Harry the Seer (WAS:Crystal ball)

[erisedstraeh2002 <erisedstraeh2002@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 53088

Finwitch wrote:
 
> I do believe Harry's a Seer- or could be, if he set his mind to 
> it. He has seen Buckbeak in Crystal Ball, his dreams have been 
> about past or present...

and Richelle commented:

> It's not that I don't think Harry may be a Seer, but I don't think 
> he saw Buckbeak in the crystal ball.  

and Lynda added: 
 
> That just proves Harry doesn't need a crystal ball or tea leaves or 
> anything else external to "see" the future.  

Now me:

I believe Harry has both the gifts of prophecy and prescience. He has 
had numerous dreams in which he demonstrates his ability to know of 
events occurring far away from him – for example, when he dreams of 
Voldemort and Wormtail plotting his murder and witnesses Voldemort's 
murder of Frank Bryce, and when he falls asleep in Professor 
Trelawney's class and hears Voldemort and Wormtail discussing Barty 
Crouch Jr.'s murder of Crouch Sr. Harry's gift of prophecy is 
demonstrated in a dream about Professor Quirrell's turban (before he 
becomes aware that Voldemort is underneath it), when he hears a high, 
cold laugh and sees a burst of green light.  He also has an uncanny 
ability to know when someone is nearby, even when he can't see the 
person.

Whether or not Harry really predicted Buckbeak's survival is open to 
debate, but I think the above examples are sufficient to deem him a 
seer.

IMO, the above examples support the "Harry as Heir of Gryffindor" 
theory because the real St. Godric had the gift of prophecy and the 
ability to know of events occurring hundreds or thousands of miles 
away.

~Phyllis