Extraxi Memoria
Spell Name: Memory Extraction Charm
Incantation: Extraxi Memoria
Pronunciation: ex-TRAX-ee meh-MOR-ee-uh
Spell Branch: Charms
Magical Discipline(s):
Appearance: Silvery threads hanging from the end of the wand
Description: Used usually wordlessly, or quietly to remove the memory that has been brought to the surface, and decant into a pensieve or other suitable container.
Regulations: Legal
Skill Level: Advanced
Etymology: From Latin extrahoextraxiextractum, “drag out, extract, remove”, and memoria, “memory”
References:
- Used by Dumbledore in the presence of Harry (wordlessly)
- Tapendra Trishna attempts to use it to extract memories, but finds them unclear [1]
- Ignan Storm mentions the spell to his seventh year students [2]
- Ignan Storm asks Alvis Norling if he has used the spell [3]
- Lawrence Musgrave extracts several pertinent memories ahead of a Ministry obliviation and entrusts them to Harper Graves [4]
Notes: Tapendra Trishna attempted to use the spell to extract memories into a pensieve but found them 'like a book with all the ink slightly run, or they end too quickly'. When he consulted Ignan Storm, his fellow professor suggested that if the thoughts were difficult to concentrate on, 'you're not able to fully commit to pulling the memory to the front of your mind, it will be bleeding.' Carry That Weight, April 17 2009
