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"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
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- Harry Potter: "He can read minds?"
- Severus Snape: "You have no subtlety, Potter. You do not understand fine distinctions. Only Muggles talk of 'mind-reading'. The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by any invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, Potter ... or at least, most minds are ..."
- — Severus Snape explains "mind-reading" to Harry Potter[src]
Mind-reading was the magical ability to perceive the thoughts or feelings of others through extrasensory means. According to Severus Snape, this term was used only by Muggles and was a notably inaccurate description of Legilimency (as there are far broader possibilities for this ability).[1] Nonetheless, the magical art of Legilimency could achieve mind-reading, as could the mental connection that was shared by Voldemort and Harry Potter,[1] which resulted from a piece of Voldemort's soul that lodged inside of Harry's body.[2]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (Mentioned only)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film) (Mentioned only)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay (Mentioned only)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter (website) (Mentioned only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 24 (Occlumency)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 35 (King's Cross)
| Legilimency · Occlumency |
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| Legilimency Spell |
| Legilimens |
| Albus Dumbledore · Queenie Goldstein · Jacob's sibling · Jacob · Lord Voldemort · Constance Pickering · Harry Potter (Indirectly) · Pumpkin Johnny · Salazar Slytherin · Severus Snape · Sorting Hat · The Hogwarts Diary · Unidentified vampire · Wampus cats (Tim) |
| Occlumens |
| Maxwell Barnett · Bartemius Crouch Junior · Albus Dumbledore · Franciscus Fieldwake · Gellert Grindelwald · Bellatrix Lestrange · Lord Voldemort · Draco Malfoy · Patricia Rakepick · Kazuhiro Shiratori · Horace Slughorn · Severus Snape |
| Books on Legilimency and Occlumency |
| Guide to Advanced Occlumency · Living With Legilimens: Choose Your Minds Wisely · Protection Charm Your Mind: A Practical Guide to Counter Legilimency |
| See also |
| The American Society of Legilimens · Crown of Mneme · Dai Ryusaki's mind-enhancing potion · Legilimency potion · Mind-reading · Vibe · Vision |