[HPforGrownups] Imperius Curse

[flamingstarchows at att.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 57369

I think it is referring to the actual feeling "that his mind 
had been wiped of all thought..." rather than the actual Imperius 
Curse.  The first time would probably have been the effect of the 
Veela the very first time he saw them (when he was ready to dive 
out of the box).

~Cathy~
> In Goblet of Fire, Moody (crouch) puts Harry through the Imperius 
> Curse "four times in a row" until he can throw it off completely, 
> after having almost thrown it off the first time Moody/Crouch cursed 
> him with it. (p. 231, american)
> 
> Later, when Voldemort uses it against Harry, JK writes that "And 
> Harry felt, the third time in his life, the sensation that his mind 
> had been wiped of all thought..." (p.661)
> 
> Third time?  There is no mention of a time between the first day in 
> class and then with Voldemort that Harry is cursed, and since it was 
> done more than twice on the first day, it can't be the third since 
> then.