[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPDISC: HBP24, Sectumsempra

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 161311

> Zgirnius wrote:
> >The songlike chant for a
> > healing spell makes some sense because of the association of
> > phoenixes with healing.
> >
> a_svirn countered:
> I don't think so. The songlike quality was due to the fact that
> Snape *chanted* (that is intoned the incantation in certain rhythm)
> rather than pronounced it normally. Fawkes, on the other hand, sings
> without words.


I just reread Book 1: In it, after everyone sings the school song (in the 
chapter "The Sorting Hat"), Dumbledore has this to say:
"Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here!"

I missed it the first time though, it's such an innocent line, but after 
reading all the other books and coming back to it, I realize this is one of 
J.K.'s buried "gems" in the text. It explains the Phoenix and the healing 
chant, which was music as well. I don't think it matters the "type" of 
music, whether it's just voice or with instruments, but just that like 
"love", that is has powers to combat Dark Magic. It's funny that the school 
song was even sung in multiple "tunes" before Dumbledore made that comment, 
meaning that the music doesn't even have to be beautiful or well done to 
have that effect. I wouldn't be surprised if Lilly might have been singing 
to Harry while Voldemort was threatening her and Harry, or if she had been 
singing to Harry immediately before Voldemort breaks into the house to kill 
them. It would be very interesting if that detail came into play in the last 
book in this series.

But, this healing fact of music leads me to believe that it might have been 
Dumbledore to first realize the countercurse to that Sectumsempra spell, for 
the mere words alone might not have the full healing effect, but that is has 
to be chanted or sung for the real magic of that counterspell to be 
unleashed.

Shelley