Dumbledore-Reading Minds

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 76895

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "acoteucla" <acoteucla at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "angelberri56" 
> <pokeypokey at c...> wrote:
> > I'm sorry if this has already been said, but:
> > 
> > How did Dumbledore know that Voldemort had possesed Ginny, 
> > at then end of CoS... when Harry stopped talking because he 
> > didn't want to say that Ginny had done all the Petrifying? ...
> > 

bboy_mn:

Or perhaps deductive reasoning. Maybe when he saw the Enchanted Diary,
 he used his many years of wisdom and experience to understand what
kind of object it was. Maybe he combined that with Harry's story and
the events that had occurred, put them in a tumbler, shook them all
up, and came to the logical conclusion.



> > Also, in PS/SS, when Hermione and Harry go up to the North 
> > Tower to drop off Norbert, and then leave the invisibility cloak, 
> > how did Dumbledore know where it was to return it to Harry's 
> > bed? ...edited...
> > 
> > "angelberri56"
> 

bboy_mn:
Maybe Dumbledore just assumed that a boy known to have an invisibility
cloak who was caught sneaking around the castle afterhours, might have
been using the cloak and might have ditched it to keep his captors
from finding it and confiscating it.

It's not that unlikely a conclusion to draw.


> acoteucla:
>
> Dumbledore has claimed to have watched Harry "closer than he 
> realizes" during his years at Hogwarts.  ...edited... Dumbledore is 
> (yet another) unregistered animagus.  I think he's the wasp we see 
> during Harry's transfiguration OWL.

bboy_mn:

Or maybe, Dumbledore is up in his office using a crystal ball as a
remote viewing device. Or maybe he has the house-elves spying on
Harry. Or maybe he has student 'moles'. Or maybe he gets constant
reports from the staff.

While I have no doubt that a powerful wizard, and a former
Transfiguration teacher would most likely be an animagus, I really do
think Dumbledore has more to do than hang around all day as a 'fly on
the wall'. 

He has a school to run.

He is the head of the wizard's council of Justice and Law; wizangamot.

He is one of the top members of the International Confederation of
Warlock.

He is talented, wise, and experienced, and his counsel is sought by
many people. So while I have no doubt that he is keeping a close eye
on Harry, I really don't think the BUG animagus idea is the most
efficient way of doing it. 

In fact, I think the crystal ball remote viewing thing is a very
clever way of watching Harry. He can do it whenenver he has a spare
minute, and he never has to leave his office. He can probably do it
when he is out of the castle. Seems like a very convinient method.

But then, it's just a thought.

bboy_mn