Orbs & Prophecies

[ellejir]

No: HPFGUIDX 74280

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "traiderbob" wrote:
<snip>
> Bode, under the impervious curse 
> by Malfoy, tries to retrieve the orb from the Hall of Prophecy.  He 
> is rendered insane by the charms that protect them.  Dumbledore 
> explains in OoP p. 829, "Only the people to whom they refer can 
lift 
> them form the shelves without suffering madness."  If Bode's 
madness 
> is due to touching an orb it is not from Harry's orb. <snip>
>  ... in OoP 
> p. 779, "Ron was pointing at one of the small glass spheres that 
> glowed with a dull inner light, though it was very dusty and 
appeared 
> not to have been touched for many years."  So, what prophecy did 
Bode 
> try to get?

Me:
I noticed that part about the dustiness of the orb as well.  I'm not 
sure what to make of it.  You may be on to something or it may be 
just a mini-FLINT.  
I also feel that it is somehow significant that Neville, Ginny, Luna 
and (especially) Harry were so mesmerized by the arch/veil thing 
while Ron and Hermione were unaffected by it.  Why the difference?  
Harry, Neville and Luna are three of the select group that are able 
to see thestrals, but Ginny cannot.  Perhaps you are correct in that 
it has something to do with her having been possessed by Riddle.  
Hopefully, it is not foreshadowing of who is going to die in the next 
two books.             Elle