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- During Harry's sixth year, Dumbledore used memories he had collected from various people and stored in small crystal bottles to give Harry lessons about the life of Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort. Each memory was poured into the Pensieve, then Dumbledore and Harry entered as bystanders to the action (HBP10, HBP15, HBP17, HBP20, HBP23).
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"I use the Pensieve. One simply siphons the excess thoughts from one's mind, pours them into the basin, and examines them at one's leisure. It becomes easier to spot patterns and links, you understand, when they are in this form." — Albus Dumbledore explaining his Pensieve to Harry Potter
The Pensieve of Hogwarts was a magical instrument used by the Headteachers to view memories. [2] Professor Albus Dumbledore used it to review particular memories of Tom Riddle, among other things, and to give Harry Potter private lessons during the 1996–1997 school year.
May 6, 2023 · I'm quite sure that Dumbledore wanted Harry to discover the Pensieve. In the book the accident of leaving the door slightly ajar was on purpose. In the movie, he would have enchanted the cabinet to dramatically open while Harry was in his office.
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter became the first person to use the Pensieve, the perspective of Harry Potter fans, when he accidentally fell into it and witnessed a memory of Albus Dumbledore attending a hearing at the Wizengamot.
The main person denying Voldemort’s return is Cornelius Fudge. He is well aware of Dumbledore’s skill, and – as we learn in Order of the Phoenix – is paranoid about Dumbledore’s ambition. He is determined to ignore any evidence of Voldemort’s return, especially if it comes from Harry or Dumbledore.
Albus Dumbledore is seen using the Hogwarts Pensieve in this way, notably in Chapter Thirty of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, when he adds thoughts to the Pensieve and Harry’s face turns into Snape’s; Dumbledore is reminding himself of the hidden connection between Snape and Harry (that Snape was in love with Harry’s mother, and is ...
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However, Harry Potter entered many Pensieve memories with Dumbledore's help during his research of Lord Voldemort. Hogwarts has its own special Pensieve, used by a long line of headmasters and headmistresses, including Dumbledore.