A Wizard's Age

[Mark]

No: HPFGUIDX 86848

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, jazmyn <jazmyn at p...> wrote:
> 
> 
> I think people are totally misunderstanding WHY wizards live 
longer. Its 
> not genetics, its magic.  People keep forgetting about the MAGIC! 
There 
> are potions and spells to extend life and cure most ills that would 
> shorten life. A muggle wife/husband of a wizard would no doubt live 
> longer too as they would have the benefits of magical healing and 
life 
> extension.
> 

But as you see through the books, they're not any more moral or wise 
than your average muggle.   

Well, if this is the case, perhaps it's close to one of the cental 
themes in the books.   You see, at the end of OOP, there was this 
discussion about fear of death - and how that's V's greatest 
weakness.  Perhaps it's a general weakness in the entire WW too!  
Perhaps DD has personal knowledge about this since he's already quite 
old, yet spry.

The reason they use life enhancing magic is they fear death.  Perhaps 
not as much as the Ghosts, but still to an unhealthy extent.

It might also explain why some families are dying out - with an 
extended life there's no urgency to procreate.  Sort of like the 
Elves in the Lord of the Rings.  

Mark