"Some won't like it".

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 130165

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" 
<eggplant107 at h...> wrote:
> "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

Harry had no choice but to comply DD's orders, but who would want to 
give to their fellow DE a free access to their mind? It's like 
signing one's own death warrant.

a_svirn