How are memories extracted in Harry Potter?

When witches and wizards who have memories that they either wish to see more than once or memories that they cannot stand to think about again they remove it by placing the tip of their wand to their temple, then they slowly pull the tip away and bringing a long, silver strand with it.

Where did Dumbledore store his memories?

Dumbledore kept his Pensieve in a black cabinet in his office. When he had too many thoughts and memories crowded into his head, he siphoned the excess thoughts into the basin using his wand. He said that “(i)t becomes easier to spot patterns and links” in the memories when they’re collected in the Pensieve (GF30).

Where is Harry dropping Snape’s memories?

Harry goes to the Pensieve, dumps all of Snape’s memories inside and dives straight in, thinking any other thoughts than his own will be a relief. The first memory he comes to shows Snape at age nine or ten, watching Lily and Petunia play on a playground.

Does the Pensieve remove memories?

Putting the memory back from the pensive “decrypts” the memory. A Penseive makes your head less “cluttered”, but doesn’t actually delete memories from your head.

Did James really love Lily?

And although she was one of the few people at Hogwarts who was entirely unimpressed by him, her fellow Gryffindor James Potter was also deeply infatuated with her as well. Obviously Lily ultimately chose James Potter over Severus Snape, and Lily and James got married and had their only child, Harry Potter.

Did Lily and James have a funeral?

Since James didn’t have any living relatives, she arranged his and Lily’s funeral.

How did James and Lily get together?

James fell in love with Lily from the moment he first saw her on their first train ride. James was especially delighted when they were both sorted into, in James’ opinon the best house ever, Gryffindor. James tries to be around Lily whenever possible, having his friends sit near her friends during mealtimes.