Template:A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration - Snail to Teapot

We stay with the living for our next spell, although even the most animal averse of you can't whine about this one - there are no teeth, and no other known attack capabilities of the snails we're about to use. "Snail to Teapot" will, however, introduce us to the concept of staged spells, specifically those requiring more than one phase for completion. In this particular example, there are three parts - first incantation, wand movement, second incantation - each of which must be perfect, and upon each of which we must concentrate entirely in turn.

So, let us look first at the two incantations. There are, respectively, "Paereste!" and "Adegum naisha!". So, individually once more, I recommend you take a few moments to wrap your tongues around those rather different phrases.

Between "Paereste!" and "Adegum naisha!" come three waves of the wand, and it is worth mentioning here that "Paereste!" separates the snail and its shell, the wand waves metamorphosise the components into their parallels for the teapot, and "Adegum naisha!" reunites the adapted form. So, three clear, fluid waves of the wand, let's see you! Good!

Finally, as I indicated, to bring together the reworked elements, we have the second incantation, "Adegum naisha!". In deference to our colleagues in Care, we will not be putting the teapots into use, but I do want to be able to pick the end product up without getting imaginary tea all over my robes!