Importance of Occlumency

[Larry]

No: HPFGUIDX 172448



> Wondering just why Dumbledore found it so important that Harry learn 
> occlumency and thereby closing his mind to LV.
> Had it not been for Harry's mind-connection with LV, he would never 
> have seen LV's thoughts of where the Horcruxes were hidden and would 
> probably not have found them in time....
> Or?



It occurs to me that the purpose of Occlumency was not to eliminate the connection, but to 
enable Harry to control it. So he could use it, extracting what he needed, and then closing the 
connection at will. Which is precisely what ended up happening in DH.