Do you agree? (Harry as Horcrux)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 163981

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:

Mike:

> Personally, I take the position that if the spell isn't cast before 
> the murder, the soul piece does not seperate from the main and begins 
> to repair itself. The chance is lost, it's too late to seperate it 
> and encase it.
> 
> Is there canon for my position? No. Is there canon against my 
> position? No. Is there canon for or against the spell-after-murder 
> position? No. 

Geoff:
I think there is.

'"How do you split your soul?"
"Well," said Slughorn unomfortably, "you must understand that the 
soul is supposed to remain intact and whole. Splitting it is an act of 
violation, it is against nature."
"But how do you do it?"
"By an act of evil - the supreme act of evil. By committing murder. 
Killing rips the soul apart. The wizard intent upon creating a Horcrux 
would use the damage to his own advantage" he would encase the 
torn portion -"'
(HBP "Horcruxes" p.465 UK edition)

Nothing in what Slughorn says implies that the soul would begin to 
repair itself. The thrust of his comments is that the soul fragment 
DOES separate from the main piece. Killing rips the soul apart. 
Full stop.