From: tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   PP 497-500 of hard back Half Blood Prince: Harry Potter and Dumbledore view   
   Horace Slughorn's memory of discussing Horcruxes with Tom Riddle/Lord   
   Voldemort.  Tom asks Slughorn what a Horcrux is, and Slughorn tells him that a   
   Horcrux is an object in which    
   a wizard has concealed part of his soul, which he has broken off by committing   
   murder.  Tom asks what would happen if one made MORE than one Horcrux,   
   something that no one had ever done! (Tom talks of splitting one's soul into 7   
   pieces).  Slughorn reacts    
   with shock at that suggestion.   
      
   Dumbledore opined that Tom Riddle had wanted from Slughorn an opinion on what   
   would happen with a multiple Horcrux wizard.  All I read was Slughorn   
   expressing shock at the notion.  I did not see any opinion on whether multiple   
   Horcruxes were actually    
   feasible.  How would Tom conclude from Slughorn's shock that dividing his soul   
   into 7 pieces was a workable idea?   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)