Physical presence of Wizarding Geography

[brooksindy]

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From: brooksindy
Subject: Physical presence of Wizarding Geography
Date: 8/15/00 11:32 pm  (ET)

We were wondering about some of this in earlier messages. Are the Leaky
Cauldron, Diagon Alley, Hogwarts & Hogsmeade, and for that matter Platform
9-3/4, and Azkaban, just to name a few, physically in the Muggle spacetime
continuum, generally concealed from Muggle eyes by long-existing cover &
concealment spells. Or are the Cauldron, the Platform, etc. Gates into a
slightly different alternate dimension where much (not all) of the wizard
society exists, with only the wizardly talented able to perceive them? I
lean more & more to really in this world, but concealed, or at best
(for the Alleys, and Gringott's vaults) in only a small pocket reality
just barely off the Muggle one.

Consider - is the route taken by the Express riding an extant, physical,
(possibly abandoned) Muggle track? And we know in PofA that the train
stopped to be boarded by the Dementors. Suppose Malfoy & crew (notice that
Crabbe & Goyle have never been given first names) *had* been tossed off,
where would they be?

And what about Godric's Corner? Part of the concern was to get Harry
out before the muggles came to investigate, right?