Questions

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 136435

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kcrystalwolf" 
<kcrystalwolf at h...> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> I just joined a few days ago.  I have been reading many of your 
> posts.. there are a ton!  And I have a few questions.  Where do we 
> see.... "what Dumbledore gathered from the smoke tendrils is that 
the 
> soul piece in Harry is divided from Harry's soul."

Geoff:
First, welcome to the madhouse. :-)

I think your reference may be to the instruments in Dumbledore's 
office which he consults in OOTP.
(OOTP "St.Mungo's Hospital" PP.415-416 uk edition)

Can I refer you to a thread "The Smoke Serpent" which begins at 
message 79231?
 
Crystalwolf:
> My other question is, don't the pictures of Headmasters talk?  Are 
> they a little piece of the headmasters' souls?  The pictures of 
> Harry's parents don't talk, but the pictures on the walls at 
Hogwarts 
> often do. 

Geoff: Yes, they do talk. There are several conversations between 
Dumbledore and Phineas Nigellus in OOTP and some of the other Heads 
also comment on occasions.

Again, there is a thread "Empty picture" which commenced at message 
95040 which discusses, among other things, what the portraits are.  
If you follow this through - and there is a second thread "Portraits 
of the Founders" which is also involved - it may or may not help.