Living With Legilimens - by Queenie Goldstein
written by Nyx Lumiere
In 1923, The American Society of Legilimens approved this self-help book for family members and significant others who are living with natural legilimens. Living With Legilimens provides an understanding of your beloved and gives you concise instructions on mastering the art Occlumency.
Last Updated
05/31/21
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The Dangers of an Emotional Mind
Chapter 6
Memories are peculiar because the mind is not organizing like a library, which is why “reading” minds isn’t so simple. Memories are complex pathways in the mind that extend in many directions. The strongest memories are intertwined with the feeling of intense emotions.
These emotions make us vulnerable to various assaults on the senses. If we are vulnerable, this also means that our thought processes are vulnerable, and thus could easily be probed.
By clearing one’s mind of emotions, we are creating a barrier, which can’t as easily be probed. Since Occlumency is a defense mechanism against Legilimency, the Legilimens is trying to discover a particular piece of information. The Occlumens by comparison, is probably trying to hide that bit of information, yet if their emotions are out of place with the thoughts they are projecting, the Legilimens can snag onto those feelings, which can take them to the source of the memory causing them.
The emotional mind makes the mind an easy target for any attack. A relaxed mind, one free of emotions acts like a shield, since the thoughts are all mixed together making it more difficult to isolate and find what one is looking for.
These emotions make us vulnerable to various assaults on the senses. If we are vulnerable, this also means that our thought processes are vulnerable, and thus could easily be probed.
By clearing one’s mind of emotions, we are creating a barrier, which can’t as easily be probed. Since Occlumency is a defense mechanism against Legilimency, the Legilimens is trying to discover a particular piece of information. The Occlumens by comparison, is probably trying to hide that bit of information, yet if their emotions are out of place with the thoughts they are projecting, the Legilimens can snag onto those feelings, which can take them to the source of the memory causing them.
The emotional mind makes the mind an easy target for any attack. A relaxed mind, one free of emotions acts like a shield, since the thoughts are all mixed together making it more difficult to isolate and find what one is looking for.
