[HPforGrownups] Re: Legilimency, Occlumency, Snape, Harry

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 80224



Steve wrote:

> 
> Legilimency takes two forms in the book. One is the gift or skill of
> Legilimency and the other is the Legilimens charm.
> 

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If the two forms are not connected, it seems rather useless to teach 
Harry the defence against the charm, because Voldemort isn't going to 
count to three indeed.

I think we need to accept that Snape, for all his problems, is a 
competent teacher. You can't teach someone to resist a force that's 
impossible to feel. So for the first step Snape uses the charm that
gives Harry some feedback for how successful his defence is.
If Harry was able to progress farther, Snape would move to a less
intrusive technique gradually.
Sort of like training to navigate through laser beams, using cords
and bells, you know, in "Entrapment". Only Harry was less determined 
than Catherine Zeta-Jones. :-)

Irene


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