A question about Legilimency

[marika_thestral]

No: HPFGUIDX 77840

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "holly_phoenix_11" 
<pentzouli at h...> wrote:

holly_phoenix_11:
> 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. 
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> 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.

Marika:
You could be right, but I actually think it's the other way around. 
How can you learn to defend yourself from something you can't detect? 
If Snape uses a method to make Harry aware of the intrusion, he can 
practice blocking it, and once he knows how to do it, he can use this 
method when needed. Maybe there are ways of sensing the silent 
legilimency as well, but first you have to get familiar with the 
feeling. It seems like Snape is capable of using legilimency silently 
as well ("I suggest, Headmaster, that Potter is not being entirely 
truthful" CoS p 109), so maybe that had been the next step if the 
lessons had continued.

Marika