Splitting the Soul (was: Voldemort killed personally)

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 157422

 
Carol wrote:

JKR as a  Christian would view the soul as immortal. The soul can be
sucked by a  Dementor and be lost, falling into eternal darkness and
isolation,  apparently, but it is not destroyed by death, nor would a
soul bit be  destroyed when the object encasing it is destroyed. It
would, IMO, be  released to return to its eternal home beyond the Veil.
Two bits of  Voldie's soul are already there. (I any soul bits were
floating loose at  Godric's Hollow, they would be there as well. In my
view, they can't be  encased in an object, including a person or his
scar, without an  encantation.)



Julie:
The thing that confuses me is, if the soul bits that have already been  
released
from the Diary and the Ring horcruxes are floating around beyond the  Veil,
then why didn't the part of Voldemort's soul that didn't die with his body  at
Godric's Hollow end up beyond the Veil too? Why did it remain earthbound,  but
the other released pieces didn't? Is it because it is the "primary" soul  
piece
only that will remain earthbound? (Though how does the primary soul  piece
*know* it is the primary one?)
 
Or could both the now released soul bits also be earthbound?  Or caught 
somewhere "in limbo"--not earthbound where Voldemort could access
them and re-encase them, but not able to go beyond the Veil until all 
the soul bits are released and can be rejoined, only then  going beyond the
Veil? Then again, can those soul pieces *be* rejoined into a  whole (albeit 
damaged) soul, or would they just stick to each other as if magnetized 
but not able to actually reform into a single entity? 
 
Julie, making herself more confused, which is not difficult when it  comes
to this very vaguely explained (so far)  subject!


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