Harry a Seer?

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49513

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Maria Kirilenko
<maria_kirilenko at y...> wrote:
> 
>  Chris Langley <fanfictionmaniac at y...> wrote:
> 
> Well that would explain a lot. Harry seeing what happened to Frank,
the gardener in book 4, and what happened with his parnets and such.
> 
> 
> Me:
> 
> Yes, but Seeing and Divination is, as I understand it, the *ability
to predict the future.* So while Harry "sees" what happens to Frank
and Voldemort in Book 4 and remembers what happened when his parents
dies, he doesn't predict the future - he sees the past and the
present. That's not Seeing. I stick to the idea that Harry actually
*remembers* the events of the Halloween in Godric's Hollow, and sees
the dreams in GoF ('live') because of his connection with Voldemort
(the failed curse).
> 
> Maria

bboy_mn adds:

Regardless of your personal definition of 'Seeing'; Harry is seeing.
And regardless of the reason for his ability, he is still
demonstrating psychic ability.

Harry is clairvoyant. (1. The supposed power to SEE objects or events
that cannot be perceived by the senses. 2. Acute intuitive insight or
perceptiveness.) In a sense, clairvoyant means 'clear seeing'. Another
term might be 'remote vision'. Even the US CIA has experimented with
remote seeing during the cold war, and there are rumors that the
project has been revived. They attempted to use people with psychic
ability to see things in Russian, and gather intelligence. 

So, by my definition, he sees real events in his dream because of a
psychic connection to Voldemort, that sounds like a Seer to me.

But then, that's just my opinion.

bboy_mn