Degrees of Being

[bohcoo]

No: HPFGUIDX 65785

Degrees of Being in the Harry Potter series:

1.  Alive:  The usual way: Harry, Ron, Hermoine, et al

2.  Alive via possession:  Voldemort

3.  Dead:  (Not just merely dead, but most sincerely dead.) Tom 
Riddle's father and grandparents

4.  Poltergeists: Not living, not dead, can interact with the living: 
Peeves.

5.  Ghosts:  Dead, but with the ability to interact with the living: 
Nearly Headless Nick, Fat Friar, etc.

6.  Echos: Dead, with the ability to interact with the living, but 
only temporarily: The graveyard folk -- Cedric Diggory, Bertha 
Jorkins, Frank Bryce, Harry's parents, etc. 

7.  Memory, interactive:  Tom Riddle in the Chamber.

8.  Memory, non-interactive:  Pensieve scenes.

9.  Photographs:  Non-interactive but mobile, they can wave, move out 
of frame, and experience physical changes in response to their 
environment, but they do not talk to the living -- Photographs of:  
Gilderoy's hair in curlers, Penelope Clearwater's blotchy nose, 
Harry's parents waving to him.

10.  Paintings:  Interactive and mobile. 

11.  Other Artworks:  Interactive (suits of armor) or interactive 
when charmed (sculptures).

12.  Body, no soul:  Barty Crouch, Jr. after the kiss. (Lost the 
concept of interaction completely.)

13.  Spirit, no body:  Voldemort after the infant Harry encounter. 
(Would "interact" with anything breathing if it stood still long 
enough.)

14.  Archway of Death/ Beyond the Veil:  Voices only, indiscernible.

So, will there be a difference in non-being for those who pass 
through the veil whole (body and soul) as opposed to those who simply 
have their souls pass? Is there a difference in passing through the 
veil while you are still alive instead of after you are sincerely 
dead?  

Since JKR has presented and explored all these Degrees of Being, it 
just seems to me that we aren't quite finished with the Degrees of 
Being/ Non-Being. 

In other words, ma-a-a-aybe Sirius will make a reappearance even 
though he is sincerely dead.

(On the Good Ship, De-Ni-al. . .lalalalala.)

Bohcoo