Chapdisc Cos 12

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 189088

justcarol67 wrote:
> > I'm not so sure that DD used Occlumency on Harry though he often gives Harry the sense that he's being X-rayed and certainly subjects both Harry and Tom Riddle to a searching glance (which could as easily be a means of detecting through facial expressions and other signs whether a student is lying). 
> 
>     Probably, like all skills and talents, there are varying levels of 
> ability in Occlumancy, Prof. Dumbledore probably has some degree of 
> Occlumancy ability, but not up to the level of Morty or Sevvy.
> 
>     Bart
>
Carol responds:

Oops. I meant Legilimency, of course. I suspect that you did, too. As for DD's abilities as a Legilimens, I'm sure that he wouldn't enter a mind as LV does, but he must have quite a degree of skill in obtaining memories from people, including unwilling people like Morfin (and possibly Hokey), which is surely a form of Legilimency.

At any rate, I think that LV's claim of being the greatest Legilimens in the world is proven by his invasion of Gregorovitch's mind, and Sevvy's ability to block him without his knowing it undoubtedly makes him the greatest Occlumens in the world (whereas his Legilimency, though good, is not on the same level). I suspect that DD ranks behind Severus in Occlumency but ahead of him in Legilimency. In fact, he probably taught Severus both skills. (I can't see LV, who trusts no one, teaching him either skill. The other alternative would be that he was self-taught.)

Carol, with apologies for using the wrong term and causing confusion