Occlumency and Spies (Re: Mental Discipline in the WW: A Comparison...)

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 130469

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at y...> wrote:

> Betsy Hp:
> Well, you brought up A.S. Byatt and she complained that JKR's magic 
> wasn't numinous enough, that it was too mundane. (I'm assuming you 
> brought up her views because yours are in agreement?)  I'm just 
> saying, yes JKR's magic is practical.  I kind of like that about it.  
> And honestly, I think the connection of JKR's magic to psychology 
> is... simple.  

You know what they say--when you assume, you make an ass out of you and 
me. :)

I'm not fond of Byatt's argument because it misses the point.  I find 
the mundanity of the magic rather attractive.   It means that I look 
far more for the psychological than the spiritual or symbolic, even--
and that's what drew me into my attempts at aiki explanation for 
Occlumency.

-Nora posts shortly as a fine corrective