Neville as Prophecy/Further thoughts on the prophecy orbs

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No: HPFGUIDX 96203

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, SiriusBlack4Eternity <willowsgreyghost at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> Problem is that Yahoo has gotten so slow, people are responding with the same answer 
at different times...for example I responded as soon as I saw the original post...did not see 
the post with your response for hours after that...and I have the individual emails.
> 
> 
> Geoff:
> A further thought struck me tonight. If the orbs are only accessible 
> to the persons named, how do Department of Mysteries staff manage to 
> handle them without being affected?
> 
> This came out of the following bit of canon:
> 
> "'But then..... but then, why was it my name on the prophecy and not 
> Neville's?'
> 'The official record was re-labelled after Voldemort's attack on you 
> as a child,' said Dumbledore....."
> 
> (OOTP "The Lost Prophecy" p.742 UK edition)
> 
> The keeper of the Hall of Prophecy must have had access to the 
> label.....
> 
> Thoughts anyone?
> Maybe that particular prophecy was accesible to anyone because it was labeled with a 
question mark until it was later re-labeled with Harry's name...that would be my guess.  
And if someone has already answered this...sorry.
> 

Another thread that Yahoo can't seem to access. I had a bash at this last 
year - 79180, 79273, 82257.

In essence, a prophecy doesn't care who hears it, but the Ministry does.
No sign of a  globe when Sybill  repeats the trick to Harry in PoA.
It's the Ministry that englobes and enspells them when a prophecy that
might be important brought to their attention (probably  via a Penseive
as playback  equipment). 

They probably do so to prevent other's actions being  influenced by a
prophecy (so possibly making it  self-fulfilling) and to keep it unaltered
by those who might wish to tamper with it. It makes for a  good Quality
Control programme for prophets as well.

Kneasy