For centuries we have been conditioned with the idea that wands and staffs are the sources of magic rather than simply tools to channel it. Look at the house elves. They perform incredibly powerful magic and can apparate where no wizard can, and yet they have no wands. Magic is not in the wand but in the water, the air we breathe, and the soil beneath our feet. This is why potion craft is the only noble art of the true magician. A potion extracts the purest magical virtue from the elements and distils it in the exact amount required. The wand is the tool of the primitive. A true sorcerer uses the pestle and mortar.