The Second Voldemort War, Stage II

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 91033

Neri: 
Can Harry steal information from LV's mind, and how would he 
know if it is genuine or a ruse?

I don't think either can steal information, or ideas, from the other.
Harry senses emotions (rage or great happiness) and witnesses events,
sometimes from Voldemort's perspective but not always. (He saw from
Frank Bryce's POV in one case and from the back of an eagle owl in
another.) LV has not yet, so far as we know, felt Harry's emotions or
viewed his memories: he has only planted a dream or vision there (the
door to the Department of Mysteries and a glimpse of the room). This
is not the same as actually reading his mind, a distinction Snape
makes when he defines Legilmency for Harry: "The mind is not a book to
be opened and read at will." (I'm quoting from memory here.)

BTW, there was nothing wrong with Snape's teaching methods. He gave
Harry useful information, warned him that he would need to resist the
Legilmency spell, allowed him to use his wand to defend himself, and
told him to practice and to clear his mind of all emotions both before
each session and before he went to sleep at night. Any additional
information that Snape withheld (as in why Harry needed to know
occlumency) was withheld at DD's request.

It's Harry who resisted Snape because he didn't trust him; Harry who
refused to clear his mind or calm himself; Harry who wanted to
continue dreaming about the passage in the MoM; Harry who looked in
the Pensieve, violating Snape's privacy to satisfy his own curiosity.
And Snape had every reason to be furious. Whatever was in the Pensieve
besides his own worst memory, is probably exactly what Snape and DD
did not want Harry to see because LV might see it, too. Harry needs to
learn to trust Snape, and now that he knows why occlumency is
necessary, he could probably learn it from him. Unfortunately that
won't happen because *Harry* has shown himself to be untrustworthy and
Snape will refuse to teach him. So now it will probably have to be
Dumbledore, who will have to use the same methods that Snape did. If
you want to learn occlumency, you have to learn to resist legilmency.
There's no other way.

Carol