Death and magic

[mooseming]

I've been thinking about death and its varieties in HP and come up 
with the following observations.

Individuals consist of a body, a soul and magical power. Death 
results from the loss of body either through accident or natural 
causes and the PS extends life by restoring the body.  Accidental 
disruption of the body as in splinching does not kill you, so in 
some respects, magical power protects against physical death. Death 
also results from the loss of the soul as in the dementor's kiss or 
in an AK which appears to eject the soul from the body. The soul 
usually moves on at the point of death and we can presume that the 
magical power is dispersed at that time as ghosts have no magical 
ability. Voldy is unique because when his soul was ejected from his 
body he retained some power, enough to possess other beings and 
therefore survived without becoming a ghost.

If magical power holds the key to surviving death then Voldy must 
have been exceptionally powerful, uniquely powerful, unnaturally 
powerful. Where did he get that power from? If magical power is 
dispersed at the time of death it would be a neat trick to be around 
to appropriate surplus generated when someone dies.  Neater still to 
generate death at your own convenience, say around supper time.

If every time Voldy Aks a victim he just happens to consume their 
magical power then Lily's charm could well have given him chronic 
indigestion. The resulting evacuation may even have blow up a house 
or two.

Regards
Jo