Dumbledore- Time, Wisdom, & Spies

[Katie]

No: HPFGUIDX 159674

I am not really commenting specifically on anyone's ideas but rather
got an idea from other people's thoughts that fit in with this thread.
I think it is quite possible that he is using his pensive. As we saw
in HBP DD was able to extract memories from people and place it in his
pensive for viewing. I personally feel it is not too much of a stretch
to think that DD can and has extracted memories from himself, his
staff, and possibly the students. Also I don't know if it is possible
he is able to extract memories from the portraits. The portraits I
believe play a more valuable role than what we have seen so far.

As quoted from GoF.

"At these times," said Dumbledore, indicating the stone basin, "I use
the Pensieve. One simply siphons the excess thoughts from one's mind,
purs them into the basin , and examines them at one's leisure. It
becomes easier to spot patterns and links, you understand, when they
are in this form."

At first I assumed that one can only use the Pensieve for your own
thoughts as seen in use by DD and Snape. Except in HBP we see that DD
was able to use other people's thoughts. So it is quite possible that
instead of having some kind of omniscent power that DD just uses his
wisdom to spot patterns in people's daily interactions.


katie