[HPforGrownups] Divining and Predictions in the Wizarding World.

[Suzanne Chiles]

No: HPFGUIDX 44049

Psycho (hope you don't mind the nickname) said ...


> With all of the skepticism and disbelief that Professor Trelawney is
> faced with by both students and teachers at Hogwarts, I can't help
> but wonder if this is the norm for the Wizarding World?

Well, McGonnagal (sp?) makes no secret that she thinks it's not a rigorous
subject, and I have the feeling that many in the wizarding community share
that feeling about the "soft science" of the seer.

But I also get the feeling that Trelawny is probably treated with more
disdain than other seers in the wizard world.

But let's look at her prediction in Book 3. She's wasn't acting her normal
self at all; she seemed to go into some kind of trance and spoke in a very
strange voice.

My little pet theory is that she does indeed have some psychic powers, but
nothing all that great. I believe that her performance at the end of PoA was
more like she was channeling the spirit of the
as-yet-not-reborn-and-come-back-to-life Voldemort and that he was using her
to speak for him.

I think the channeling theory may be a good one. She is psychic to a degree,
so her mind is certainly open to a spirit wanting to take over for a bit.
And she does seem to be a bit of a space cadet, so there's plenty of room
for someone else to move in for a bit. And finally, I do sincerely believe
her when she said that she had no memory of what was said at all.

Suzanne, who knows a few people who study the spiritual advice of some
ancient guy called Ramtha and who speaks through a real estate agent (who
has grown quite wealthy as a result of this; I mean, who am I to say it's a
complete fake?)