“Well, let us begin at the beginning. When you were born, James was so happy that he couldn’t touch his wand without it glowing gold, for a whole week. And even after that, whenever he held you, or saw Lily holding you, or just thought of you, it would happen again—”
So, no.
Which is the better strategy for them when confronting Voldemort?
The better strategy is “run (and/or portkey, fly, apparate, floo, etc)”. The fact that they didn’t do this probably has to do with the fact that they were taken completely by surprise in their place of safety.
Rituals have got to require more than you say, otherwise every promise of something for something would become a dark ritual.
And yes, the fact that if rituals could be done accidentally the world would look different is the main argument against this idea. Which is why its proponents have started to come up with conspiracy theories about Dumbledore planning everything, etc.
From the current version:
So, no.
The better strategy is “run (and/or portkey, fly, apparate, floo, etc)”. The fact that they didn’t do this probably has to do with the fact that they were taken completely by surprise in their place of safety.
And yes, the fact that if rituals could be done accidentally the world would look different is the main argument against this idea. Which is why its proponents have started to come up with conspiracy theories about Dumbledore planning everything, etc.