[HPforGrownups] Re: Veil Room at MoM in OotP

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No: HPFGUIDX 109451


macfotuk at yahoo.com wrote:
to my post 109302) 

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> vmonte responds:
> 
> Interesting post. I think that Harry mentioning Sirius's name was 
> probably a forshadowing of his death via veil. 

Yes I do too, Just not sure if JKR is simply being 
Shakespearian/ironic in having Harry 'pre-figure' Siruis' death, or 
else alluding to his strong divination abilites that others have 
credited him with, or else as I stated that he might have 'given' 
the veil a victim's name, i.e. Sirius.

> think that he hears Ron talking to him from the veil? Something 
> like: 'Ron is that you?' and then Ron: 'I'm here mate.' I think 
that Ron actually walks around from behind the veil.  This really 
creeped me out by the way. 
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Griffin782002 now:


I suggest to fellow members taking a short break and go to the countryside for a couple of days. This is actually how I had this idea, while travelling with my family on last Friday afternoon.

I think that most believe that the veil is somehow a executioning device, hence the name Chamber of Death. But I think for such a purpose they have the Dementors, and I believe there were on Ministry's side during the First WW. Petunia recalls Lily's discusion 'with that awful boy' (whoever it was) and they were present in the trials of ex-D.E.'s, which I think should have taken place about a year or two after G.H. And can someone explain me how a veil can kill and what a courtroom is doing in a top secret department?

I had expressed my thoughts that the veil and the arch might be some kind of entrance to the Underworld. But of course, what is it doing down there? I haven't dismmised the idea. I happened to remember that some people in the R.W. tried to study death. Some concluded that at the time of death the body is 21 grams lighter, which is believed to be the departure of the soul. So, what if they are doing the same in D.o.M.? Study death, just as the were trying to study intelligence by keeping the brains. It is a mystery, isn't it? A gate to the Underworld for souls. And what can happen if an alive and healthy person falls though it? I still like the idea of seeing him return as suprisingly as Gandalf, although I know Gandalf wasn't human.  

A bit spooky, don't you think?

Griffin782002