"Some won't like it".

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 130163

"Renee Daniels" <Calimora at y...> wrote:

> In OotP Dumbledore gives the distinct
> impression that Snape is the only person
> avalible who is proficient in the 
> technique, but that doesn't make a
> whole lot of sence. 

I got the impression that Occlumency is an extremely difficult skill
and Snape is one of the very few wizards who has mastered it.
Voldemort can almost always tell if somebody is lying to him, only a
person skilled in Occlumency could deceive him; and that's what made
Snape such a valuable spy, he was one of the rare breed who could look
Voldemort straight in the face and lie without him detecting deception.

And that brings up another theory of mine, I think Snape's mission at
the end of book 4 was to teach Occlumency to the Death Eaters. Even
the most loyal Death Eater would very much want to develop this skill
because being able keep things hidden from a boss that powerful and
that bad tempered could save your life. I don't think you can learn
Occlumency from a book, you need a teacher and Snape is one of the
best at it in the world, at least he is if he really wants his student
to learn it (I don't think he wanted Harry to learn it). It would be
useful if there were plots among the Death Eaters Voldemort could not
detect, and Snape could get valuable intelligence information from
flashes of memory from their minds during the lessons. 

Eggplant