[HPforGrownups] Re: The lifecycle of a Fawkes (was : Neville's Wand)

[EnsTren at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 74954

In a message dated 8/2/2003 12:59:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
sleepingblyx at yahoo.com writes:

> I think it is a matter of mental _and_ physical state... a Pheonix 
> is a magical creature-- which means it has the WILL to do its 
> bidding... this would, IMO, extend to matters of rejuvination. 
> 

Facinating idea and I think you hit the nail very nearly on the head!

> Say it had lived happily in a home for 100 years and never seen a 
> conflict-- it would possibly go decades without "molting"... but a 
> war-torn bird might wish to combust sooner. 
> 

Or if it took an accidental dunk into the bog of eternal stench or WW 
equivlent

> We know the bird reaches maturity at an accelerated rate... but when 
> it is reborn, does it keep its current state of awareness? The 
> pheonix can be a metaphor for reincarnation.... how does it change 
> mentally over time? 
> 

I think it keeps most of it's state of awareness.  It's been proven in humans 
that...I don't know how to phrase this.

Alright, a couple hundred years ago they thought that children were mentally 
miniadults and capable of the same feats of reason.

This is not true, and is the reason why young children pitch fits if you give 
two the same amount of icecream in diffrent sized bowls.

Now, would a psyc major please tell us if this has to do with IQ or the 
physical development of the brain.

Also, do you think a "real" baby pheonix, as in one just hatched, develops at 
the same rate as a regenerated one?

Nemi
       --Black Dragon
       --Slasher and Yaoist
       --Utterly Psycotic


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