Book 7: The end of Voldemort

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 169846

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren1 at ...> wrote:
>
> Pickle_Jimmy:
> (snip)
> He thinks it is Harry, because it is his 
> one > desire, but it is actually just a "reflection" in the Mirror of 
> > Erised he is advancing on. 
> (snip)

Lauren:
> Hi,
> I can't believe this but I just realized that Erised is "desire" backwards.  
> Thanks

Geoff:

Perhaps you've missed the inscription on the mirror:

Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi

If you write this backwards, you get:

ishow no tyo urfac ebu tyo urhe arts desire

which makes more sense when spaced correctly as:
 
I show not your face but your heart's desire.