HPL: Encyclopedia of Spells

Babbling Curse

no incantation given

Exact effect not mentioned, but one can assume it causes the victim to babble.

Lockhart supposedly cured a simple Transylvanian villager of this affliction (CS10).

Banishing Charm
reverse of "Summoning Charm"

no incantation given

Sends an object away from the caster.

Harry and his classmates practiced this spell in their fourth-year Charms class. Flitwick found himself being "banished" around the room by Neville, whose aim wasn't very good (GF26)

Bewitched Sleep

no incantation given

Puts someone into a deep sleep; subjects are in a state almost like suspended animation and do not breathe for the duration of the spell.

Dumbledore placed Cho, Ron, Hermione, and Gabrielle Delacour into this kind of sleep while they were "captured" by the merpeople in the lake (GF27)

Binding/Fastening magic

no incantation given

Spells which fasten chains or ropes to restrain someone or something

Dragon keepers use this magic to drive stakes into the ground to fasten the dragons to (GF19)
the chair in the Court of Magical Law magically restrained the accused using ropes (GF
Snape fired ropes from his wand to bind Sirius Black (PA
Pettigrew bound Harry to the tombstone of Tom Riddle Sr. with a binding spell (GF

Blasting Curse

no incantation given

Useful spell for Wizarding Duels.

In the All-England Wizarding Duelling Competition of 1420, Alberta Toothill defeated Samson Wiblin, who was the favorite, using a Blasting Curse. (fw27)

Bluebell flames

"bluebell" flower with blue blossoms

Creates a quantity of blue flame which can be directed to a specific place.

Hermione casts a bluebell flame that can be carried around in a jam jar, sent out a short distance, then retrieved into the jar (SS11)
She sends the flame onto Snape's robes (SS11) and against the Devil's Snare plant (SS16).
Portable, waterproof fires are a speciality of hers (CS11).

Bogies, Curse of the
see Curse of the Bogies

Braking Charm

no incantation given

Charm used on a broomstick to allow it to stop effectively.

The Firebolt has an "unbreakable Braking Charm" on it. (PA
the Horton-Keitch Braking Charm is a patented form of the Braking Charm, named after the founders of the Comet Trading Company, which makes the Comet Racing Broom (QA)

Broomstick magic

BRAKING CHARM
CUSHIONING CHARM
When Harry fell off his Nimbus 2000, it didn't fall to the ground but instead drifted away toward the Whomping Willow, which indicates that it had some form of enchantment on it to keep it flying without a rider. (PA
Early broomsticks had only simple spells placed on them. A model on display in the Museum of Quidditch only moves forward at one speed and will move up, down, and stop. (QA)

Bubbles

no incantation given

Spell which pours non-bursting golden bubbles out of the wand.

Flitwich used this spell to create decorations for a Christmas tree in the Great Hall (SS
Ron's broken wand was emiting large purple bubbles at one point, but it's unclear if this was a spell he was casting or just another malfunction (CS13)

Bubble-Head Charm

no incantation given

Encloses the head of the caster with a bubble of breathable air.

Cedric used this spell to travel underwater and rescue Cho in the Second Task (GF26)