, they are no more. And even if you meat someone that say they know about one... It's not a magic school. Truly the knowledge is lost to magic users, and to wagily scaterd. It will take centuaries before someone with enough knowledge is abel to teach away knowledge as they'll have to learn it all anew.

And the magic is not so simple as they say in HP (Harry Potter) or like the ones in other magic books.
So even if there is a hiden magic school it's not the same things as what you read about (mosty) or see movies of.

Nope.

If there is I hope they do a better job

"I shall wave this stick around and yell Latin!"
"...I have a gun."

Oh wow. This is really getting silly now.

http://moderate-mind.deviantart.com/art/Vo...ack-Up-41849295 Like this?!

(In reality, I would prefer the wand. They'd never know the cause of death. Easy escape. Much more realiable. ;D Plus, you'd never have to do anything yourself. Completely realistic.)

Nope there isn't, but there are Witch, Wicca, Druid, and etc schools around long before JK Rawlings picked up a pen. Learning is an important part of any Pagan belief system. The witchcraft of Potter fame doesn't have any resemblance to real witchcraft. Most people learn witchcraft from a coven, circle and books. There is a saying in Pagan circles if a teacher is needed one will be sent. I have found this to be true more often than not.

Here are some schools;
http://www.greyschool.com/index.php
http://www.witchschool.com/
http://www.workingwitches.com/

What a scam they are charging for religion and to make it worse this is being targeted towards children I believe. A good rule of thumb when it comes to real magic is never pay for services but be sure to donate something, it does not even have to be money, to the person helping you. As far as learning magic or any belief system you should never have to pay for services but most places as usual accept donations even if such is simply taking a plate of food so others can eat and hopefully they brought a plate as well so everyone can share.

Oh how I wish there were.....

I remember in 5th grade, after I saw the first Harry Potter movie in theatres, I waited all that summer for a Hogwarts letter to come from an owl to my house; but it never came.

I've never read any Harry Potter or seen any of the movies so I have no idea what that school is portrayed like.

But with that said, magic schools do exist, in the form of Mystery Schools and Secret Orders / societies / fraternities that teaches and practices the occult. Look up Golden Dawn, Rosicrucian Order, Ordo Templi Orientis, the Martinist Order etc. Here is a big list of a big bunch of information on most of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_orders

And some information on magic and various traditions that are practiced within many of these orders:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(paranormal)

-EA

Hahaha! Yes the juxtaposition of suave and stupid would almost be too much to handle.

There should be an IQ test along with registration to the forum...

Check out the Vampire ~ Rosario school for monsters

lol the closest you'l get to a magic school is probably a practicing coven of pagans/witchs

edit: but the above posters have proved me somewhat wrong.

Psh like vamps could be in a boarding school hahaha obviously you have no clue about their nature

I believe in the magic schools. Everything is possible. Being open with imagination creates realities within a universe of your creating. Those who don't believe won't ever have the joy of existing in that dimension until they open their minds and hearts to reality past their nose.

Does the magic school exist in this dimension? I don't think so.

agreed,the amount of alternate universes has my mind everwondering,they may be one with an active God,different laws of physics,Harry-Potterlike magick.....the possibilities are endless

Unfortunately we are trapped in the boring world.

No Wingardieum Leviosa's for us.

Magic school like Hogwarts? Please. You kids watch too many movies.

Now JEDI school, THAT is real. I'm three weeks away from my BA in the Force, and my lightsaber teacher says I'm a natural. I'm hoping to go on to complete my doctorate in Warp Engine physics in the next few years, but I have to seek if I can get another loan for space-credits first.

LMFAO! If there was there would be a large lack of funnies to laugh at. Examples, I'm a vamp,werewolf, magic school student, and my personal fav. Blossom GoodFraud.

Hey, you should take the test on iqtest.com. It's such a scam. It's impossible to score below 120. Trust me, I've tried. Even answering questions randomly, you never score below average.

And then at the end of the "test", they try to sell you an information package which will "explain" to you what your score means.

But yes, the forums registration should have a skill testing question.

To turn it around some, where do the ideas, visions and thoughts that creates such stories come from? What is the source behind fantasy realms? What is there before a thought is manifested and brought to the surface of your mind, and then perhaps expressed further such as into a story, painting, art etc? The same applies for dreams.

-EA

Art imitates life. A Fantasy realm is really an extension of it's author, symbolic of aspects of humanity it's self. Desire is not always within the bounds of reality, and when it isn't, we create a world of imagination which within we can fulfill those desires.

