DD: an appreciation: Love Shield - Magic of Two

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 97401

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt"
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67"
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> > Kneasy wrote:
> > <snip> How the hell does DD come to be involved in Lily's 
> > 'sacrifice'charm? It reads as if he thinks that he arranged it, 
> > that it's not the automatic protection given by Lily's death and 
> > it's continuationthrough Petunia that many readers assume.
> > "Unwittingly given" as Voldy says in the graveyard. And if DD did
> > arrange it, it had to be planned in advance.

 
> > I (Carol) responded:
> > <snipped by Kneasy>
> >  
> > As for "unwittingly given," those words relate to Voldemort's
> > father and his bits of bone, not to Lily's sacrifice. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > Kneasy answered:
> > Tut tut. 
> >  
> > "His mother died in the attempt to save him - and unwittingly
> > provided him with a  protection I had not foreseen....I could not 
> > touch the boy."
> > > 
> > > Kneasy
> > 
> > 
> > Carol, quoting canon:
> > 
> > "Bone of the father, unwittingly given, you will renew your son!"
> > (GoF Am. ed. 641)
> > 

> Kneasy:
> 
> Is there some significant concept here  that I'm missing, or are you
> just correcting egregious errors in reproducing quotations? 
> 
> If you cast your mind back, this started with a consideration of 
> DD's explication in which he says that *he* placed the spell that 
> eventually protected Harry and Voldy ups and says that Harry was 
> unwittingly provided with protection by Lily. ...edited...
> 
> Kneasy

bboy_mn:

I think there is something that you are both missing, either that, or
I completely misunderstand the discussion. (Never let that stop me
before.)

The Love Shield Magic is comprised of TWO, count them TWO, parts.

Part 1- Love's Sacrifice

When Lily sacrificed herself for Harry, she left him with a lasting
protection that ,in all likelihood, prevented Voldemort from killing
him. In addition, it protected Harry from Quirrel's evil touch, and
while Voldemort can touch Harry now, according the Dumbledore, Harry's
mother's sacrifice still protects him. This Sacrifice of Love is an
eternal ancient magic in it's own right.


Part 2 - The Protection of Blood

When if fell upon Dumbledore to protect Harry, he decided that the
best protection was to build upon the protection that Lily had already
given Harry. So, to 'Love's Sacrifice' he added the 'Protection of
Blood'. When Petunia agreed to take Harry in, she sealed the Ancient
Magical Blood Protection Charm, and enhanced Harry's protection so
that even Voldemort himself, powerful as he is, can not harm Harry
while he is in the 'house of his blood'.

Dumbledore's effort, in a sense, merged the two protections together
to create a very strong, nearly impregnable, safeguard for Harry.
However, in my opinion, the merging of the two to create the ultimate
protection, doesn't stop the existance of or the protection given by
Lily's sacrifice as a separate entity. That love, sacrifice, and
protection will alway be there; it is unrelated to any geographic
location. It exits within Harry, where ever he may be.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

bboy_mn