Dumbledore's Bridge (was: Dumbledore's Philosophy (was MAGIC DISHWASHER...)

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No: HPFGUIDX 81826

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "slgazit" <slgazit at s...> wrote:
> I think there were several things at work there that made that 
> situation unique:
> 
> 1. Having the Avada Kedavra curse directed at a baby - not very 
> common, I would think.
> 2. Having said baby's mother right there ready to sacrifice herself 
> for him.
> 3. Mother also happens to be extremely good at charms (we know that 
> from SS when Olivander described her wand and later in OoP James 
and 
> Sirius are wary of her wand).
> 4. Having the killer ruthless enough to kill her then proceed to 
the 
> main target, thus activating the protection.
> 5. Probably other surprise fact to be revealed in coming books.
> 
> In short, one cannot draw any general conclusions from this event.
> 
> salit

I often wonder what DD meant by "Old Magic". With wishful thinking, 
(or perhaps limited muggle POV) I would tend to lean toward the magic 
of Druids, or earlier that built Stonehedge, etc. Somewhere, a person 
mentioned that Lily's parents could have been squibs and the prospect 
of having a witch in the family was pleasing, considering their fate. 
Perhaps Squibs are really witches or wizards that are fluent in the 
old magics, but because they were "lost" or "forgotten" it is not 
taught. (?)

Perhaps, Lily found a way to decipher the runes (BTW Hermione is 
taking runes) and applied it to learning ancient magic thereby 
enhancing her own powers.

Opinions?

A.