[HPforGrownups] Mystery of Mysteries

[Sandra Lynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 193181

I find those questions intriguing. Some I was able to answer immediately
for myself, others not so sure of. I think they are great to contemplate
though, since we never get answers from the book.

Crescent

On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 8:30 PM, gcanham at cs.com [HPforGrownups] <
HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> I have a character at Hogwarts Online (www.hswcw.com) who was doing his
> Internship project during his last year at Beauxbatons. As part of that, he
> sent out the following questionnaire about the rooms we know about in the
> Department of Mysteries:
>
>
>
> Entrance Chamber
>
> How do Unspeakables identify the room they require?
>
>   1. Guess, like Harry and the D.A.
>
>   2. Use a special spell to identify the rooms
>
>   3. Room recognizes Unspeakables and will open the appropriate door when
> they name the required room.
>
>   4. Some other way (suggestions welcome)
>
>
>
> Hall of Prophecy
>
> How do prophecies get into the room?
>
>   1. Sent in by the seer
>
>   2. They just magically appear there
>
>   3. Unspeakables are alerted that a prophecy has been spoken, and they
> track down information about it.
>
>   4. Some other way (suggestions welcome)
>
>
>
> Brain Room
>
> Why did the brains attack Ron?
>
>   1. They are Muggle brains and will attack any wizard
>
>   2. They are Dark Wizard brains that attack by nature
>
>   3. Thoughts from one brain are often in conflict with those from another
> brain
>
>   4. Some other reason (suggestions welcome)
>
>
> Death Chamber
>
> Why did only Harry Potter and Luna Lovegood hear the voices beyond veil?
>
>   1. Only those that have seen death can hear them (like seeing Thestrals)
>
>   2. They had lost loved ones who were trying to call to them
>
>   3. The two of them had vivid imaginations, and were imagining the voices
>
>   4. Some other reason (suggestions welcome)
>
>
> Time Room
>
> In this room there is a magical bell jar, that cycles things back to its
> earliest stage, then on through its life cycle to the end of life, then
> cycles back to the point of birth again; is it:
>
>   1. An invention of modern-day wizards
>
>   2. A discovery from ancient times that is being studied to see how it
> works
>
>   3 Something that came back from the future (either accidentally or on
> purpose)
>
>   4. Something else entirely (suggestions welcome)
>
>
> Space Chamber
>
> Are the objects seen in this room the actual planets, etc., (was Pluto
> actually blown up by Luna)?
>
>   1. No, they are just replicas
>
>   2. Yes, they are the actual planets (Pluto had to be repaired, and its 4
> small moons, not discovered by the Muggles until 2005, nine years after the
> Battle of the Department of Mysteries, are bits they missed)
>
>   3. No, but they do form a link for instant transportation to the real
> thing
>
>   4. Something else entirely (suggestions welcome)
>
>
> Love Chamber
>
> The Love Chamber is kept locked at all times, so very little is actually
> known about it. It is rumored that it contains a large fountain of
> Amortentia (the most powerful love potions known) in the middle of it.
>
>
> The question is: what is going on behind those locked doors? Possibilities
> I've come up with are:
>
>
> 1. Researching love potions
>
> 2. Researching the kind of magic that saved Harry Potter because of his
> mother's love and sacrifice
>
> 3. Studying the 4 forms of love that the Greeks came up with (agape:
> unconditional love, feelings for one's children, etc.; eros: intimate love,
> sexual passion; philia: brotherly love, affectionate regard, friendship;
> storge: common/natural empathy normally within a family, can also mean
> acceptance/putting up with the situation)
>
> 4. All of the above
>
> 5. Something else, or some other combination of the above (other ideas
> welcome)
>
>
> My main question here is: Are other people interested in speculating about
> what goes on in these rooms? If you've read this far, I'm hoping you might
> be. Perhaps we could discuss what Muggles know about the subject being
> studied in each room, what we know from the books or just speculate about
> what wizards know about them.
>
>
> Anyone game?
>
>
> Geoff
>
>
> 
>
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