Why didn't Voldemort die?

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 110360

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at s...> 
wrote:
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>Was he possessing Nagini when he attacked Arthur?  I posted 
>yesterday: "LV underestimates so much of the old magic, what if the 
>potion he used 'only' gave him a body to house the 'near ghost'?  It 
>didn't actually make him 'mortal' again, he just has a physical 
>flesh house around his nearly ghost soul.  
<snip>  
>It may explain the "gleam" in DD eye (GoF); he knows the body LV 
>created for himself did not make him mortal again, did not return 
>him to "full strength and power" but is only a shell for his ghost-
>like self to dwell in and use."  

<snip> 
> Would killing Nagini destroy that part of LV?  Killing his physical 
>body, with GG's sword, will leave nothing but the 'ghost' part that 
>always feared death.  I'm back to "LV as a ghost, only an imprint of 
>himself, a feeble imitation of life, powerless and wandless, unable 
>to ingest a potion to ever make him anything more or less, trapped 
>between here and there, laughable to some degree;  would that be 
>worse than death to LV?"
> 

Naama:

But vapor!Voldemort is unvanquishable, apparently. And there's always 
the chance that he would manage to resurrect himself - as he managed 
to do. When Voldemort was hit by his own AK, he did lose his body - 
yet remained alive/not-dead (in some essential form). 

I'm not sure what you mean by "what if the potion he used 'only' gave 
him a body to house the 'near ghost'? It didn't actually make 
him 'mortal' again, he just has a physical flesh house around his 
nearly ghost soul." What's the difference between a normal soul with 
a "physical flesh house" and Voldemort's current state of being? 

Also, I think that the evidence is that Voldemort has returned to 
himself, as far as "full strength and power" goes (with an additional 
secret ingredient - Harry's blood - which means something, only we 
don't know what). We see this in the graveyard and in his battle with 
DD. He has retained his ability to perform the Unforgivables, to 
possess, to duel efficiently, to apparate, etc. He has also regained 
the support of his followers - who, I'd think, would be the first to 
sense weakness in him (especially the likes of Malfoy). 


Naama, who quite liked the Crow