Divination

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No: HPFGUIDX 36420

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "ccnightrider" <ccnightrider at y...> wrote:
> Throughout the canon, various characters (Harry, Ron, Dumbledore, 
> Hermione, et al) express suspicion towards divination.  Do you
think 
> the wizarding world at large thinks divination is imprecise and 
> untrustworthy, or just our heroes?
> -Morgan
> www.morganmalfoy.blogspot.com

People don't seem to recognise what divination is.  Trelawney doesn't
seem to define it, so the students don't know exactly what they're 
doing.

Moreover, Trelawney doesn't seem to be able to verify the 
students' work. Harry's reading of the Beaky scene in the 
crystal ball, for example, is very different from what she expects.
But she doesn't call his bluff, if it was a bluff.  Of course, it was
verified by Beaky's escape, IIRC before final marks were given
for the term.  But, then, it might be the other way around. JKR
didn't tell us that Harry didn't see anything; that's an assumtion
on our part.  Might it be that Harry's visualization of Beaky
flying away brought the event about, as did Ron's "prediction"
of almost drowning?

This might explain why wizards are a little chary of divination --
Be careful what you predict!

Tex