Invisibility and Albus Dumbledore

[KSpirit]

Forgive me if this was already brought up...and then point me to it!

But incase it was not...

We all remember how Dumbledore told Harry that he doesn't need a cloak to become invisible...Did Jo ever tell us how exactly he did it?
I began reading OoTP again last night (which is long overdue, because then I need to re-read HBP to understand it better..). I had a lumos moment when they were travelling to Grimmauld Place. Moody put a Disillusionment charm on Harry, which made him blend in with the surroundings. Do we think Dumbledore uses a Disillusionment charm to become "invisible", or is there another way?

It seems to me that the charm is the same as the invisibility cloak- you can see through the person, but they are still a solid object and can be heard.

Your thoughts?

[littlemorgsi]

I'm not sure it would be the disillusionment charm. After all, doesn't that charm make you 'blend in' with your surroundings? "He felt like a human chameleon" (OotP). If you are invisible, you can't be seen at all.

[childminerva]

I think it's just some really advanced magic...I hope JK will mention how he did it because I've always wondered!

[StormAngel]

I don't know about this... Its kind of weird...

[TabbyForever]

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[beMMADfabulous]

I always wondered if his invisibility had something to do with a possible Animagus form.

[KSpirit]

Hm. Interesting idea. I think we would need Jo to define his invisibility. Is he actually invisible, or is he only invisible to Harry because Harry is so fixed on the mirror?

[StormAngel]

dunno... maybe he can turn himself invisible?

[CrankyCauldron]

I was wondering about that... the disillusionment charm did come to mind, but as 'littlemorgsi' (lotr reference btw? ) said, it doesn't make you completely invisible; if someone was really looking out for you, you'd probably be exposed.

However, we do know Albus is an accomplished legilimens, maybe it's a combination of the two? If he could convince someone to just 'not' see him, or think they didn't...

Hmmm.. problems with that too.

A Pondering Cranky...

[KSpirit]

Good thought with the legelimency idea. That is entirely possible. Although I thought I saw somewhere that you could feel it if your mind was entered? Or maybe I've been reading too much FF...