Anagrams; Soul & Mind

[Judy]

Penvensie & pensieve are almost anagrams -- Penvensie has an 
extra "N".

I think "pensieve" is an absolutely brilliant name, a fantastic play 
on words. I don't think any other explanation for the name is needed, 
other than the combination of "pens" (or pense) and "sieve" 
making "pensive."

Sigh -- how did the same woman who came up with this brilliantly 
named, elegant device also come up with "horcrux"?  Not only is the 
name awful, there doesn't seem to be any way for horcruxes to 
actually *work*.

On the topic of why Voldemort's last "soul piece" was able to come 
back to life, while the ring and diary pieces seemed to vanish, I 
thought that Voldemort's body contained not just a piece of his soul, 
but also his mind. 

However, Neri pointed out the effects of The Dementor's Kiss, as 
described by Lupin:
"You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and
heart are still working. But you'll have no sense of self any more,
no memory, no ... anything. There's no chance at all of recovery.
You'll just ... exist. As an empty shell."

Well, Lupin definitely seems to be saying that the soul and the mind 
are the same thing.  But then, how can Lord Voldemort retain all his 
powers and memories, as Dumbledore says he does, if his has ripped 
his soul into small pieces and has hardly any of it left? 

The only way I can reconcile Lupin's statement with Dumbledore's is 
to assume that the word "soul" is being used differently by each of 
them -- that what dementors suck out isn't exactly the same as what 
gets put into a horcrux.  Certainly, we muggles sometimes use "soul" 
to mean mind, and sometimes use it as something distinct from the 
mind, so maybe wizards do, too.

Unfortunately, I think the more likely explanation is that JKR just 
didn't think through all the implications of making a horcrux.

-- Judy