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

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 1824

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Scott " <harry_potter00 at y...> 
wrote:
> >
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 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

So perhaps James and Lily did work for this Dept.  Since we know so 
little about it, and them, it's certainly a possibility.  What would 
it mean if the author of "Hogwarts: A History"  worked there?  Do we 
even know who the author is?  This made me think of something else-- 
was Salazar Slytherin not always evil?  I say this because apparently 
Gryff, Huffle, and Raven, are 'good' and 'noble', and if this is so, 
why would these three found a school with an evil guy?  Did he turn 
evil after he and Gryff disagreed over allowing muggle-borns in?  Any 
ideas?

Kelley