Dumbledore the Phoenix

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No: HPFGUIDX 148808

 I haven't really kept up to date with the ideas being thrown around 
here, so if this has been discussed already (as it probably has) then 
my most sincere apologies.
 But, do you think it's likely that Dumbledore did indeed turn into a 
phoenix at his burial? Harry (I haven't got the book to do a direct 
quote from atm) sees 'for a brief moment' what looks like a phoenix 
rising from the white flames that burst to life, but then it vanishes.
 Do we think that this is just what happens at a wizard burial, are 
Harry's eyes playing tricks on him, or has Dumbledore evolved and 
started his next great adventure in the body of a phoenix, 
and 'flashed' away before he is noticed? Could he have known this 
before he gave his life?

hmm, *ponders*


Lauren