Dept. of Mysteries (was Re: Dumbledore's Mistake)

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 1733

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Hmmm, lets guess what the dept. of Mysteries does...well it's 
probably a mystery! This is a great coincedence because I was JUST 
reading this in GoF, (Looking for the part that Ebony was asking 
about, someone looking like Snape, and I didn't see it...).  Anywho 
this dept of Mysteries (DoM), could it be where James and Lily 
worked? 

What do we know about the DoM? Not much. We know that Augustus 
Rookwood was working for Voldemort from inside this dept, and that is 
is a part of the ministry of magic.
 
There are two basic interpretations of what the DoM might do.  1) 
Nobody knows...that's why it is a mystery  2)  They department works 
on solving and discovering ancient mysteries, this could be like any 
profession from Archeologist to Historian...(Maybe the Author of 
"Hogworts: A History" worked in this dept...

Scott

KELLEY WROTE
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>I didn't notice that about the McKinnons.  And, didn't JKR say the 
> revelation of Lily's and James' "jobs" would be important?  More so 
> than just why does Harry have so much money, anyway.  That's quite 
a 
> good point.  I wonder if it has anything to do with the Department 
of 
> Mysteries?  Isn't that what it's called?  Someone in GoF was 
supposed 
> to have worked here, and no one knew what he did, or what this 
> department even does, right?