why does harry have to lose his magic powers

[dcyasser]

No: HPFGUIDX 74743


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dominik_reisner" 
<dominik_reisner at y...> wrote:
> I thought of many things Harry could lose in a fight with 
Voldemort, 
> for instance his sanity or his health, but I doubt that if he`ll 
> lose his magical powers. Why should he? I guess if it were 
possible 
> that wizards can release all their power in a single strike, 
> Dumbledore would have done that, since he cares quite a lot about 
> the WW and especially Harry.
> I also don`t think that LV can take the power of a wizard, 
otherwise 
> he would have done that to surrender his enemies helpless.
> Dominik


Your post brings up another point I've been thinking about in light 
of Harry's predicament, and because Hermione hasn't quoted it to us 
from a history book (yet) I wonder if it is public knowledge: how 
did Dumbledore defeat Grindelwald?  He is not obviously scarred, a 
la Moody; he is sane, if whimsical; he has obviously been able to 
lead a productive and healthy life following that confrontation and 
victory, and he is certainly in possesion of his powers, enough to 
make LV tremble in his booties. We tend to imagine Harry post-LV as 
either dead, scarred, without magic, estranged from the magical 
world; or just really unhappy.  Yet we and Harry have to look at DD 
as a role model in evil-wizard-battling; perhpas DD was even 
prophesied to defeat Grindelwald, we don't know.  But I expect more 
exposition on DD's personal history as a guidepost for what Harry 
may or may not be able to accomplish vs LV, and as to what the 
personal cost of it may be to Harry.  I have entertained the idea of 
a wizard calling upon all of their power to defeat another, and that 
being a sacrifice, but maybe DD has other tricks up his sleeve to 
mentor Harry? 
 - dc