Is Trelawney a witch?

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 87167

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Derek Hiemforth <derek at r...>
wrote:
> 
> >> Arianna wrote:
> >> Are we even sure that Trelawney is a witch? (snip)
> >> Has anyone found direct evidence that she is a witch?
> >arcum42 wrote:
> >That I did. GoF, US edition, page 575
> >"If you will all look this way, I will dim the lights. . . ."
> >
> >She waved her wand and the lamps went out. The fire was the
> >only source of light now."
> 
> Derek:
> Just to be a nuisance, I must say it's interesting that she
> made them all look in a particular direction *before* she made
> the lamps go out.  It gives it the feel of a real-world-type
> magic trick based on misdirection.  And that would also be in
> keeping with the way she teaches Divination... all style and
> no substance.  She seems to have a genuine latent talent for
> Divination, but it's not consciously controllable.

It did occur to me that she may have had electronic lights, and
a concealed dimmer switch she had her hand on, or a motion
detector, but I don't believe muggle technology works properly
at Hogwarts...
--Arcum