How do the horcruxes work

[David L.]

No: HPFGUIDX 135474

Rizza:
> 
> The AK doesn't destroy the soul that is in your body, you can't even
> die a natural death. As long as you have a horcrux somewhere out
> there, you are immortal. If the horcrux is destroyed, then the AK
> can kill you, or die of old age, whichever comes first.


Here is my take on it. Most religions would agree that the soul is immortal 
and indestructable. When someone dies the sould separates from this 
dimension and heads off to wherever it may go. Since I haven't died I really 
can't say. I am just going to speculate.

The act of creating a horcrux sort of takes a piece of the sould and binds 
it here. It prevents the soul from leaving. So the horcrus is technically a 
lock or a bind of some sort. So what if you get AK'd? Well you "die" but 
since something else is holding your soul here, in this physical dimension, 
your soul can't separate; you stay here. This is what happened to Voldemort 
which was a fate worse that actually being killed by the curse. I guess 
since he could not be killed because of this the curse destroyed the only 
thing it could. His body.

Now the question is what happens when you destroy a horcrux. Yes it holds 
your soul, or a portion of it. Since there are other horcruxes or other 
binds present then that portion does not leave this dimension or evaporate 
into the ether. I am guessing it still stays in this dimension. Does it 
return to its owner? Would Voldemort become more human as Harry destroys the 
other Horcruxes? Will he even know eventually? Yes he has been separated 
from these portions for so long at some time he must become aware of what is 
happening. After Harry destroys the sixth Horcrux would Voldemort realize 
because he now has all the pieces of his soul in his body once more? Or is 
there something else?

David L.