[HPforGrownups] Re: methods of communication

[fridwulfa]

No: HPFGUIDX 69214

> D.G. ("JazzmanChgo") wrote:


> Interesting question, and --most likely-- yet another of
> those "tidbits" dropped which will be revealed as vitally important
> later on.
>
> To postulate:  it's obvious that Wizards (or at least their Ministry)
> can keep track of magickal goings-on on a pretty continuous basis -- 
> witness how easily they can ferret out Harry's unauthorized used of
> spells and charms when he's at the Dursleys'.  Maybe they've got some
> kind of spell-formulated tracking system; perhaps whether certain
> Wizards might be endowed with a form of mental communication even
> more immediate and accurate than Legilimency/Occlumency (something
> along the lines of what we Muggles might call "telepathy").
>
> They're probably forbidden to use it unless the circumstances are
> particularly dire.  But it seems clear that at least some of them can
> obviously "see" things from great distances, and it doesn't take too
> much of a stretch of the imagination to suppose that they can monitor
> others' thoughts and feelings from great distances, as well.
>
> I'm guessing that something along these lines is what Dumbledore was
> referring to.  Perhaps by "reliable" he meant "quick and efficient,"
> more than "not prone to breaking down."
>

Me (Izaskun)
I think he was referring to the portraits in his office. If Snape wanted to
make sure Sirius was ok, nothing easier than asking the portrait of Phineas
to check. Fast, easy and reliable.
Cheers, Izaskun