A question about Legilimency

[sophineclaire]

No: HPFGUIDX 77835

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "holly_phoenix_11" 
<pentzouli at h...> wrote:
> Hey all, I wonder if you could help me with this question:
> 
> I have been reading another thread about legilimency, and the same 
> question I had while reading the book popped up immediately:
> While many think that Lupin (and Dumbledore) can read minds via 
> legilimency, they seem to do it in a very silent way. No wands, no 
> pronouncing any words. Nothing but constant eye-contact (at least 
> that is how I feel when I get the impression that someone reads 
> another's mind), that certainly is not making the object of 
> legilimency crawl over the floor, like it happens with Harry and 
> Snape. I think that Voldemort is also using a rather silent 
> method to read and penetrate Harry's mind (while he is asleep in 
most 
> cases). Now, how is it that Snape is using such an obvious method 
to 
> penetrate Harry's mind and more important, if legilimency is a 
> dengerous art just because it is silent, how is it that Snape does 
> not make Harry understand this first of all? He allows Harry to use 
> spells to repel his penetration, but what use can this have when 
> someone is invading in your mind in your sleep? 
> 
> IMHO, the method used by Snape to teach Harry Occlumency has 
nothing 
> to do with the method that is actually used when practicing 
> Legilimency. What I am trying to say is that I don't think that 
Harry 
> will ever learn to block his mind to outside penetration with the 
> method Snape is using to attack him.
> 
> I'd be delighted to read your comments or any enlightening answers 
to 
> my question.
> 
> 
> holly_phoenix_11



You have to start somwhere I'd say. If Harry continued on with his 
occlumency lessons and practiced more, Snape might have introduced 
the more subtle methods of mind reading. 

On the other hand, Snape is a superb Occlumens, his skills at 
Legilimency are never noted but isn't it interesting how it's always 
hard for Harry to think about Snape at times that he has to stop? ie. 
the end of PS/SS  and the end of OoTP. Maybe a bit of a bonus in 
occlumency is not only being able to block your thoughts from others, 
but to also be able to prevent people from thinking about you or 
anything related to you.

-Sophineclaire