Vanishing is used to make and object or creature disappear into non-being. When a witch or wizard is young, they can accidentally cause objects or items to vanish, especially when they are angry or upset or in the thrall of any other powerful emotion. The rate of the missing items directly correlates to the age of the witch or wizard, and as they learn control especially after going to a magical school, these accidental Vanishings cease to occur. When youngest witches or wizards accidentally banish their items, sometimes their parents are able to re-conjure them, but sometimes those items remain as non-being. One common misconception is the connection between non-being and banishing. Banishing is a molecular change where the combined substance of an object is dispersed into the surrounding environment, broken up into pieces so small that the object 's essence is expelled, and it can no longer be that object. Non-being is a state that can only be entered through Vanishing. …show more content…
Because of these past mishaps, Vanishing is treated with extreme caution in modern society, even though there has been much more scientific research regarding the method of its casting, how to learn it, and how to minimize the chances of a dangerous mistake. This is important to magic because it can bring objects and creatures into non-being. It 's a frightening power to hold, which is why younger students at Hogwarts and other magical schools do not learn it until they are