New thoughts on Occlumency

[snow15145]

No: HPFGUIDX 100661

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Pippin:
> > It's another clue that Lupin is a legilimens, for one thing. But 
> it 
> > brings up something else I've been wondering about. Voldemort 
> > doesn't have a scar. How can he tell whether his attempts to 
> > plant information in Harry's head are working--unless of course 
> > he can get Snape to look  for him and report back? 
> 
> Potioncat:
> I knew we'd hear from you on this one, Pippin! :-)
> As far as the scar goes, IMO, it's the evidence of the connection, 
> and it sometimes hurts in reaction, but it isn't the connection.  
> Sort of like in modern surgery, they used to have to make big 
> incisions that left big scars, now they can make little puncture 
> wounds with small scars, but it's the procedure that's important, 
> not the resulting scar.
> 
> 
> But, you brought up something I hadn't thought of, a way that Snape 
> can get away with giving the lessons with less danger.  He gives LV 
> enough information about it to seem to be working for him.  I still 
> think it leaves Snape in extra danger, especially if LV gets any 
> information from his own walks in Harry's mind.
> Potioncat

Snow:
Maybe that's why Snape couldn't resume occlumency lessons with Harry 
now that the memory of what he saw in the pencieve is now in Harry's 
thoughts. The thoughts may have been put into the pencieve for 
protection from Voldemort not Harry.