I agree completely. When I write, I write about things I want to see or places I want to go, things I want to exist, though I know they can't. I know a LOT of authors that would say the complete opposite, like it was some sort of disgrace to say, "Oh, I write about where I want to go!" No, I know too many people that would say, "No, it's just a place I thought up in a dream once. I have no connection to it at all. Completely on its own." I think it's a great talent to manufacture such extravagant places on your own, I think highly of original authors. I think most highly of Rowling, mostly, because she has actually done her research when it comes to mythology in her stories. There are TOO many authors that disregard history and the mythology in that when they write, recreating everything. I love the way Rowling incorporates all sorts of different views into Harry Potter, I think it really brings things back to life.

maybe yes maybe no....i think there is magic and people do it with only twos and threes not a school.

the Wizard of Earth Sea
Lord of the rings (no magic school, but talking trees, giant spiders, omg do I have to go on about how much she ripped of Tolkein?)
The entire legend of Avalon (a secret Druid school).
I could probably think of more, but I'm getting bored.

I knew LotR would get mentioned. But you do realize that LotR and Harry Potter use the same elements in mythology because, I don't know, maybe, they both incorporated mythological elements? No one ripped anyone off, unless you count that both Tolkein and Rowling read their mythology books and got their ideas from that. Do your research about mythical beasts and beliefs and you'll come to find that Tolkien and Rowling both have gotten their ideas from the same mythological backgrounds. If you actually compare the two, you might even notice that Rowling's depiction of the creatures she uses are very childish--the Whomping Willow, house-elves, trolls, and the like are based lightly on their mythological counterparts, while sporting a very childish atmosphere, in comparison to Tolkien's creatures that are much more adult.

Earthsea is also very different... Wizardry and the school on Roke island is about ALL I can find as far as similarity. Again, like LotR, the plotline is much more adult and the characters are (yet again) heavily influenced by mythology--which, last time I checked, was not against the rules. Plenty of authors reference mythology for their stories, and I don't believe anyone is ripping anyone else off when they do so.

"Legend of Avalon". A legend. A myth--not a publicized piece of literature that has copyrights and trademarks. I've read TONS of other books that "rip off" Avalon and King Arther, but I really don't think anyone has a beef about The Sword in the Stone, The Seeking Stone, The Dragon Queen, or other suck Avalon-based books. :/

Again. Mythology is the basis for many storylines, and when you incorporate mythological creatures and legends into your story, you cannot claim that one author has openly plagiarized another simply because they use the same creatures, or call them by the same names. Look back into the history books, and you will find that that's what they were truly referenced as in the Iron Age, or in the Renaissance, or in the Middle Ages... No one has ripped anyone off, the only thing that can be said here is that Rowling has done her homework, and just maybe, found inspiration in certain authors--which, I don't believe, is against the rules.


Edit: And for the record, there aren't any talking trees in HP. Giant spiders, yes, but again, reference your mythology books and you will find that such things were believed to exist.

Ahem, if I may ask you all very kindly not to feed the troll, he is full for today, and giving him more food would simply serve to make him fatter, instead of quench his hunger.

I know at least that my own writing is usually based on either own "made up" things, or things that has been "received" or "experienced" from/in an outside environment without physically being there. Sometimes a combination. The interesting thing is that we seem to create the places we "make up" as a "real" place we can visit frequently later if we want/know how to. Also, on the received/experienced material the information can be quite mindblowing and I like to write down the most interesting ones for later reading or to re-visit the places/contact the sources again.

Neat beings we are =)

-EA

Do they?

Well, I wish it does. That would be cool, no math and no chemistry........all magic!!

There may as well be a magic school!!! Where do you think Disney gets its magic???

Perhaps in books and television shows.....

In real life, all you need to know is within. Have you tried to look for this magic school inside of yourself?

I win

I could not agree more.

Science is starting to recognize the power of the mind. There are also many insights that can be acquired through reading channeled information and talking with yourself.

The application of those insights will lead to experiences that provide greater understanding and eventually some degree of real knowledge.

John

I'm new to this forum but wow, people are rude.

Strange seeker to answer your question:
I don't think a school like Hogwarts exists (wouldn't that be fantastic).
But there are underground schools that teach occult practices etc ect.
And if you think of the Ramtha school of enlightenment-it is a school that teaches ancient wisdom and teaches students how to do psychokinesis and the likes.
If you ever find a Hogwarts, let me know