Dementor's Kiss v. Death (was Re: Chapter 12 Summary)

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 20230

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., linman6868 at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Melanie Brackney <ilovbrian_99 at y...> 
wrote:
> > It depends - whatever her religious beliefs may be, JKR clearly 
> > shows - via the ghosts - that there is some kind of an afterlife 
in 
> > her magical universe.  So how does having one's soul sucked out 
by 
> a 
> > Dementor affect one's afterlife spiritual status?  My guess is 
that 
> > the Kiss has a most unfavorable effect on same.  I'll stick with 
> > Death.
> > 
> >    - CMC
> > 
> > 
> > The dementors kiss takes away your soul, and you are left with 
> merely a body.  If you don't have a soul it can not ressurect.  Did 
> that make sense?  
> 
> I just imagine someone's soul being eternally digested.  It would 
be 
> a sort of Do-Not-Pass-Go-Do-Not-Collect-$200 way of sending someone 
> to Hell.  Yeah, give me death too.
> 
> Lisa I.

I'm not sure... we could be heading towards a Buffy: Angel gets his 
soul back kind of thing... Nothing is impossible, especially where 
magic is concerned!

Catherine