Harry a Horcrux ?

[doug rogers]

No: HPFGUIDX 151885

Ooooooh! I know! I know!

I've been waiting for a time when my head is clear to restate all  
this, but now seems like a reasonable time to jump in.

Follow me ....

Magic is basically Imagination made real. Things can be enchanted  
with a semblance if intelligence, will, personality, memory... The  
Patronus - the only example of magical theory that we truly have in  
canon that can be trusted - is Happiness recalled and projected as a  
physical manifestation to protect against Dementors, It is emotion  
made real. It is difficult to validly build an idea on only one  
example. But I believe Lupin can be trusted. Trusting Fake!Moody, is  
another issue altogether.

It is Happiness which counters (Dementor-caused) Depression. Where  
does the Happiness go when the spell is over?

Speculation 1: Either it doesn't go anywhere because it is the  
wizards own (it returns, but basically it never really left), or it  
is a projected copy and just dissipates.

Like an image on film is projected onto a screen, it is neither  
separate nor different from the image on the film. It depends  
entirely on the film and projector to exist. It is essentially a 
copy of the image on film, but not separate from it. Now the image can conceivably burn into the screen if it is still long enough, or  
powerful enough in it's energy. An atomic blast left shadows of the  
persons. Even strobes can leave images behind on sensitive material,  
cameras can capture external light on film in the form of images.

Speculation 2: In order to enchant an object, the wizard decides 
what qualities the object should have, casts, or projects the qualities onto the object and 'slices' them off from the wizard himself.

Speculation 3: body is very receptive to soul. One could say it is  
it's natural home.

Speculation 4: something 'physical' - in a magical sense - is  
manifest. What would need to be made real enough to knock out the  
life of another?

Wild jump: I suspect that Soul itself is projected in Avada Kadavra  
to knock out the soul of the victim.

In another thread in another place, an example was offered of  
Australian Aboriginal shamans pointing a stick and projecting spirit  
to drive out the disease (malevolent spirit) in another.

It is cast against the victims own soul - projected against the  
victim, and returns to the caster. Consider the example of The  
Patronus. a) Either the projection burned into baby!Harry, unable to  
return, b) dissapates, d) or got stuck.

Speculation 5: What could possibly counter Death? What could 
possibly counter a soul projected to kill? Love? Sacrifice?

So Voldemort's projection hit Baby!Harry, ( the scar is a mark of  
Dark Magic) was rejected by Lily's protection, and returned the  
force  and intent of the spell to Voldemort.

Remember too, that line of sight, time and distance are important in  
Magic. Casting a spell essentially makes a charged path, like  
lightning, and the return stroke follows the charged path. It  
doesn't bounce around like billiard balls. And a charged soul, if it  
is indeed projected as Avada Kadavra, would return to the caster  
anyway. e) returned unable to find the destroyed body?

Speculation 6: Would the Avada Kadavra  cast that night in Godric's  
Hollow be sufficiently strong  enough to burn in a image of Voldemort 
soul on baby!Harry?

It would be trivial to kill a spider or a fox. There would be no  
risk. Killing a person requires, no doubt a full portion of 
projected soul.

Speculation 7: In order to function, horcruxes must have a 
connection to the main soul. Yes Voldemort cannot feel the connection 
to his soul bits, for various reasons, but horcruxes must act like 
tethers holding down a hot air balloon, or anchors from a ship or 
boat. Each individual horcrux must have some kind of ethereal, non-
line-of sight connection to the main soul. Voldy does have a full 
soul, it's just in pieces in various places. Alternately, as 
Dumbledore explains, even as Voldy's soul is diminished, his powers 
have not.

Speculation 8: Voldy received the full brunt of his own Avada  
Kadavra. That's what killed him. "Let the thing be destroyed", What  
exactly is the thing to be destroyed? Could be Soul. Would the spell  
have been distorted enough to destroy Body?

Speculation 8: Harry is the only (possible soul vessel) horcrux to  
have sensory input. Every other hhorcrux is an inanimate object,  
essentially dead. A soul fragment, or burned in image identical to  
the original - in Harry's exceptional case - is still 'alive'. It has  
senses, and an ethereal connection to the main soul bit that doesn't  
not require line of sight.

This does not require Avada Kadavra to be the soul splitting spell,  
or even required as a step in a horcrux creation. It could be, if the  
Split-off and encase were added to it. It may be the spell required  
to destroy them though.

Doug Rogers

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