Potions Master Question

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No: HPFGUIDX 93886

Viridis wrote:

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> > Dumble himself must be of the top Potions Masters of WW.  I 
find it
> hard to believe he was just a clerk for Flamel. We don?t know 
what he was
> doing for better part of his life, so he could easily enjoy *beauty 
of the
> softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the 
delicate power of
> liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, 
ensnaring the
> senses*.

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K responded:

> However one of the main aims of alchemists throughout the 
centuries is to
> change base metals into gold - which could well mean that 
someone skilled at
> transfiguration is as likely to become a good alchemist as a 
'Potions
> Master'. We don't know enough about JKR's version of alchemy 
to say for
> certain - but Flamel is always called an alchemist, not a 
Potions Master.
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> K


Alice:

And at least as important, if it fits into JKR's concept of alchemy: 
the quest for the ability to turn base metals to gold is supposed 
to have reflected a more important, internal process.  I.e., if an 
alchemist attained a certain state of soul, he was supposed to 
be able to create the Philosopher's Stone.

For Snape's sake, I hope that Potions doesn't require a similar 
process.

Alice
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'Like Alice, I try to believe three impossible things before 
breakfast.'
--Doctor Who