Horcrux References at Hogwarts - banned books in ROR

[Dondee Gorski]

No: HPFGUIDX 165849

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Deborah Krupp 
<deborah_s_krupp at ...> wrote:
>
> I was under the impression from something I read, that Dumbledore 
was the one to remove books from Hogwarts that referenced 
Horcruxes.  Now I can't find any evidence to support this.  
> 
> Does anyone know if Dumbledore is responsible for banning the 
books containing Horcruxes? If they were banned before his reign as 
headmaster, does anyone know how Tom Riddle originally found 
information on them, or are we to suppose he found the same one 
reference as Hermione in "Magick Moste Evile" or a source in an 
outside library.  I have a hard time picturing him going home with a 
friend over holidays, but I suppose it could have happened...


Dondee:
In Slughorn's true memory, Slughorn says to Riddel...

"But all the same, Tom...keep it quiet, what I've told - that's to 
say, what we've discussed. People wouldn't like to think we've been 
chatting about Horcruxes. It's a banned subject at Hogwarts, you 
know...Dumbledore's particularly fierce about it..."(HBP pg. 499)

This conversation took place when Dumbledore was Transfiguration 
teacher and Dippet was Headmaster. My guess is that the topic of 
horcruxes had been banned by the School Governors and the Ministry 
long before. Horcruxes are seriously dark magic and no way would any 
of the authorities want kids learning about or discussing it. As for 
how Riddle found out about them, I can imagine him skulking about 
Nocturne Alley on his summers off and reading any dark arts book he 
could get his hands on.

Cheers, Dondee>^,,^<