Of essence divided?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 154339

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "distaiyi" <distaiyi at ...> wrote:
>
> I read the Occulemency chapter ( well reread it ) after my original post.
> 
> As JKR has said any number of times, she words things very
> carefully... In this case she chose the word essence.
> 
> 1 a : the permanent as contrasted with the accidental element of being 
>   b : the individual, real, or ultimate nature of a thing especially
> as opposed to its existence c : the properties or attributes by means
> of which something can be placed in its proper class or identified as
> being what it is
> 2 : something that exists : ENTITY
> 3 a (1) : a volatile substance or constituent (as of perfume) 
>     (2) : a constituent or derivative possessing the special qualities
> (as of a plant or drug) in concentrated form; also : a preparation of
> such an essence or a synthetic substitute b : ODOR, PERFUME
> 4 : one that possesses or exhibits a quality in abundance as if in
> concentrated form <she was the essence of punctuality>
> 
> Frankly I don't see how we can interpret this as anything but a
> question about the essence of Voldemorte or of Nagini. In either case
> I find the implication that he believes Nagini is a Horcrux to be
> stronger than the implication that he believes Nagini simply to be
> possessed.

Geoff:
Might I yet again drag up a thread from the archives....

Way back in the halcyon pre-HBP days, before Horcruxes, (sigh), I started 
a thread called "The Smoke Serpent".

This was message 79231 and some of the replies along the thread 
might be relevant to or of interest to the current line of thinking.