Harry as a Non-crux - Soul Pieces in Context

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 158005

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
> bboyminn:
> 
> While this view won't please a lot of people, I can't 
> help but say 'I have a theory'. 
> <snip>
> Taking the general belief that Souls are eternal, and
> combining that with what we know in the books, I 
> speculate that souls take on three forms.
> 
> Core or Self Soul - as I've said, this is the bulk of 
> the soul, and it contains the sense of Self, memories, 
> identity, and attachment to the earthly body. These are 
> the aspects that are lost when a pure complete soul 
> crosses over.
> <snip>
> Free Soul Pieces - When a Horcrux is destroyed, the soul
> piece becomes disembodied. That is, it is the body that
> is destroyed not the soul piece itself. Remember, I am
> operating under the assumption that the soul is eternal
> and can not be destroyed. 
> 
> The Free Soul Pieces are the most confusing since they
> are bound to the earth but they are not /earthbound/. 
> That is, they are held on earth by the fact that other
> aspects of themselves /are/ earthbound, embodied and 
> therefore tied to the earth and the earthly life. 
> 
> Since, the Free Soul Piece are not embodied, they do not 
> act as anchors to hold Voldemort to the earth. They are
> simply waiting around until it is possible for all aspect
> of the soul to cross over. 

Mike:
Interesting theory, but I have a couple of questions. First, when 
Voldemort's body was destroyed at GH, why didn't his Core Soul also 
become a Free Soul Piece? Or did it? And why don't the two Free Soul 
Pieces from the Diary and the Ring try to regenerate themselves into 
a body, like we know the diary tried? Or are they out there trying 
right now?

Just to through in a clockwise stir, what if Ken and Sluggy are 
right and DD is wrong? (huh?! DD wrong?!) Well, 3 pages after DD 
explains about the quantity and continuation of LV soul pieces, he 
told us LV used Nagini to kill Frank Bryce, and we know that was 
wrong. Besides, how many Horcrux makers had their body destroyed, 
came back in a new body, and wrote down their experience for people 
like Dumbledore to understand the concept? I know of one and he aint 
explainin' it to noone. Do ya wanna bet that *if* anybody else 
accomplished this feat, they didn't explain how they did it either. 
Why would they? So someone could figure out how to kill them.

But what if Ken and Sluggy are right, did LV have to go pick up one 
of his Horcruxes and use that along with Bertha Jorkin's death to 
regenerate that Baby!Mort body? Is that why he was hanging around 
Albania all that time. I always wanted to know what was in Albania, 
or conversely, why didn't LV go straight to one of his faithful DEs 
after GH and get this regeneration going. What kept him from doing 
the regeneration immediately and/or why was he afraid to stay in 
Britain?

Wouldn't it be fortuitous if LV already used one of his Horcruxes 
and it wasn't the Locket or the Cup? That would leave only one that 
Harry doesn't know for sure what it is, but also mean Harry would 
think he has at least one more to go before he goes after Voldemort.
TOO complicating?

Mike