Legilimency without consent WAS: Obviously guilty

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 189673

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" <dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:

Zanooda:
> > Unlike Harry, James must have known about DD's ability, and if he was determined to hide the SK switch from DD, all he has to do was not to look him directly in the eye.
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> Alla:
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> Now, before I say anything further, let me stress that I totally understand that whether he legilimenced James or not is not possible to prove and I am speculating. I base it on Dumbledore's character as I understand it in general that he would never IMO let something important to him go if he can get such knowledge and on him repeatedly legilimencing Harry without his consent. Having said it, you could be totally right and he may not have done it.
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> However, how do we know that James knew swat about  Dumbledore doing Legilimency on him?(for that matter how did he know that Legilimency even exists? Oh being from Wizarding family he must have I suppose, but do we know for sure?).

Geoff:
Just putting my oar in, having followed this discussion without previously 
commenting, I would make two points:

First, James, as you say was from a wizarding family and I am quite sure
that he would know about Legilimency (and Occlumency) and presumably, 
since Dumbledore was knpwn throughout the wizarding world and was also 
known personally to him, must have realised that he was a powerful
Legilimens and Occlumens.

Second, I don't think that wizards wanting to Legilimise someone else are using
different sorts of Legilimency; I would read this as similar to magic using a wand 
and performing it wandlessly. It hinges on the power and training of the individual 
wizard.