OOP: The Department of Mysteries

[Lost Feyth]

No: HPFGUIDX 61852

Spoiler Space...
Just in case...
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I have some questions and thoughts about the Department of Mysteries. Those 
who have not yet read the book would do well to cover your eyes and move on. 
Well, just thought I'd give a fair warning.

Page 861, OOP, American Edition:
""I know nothing of the secrets of death, Harry, for I chose my feeble 
imitation of life instead. I believe learned wizards study the matter in the 
Department of Mysteries -----" -Nearly Headless Nick

Forgive me if this has been discussed already, but this thought came into my 
mind; could the Department of Mysteries really be more about trying to 
discover the secrets to life and death than in doing anything like 
protecting the Wizarding World? Are they really more of a group of Wizards 
and Witches who have dedicated themselves to tackling the philosophical and 
theological aspects of Wizarding life? It seems to me that the objects that 
the gang came across, the brains for instance, which appear to me to be a 
source of knowledge left for other wizards to use. Brains that Wizard 
predecessors of the Department left behind so that other wizards could gain 
knowledge from and ask questions to amoung other things. Perhaps that is why 
the department is so wrapped up in mystery and why it is so hard to find 
your way around. Descartes had to lock himself away in a room to discover 
the truth, perhaps these wizards and witches are doing something similar to 
him?


-Lost Feyth
Lurker extraordinaire, who is happy that she can finally come out of the 
lurking corner in the dark. Shes far too pale as it is to be spending all 
of her time in the shadows. ^_~

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Is there any person in the world who does not dream? Who does not contain 
within them world unimagined? -Narrator

But he did not understand the price. Mortals never do. They only see the 
prize, their heart's desire, their dream... But the price of getting what 
you want is getting what you once wanted. -Dream

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