Stone archway in Death Chamber

[doddiemoemoe]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Sarah" <plungy116 at a...> 
wrote:

> What I want to know is "what is the fascination, the mesmerising 
> quality of the archway that scares Hermione and entrances Harry?"  
> What intrigues him?  What makes him want to walk through it?  Why 
can 
> only Luna and Harry hear the voices and not Neville? (thinking 
along 
> the lines of the Thestrals).  Why does it enthrall Harry, Ginny 
and 
> Neville and yet Ron seems indifferent and Hermione seems 
absolutely 
> terrified?
> 
> Maybe I'm a bit slow and these thoughts had never really occured 
to 
> me before, but this time it really jumped out at me as possibly 
> significant.
> Anyway, I look forward to some interesting theories.
> Sarah xx

This section of the book jumps out at me too....

Most doorways do not only go one way...if you can enter them, you 
should be able to exit them as well...

Perhaps those who died "with a message" for someone can communicate
(but not return) through the veil!  Hence the significance of 
mirrors..including the mirror Sirius gave Harry.  Harry may have 
forgotten all about the mirror...but Sirius probably would have kept 
it with him at all times in case Harry needed him and also because 
he was longing for company.  Perhaps the message from Harry/Luna's 
parents would be more pressing/urgent/necessary since their deaths 
were sudden...more than any of Neville/Ginny's relatives who are on 
the other side of the veil...(Neville's Grandad and Ginny's uncles 
Gideon and Fabian Prewett.

Also one thing about the mirror Sirius gave to Harry was that time 
and space matter regarding magic and Harry may simply have to wait 
or be close to the veil to communicate with Sirius on the other 
side.  This is as far as my mind has gone thus far.

Ron tends to be rather insisitive to Nearly Headless Nick, and 
reacts with incredulty when fake Moody AK's the Spider in class...so 
we see that he is not too proccupied with death...and Hermione shys 
away from what she cannot grasp/understand fully...hence she doesn't 
want to hurt Nick's feelings..but the deathday party did seem to 
creep her out a bit.

According to "mythical/wizard/masonic" legend the veil is supposed 
to be the uniting of wands creating an archway where the world is 
complete and life and death meet..(found this information when I was 
researching arches and veils way back in the day when I took a 
comparative religion class)

Doddie
(putting in her fake wands worth)