luke11685
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Occlumency - the magical defense of the mind against penetration from the outside, i.e. legilimency. To protect yourself from the effects of Legilimency, you must get rid of all emotions from your mind and close it to others. In 1995, Severus Snape, on the orders of Albus Dumbledore, taught occlumency to Harry Potter, whose skill was to protect him from being penetrated by Lord Voldemort. Occlumency is not only about practicing emotional immunity and not showing feelings. It is the ability to create a barrier against an outsider trying to break into our mind and learn our secrets. Properly mastered occlumency allows us to keep secret those areas of our soul-psyche (memories, strong experiences, thoughts) that we do not want to reveal.