Soul bits (Was: CHAPDISC: HBP 23, Horcruxes)

[Neri]

No: HPFGUIDX 160865


> > Debbie:
> > We don't have any real canon either way, so I can't prove that my
> opinion is correct.  However, dictionary definitions of "soul" 
support
> the idea that a soul includes memory.  <snip>


> Carol again:
> The problem is, there are many different conceptions of soul, and 
the
> one you're quoting is somewhat medieval. Modern people, including
> wizards, know that memories are in the mind.<snip>


Neri:
Actually we do have some canon. According to Lupin in PoA, when a 
dementor sucks your soul, you become a vegetable. You loose your mind 
including, specifically, memories:

"You can exist without your soul...as long as your brain and heart 
are still working. But you'll have no sense of self anymore, no 
memory no...anything. There's no chance at all of recovery. You'll 
just -- exist. As an empty shell. And your soul is gone 
forever...lost." (p. 247)

This canon supports a wizard view of the soul as including the mind 
and, specifically, memories.

Neri