The Veil in the Chamber of Secrets? (was Re: more predictions from Jo)

[justcarol67]

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Fridwulfa wrote:
> Life is not really that complicated. Slytherin himself could have
taken the Veil with him when he left the Castle.
> When he dies (steping accidentally to the other side of the veil
while pacing absentmindedly reading the D. P) his
heirs/descendants/ascendants and greedy neighbours divide his fortune
but no one seems to want the ugly thing, too big to keep in the living
room, it doesn't really go with the curtains and the couch... so, of
course, they donate it to the Ministry, and there it has been since.

Carol responds:
I don't think it's the Veil itself but the arched doorway it covers
that's the entrance to the Other World. I think the MoM was built on
that spot because it was a site where the ancient Druids held their
rituals, perhaps including ritual sacrifice. Death would be the first
of the Mysteries, and the others would have grown up around it.
Eventually the ministry itself would have built its headquarters where
the Mysteries were already being explored.

Speculation, I know, but notice that the archway seems ancient and
seems to have an equally ancient amphiteater built around it. Another
possibility is that the doorway was used for public (WW) executions.  

At any rate, the Veil itself merely covers the entrance and moving it
would accomplish nothing--except leaving the entrance to the Other
World exposed to mortal eyes.

Carol