An Odd Ghostly Question.

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 124608


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
> 
 Could a ghost like Sir Nick, who
> clearly seems to regret choosing his 'pale imitation of life', now
> choose to walk into The Veil and fully accept death, thereby moving
> from a shadow of himself walking the earth to his eternal rest? 
> 

Tonks now:
I like that idea. That good ol' Nick could help the Order and have 
his eternal rest. I don't think that he can go over and then come 
back.

Having said that, I think that there is a form of communication that 
can take place but it does not involve walking through the *veil*.

In the Shamanism tradition, and I am not an expert, the Shaman go 
through a veil (in their mind while in a trance) to communicate and 
ask for help on the other side. I am not sure if the veil is the 
same one that JKR is using. Wizard too can use the souls of the dead 
to do their bidding. JKR hints at this a bit with DD and the 
portraits. But I don't think that we what to follow that line, as I 
am sure she doesn't. That would really get the religious right after 
us all!  Ya, teach the children necromancy...  no I think not.

Tonks_op