OoP clues?

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 158102

 



Cliff here:
As I have personal experience in Muggle telepathy, I  can say that
making your mind blank is NOT the way to block intrusion. In  fact, to
get telepathic messages, feelings and images, your mind (and in  case
of images also your vision) must be free of interference. Thus  Snape
told HP exactly the wrong thing as Snape wanted LV to be able  to
access Harry's mind. Snape said the DD wanted him to teach HP;  DD
would assume Snape would teach correctly. 

In Muggle terms, we  talk of a closed mind, one that refuses the facts
as his/her mind is  already made up. Such a person cannot receive
telepathic messages. It  requires an open mind, not only for the very
weak signal, but also the  acceptance. The signal, however, has a
tremendous range, 1100 miles is  easy. It doesn't require close
proximity and/or view of the eyes as that is  the Muggle form of lie
detection. Like a polygraph, it only detects the  degree that the
person is upset over telling a lie. 

Now, JKR may  have not known what I know, so she couldn't write it. Or,
of course, she  was making an obvious clue to those of us who do know
that Snape is a bad  egg. I caught the situation on my first reading of
the book. 

Cliff,  who hopes he's not alone in using telepathy.


Julie:
Erm, while your discourse on telepathy is interesting, what does it  have
to do with Legilimency or Occlumency? Nothing that I can see. We are
talking about a fictional book relating fictional powers, and it has  already
been noted in the text that Legilimency is not "reading minds." We  also
have no reason to assume JKR knows anything about telepathy in  the
manner you're presenting it ("it requires an open mind" etc) as  you readily 
admit. In fact the necessity of eye contact for Legilimency would  seem
additional evidence that JKR is not basing this wizard skill on telepathy.  In
short, your analogy is invalid, which also means the Occlumency  lessons
provide no support at all for the "Snape is a bad egg" theory  :-)
 
Julie, who admits to being highly skeptical about Muggle psychic  abilities
of all kinds


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