In Essence Divided

[Astrid Wootton]

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Adi said
Order of Phoenix, the Eye of the Snake chapter, when Harry
reveals his 'dream', Dumbledore uses a strange silver instrument.
What was that? And there is something about 'in essence divided'.
What was the thing whose essence was divided? And why did Dumbledore
have to look up that thing before calling headmasters?

Astrid says

I posted on this point on 18/10/03. I repeat the message, because I still
feel that there is a clue here to the nature of the relationship between
Harry and Voldemort. (Apologies to those that have already read this post.)

> The strange comment made by Dumbledore as he watches the smoke form a
> serpent¹s head.
> [OoP Chapter 22 St Mungo¹s Hospital UKHB page 415/416]
> ŒNaturally, naturally,¹ murmured DD apparently to himself, still observing the
> stream of smoke without the slightest sign of surprise. ŒBut in essence
> divided?¹>
> 
> DD seems to be exploring the nature of the relationship between VM and Harry,
> 
> The comment sounds very much like a reference to that strange mystical poem of
> Shakespeare¹s ŒLet the bird of loudest lay¹ also known as ŒThe Phoenix and the
> Turtle. The concepts of essence and division are central  to the poem as a
> whole. One verse goes:
> 
> So they loved as love in twain,
> Had the essence but in one,
> Two distincts, division none:
> Number there in love was slain.
> 
On the 20/1-/03 I posted:
> 
> First: The power of *Love* is central to the mystery of the Prophecy and the
> nature of the relationship that exists between Harry and LV.
> 
> Second: The Phoenix and the Turtle(dove) offers a paradigm of Shakespeare¹s
> obsession with the idea of two-in-one, of doubles, of relations between
> substance and shadow. Hence the essence of a separate person is ³appalled² by
> the conundrum presented by distinct yet undivided persons: the*selfsame* is
> split.
> 
Since then I have not had the time to explore this concept in further
detail, but may get  round to it after Christmas

Astrid





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