Although on the surface, magic appeared morally neutral, the benevolence or malevolence of a spell's nature was tied to the intention behind it. Magic was used for mostly everything, including cooking, cleaning, travelling, communicating, child rearing and medical treatment. Non-magic skills, such as picking a lock with a hairpin rather than an Unlocking Charm, were uncommon to the point of novel rarity. Magic was honed through study, training and formal schooling, but couldn't be simply learnt by Muggles. The International Confederation of Wizards served as a wizarding intergovernmental organisation. Each country had a form of wizarding government to oversee magical affairs in their territory, such as a Ministry of Magic or a Council of Magic. Wizards were forbidden to reveal anything about magic to Muggle society due to the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy. The two communities were kept separate through the use of charms, spells, and secrecy. The wizarding world, also referred to as the magical community, was the society in which wizards and witches lived and interacted, separate from non-wizarding society. Map of the wizarding schools and their locations around the globe It was natural, perhaps, that they formed their own small communities within a community." - The secrecy surrounding the wizarding world " Upon the signature of the International Statute of Secrecy in 1689, wizards went into hiding for good.