Sirius

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The 'beyond the
Veil and Return' is not unprecedanted in mythology, and heroic myths
in general are about a series of deaths and rebirths of the hero;
although, mostly metaphorical. When Harry entered Hogwarts, that was 
a
metaphorical death and rebirth. Also, when he saved the Stone, or
confronted Voldemort in the graveyard. Harry can never be the same
after these experiences; who he was died, and he is now who he has
become by the experience. So, there is a cadre of us late night HP
obssessives who do support a journey beyond the Veil and of course,
back again.

adi:
   To follow on that point of mythology. It's not a  circle of 
births or deaths that has heroes journey to the netherworld. Most 
big epics have this journey to the other side. Both Odyesseus and 
Aeneas made such journeys. But that journey is usually to know about 
a prophecy that's usually hidden on the other side.  The prophecy is 
about what's the ultimate end of the hero will be, what's he is 
destined to do. The hero also meets an ancestor during this journey, 
somebody who is dead. And also, the hero accomplishes all these 
things with the help of a sybil, a prophetess ( she was even called 
Deiphobe in Aeneid which means is similar to meaning as Luna).
   
     In spite of all the magic, JKR is a realist and she has aptly 
reduced the netherworld fantasy to an ordinary veil and  an 
underground ministry. The veil and the underground parallel the 
underworld journeys of the other myths. Harry already has his  
prophecy and lost his parent-like figure to that world and had a 
sybil-like figure Luna lead him there. So , I don't think  JKR will 
traverse that road again and give some icky descriptions of 
netherworld anymore because that would mean repeating the territory.

       We may meet Sirius again but a  journey through the veil is 
ruled out unless the final confrontation takes place there.