Orbs & Prophecies

[traiderbob]

No: HPFGUIDX 74294

> --- 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? < <
 
Elle:
> 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. >>>          

traiderbob:
Thanks Elle.  I agree with you about the thestrals, and I think that 
Luna has a major role to play in this.  I left Luna out of this 
theory because she could only hear the voices behind the veil.  She 
was never entranced.  I think that Luna's understanding of death 
protected her from the veil, and she will teach Harry to understand 
as well.