Voldemort was trying to make 6 horcruxes so his soul would ultimately be in 7 pieces - 7 being a powerful magical number. Harry's murder was supposed to be the catalyst for his making another one - possibly the final one, though we don't know if or when Nagini was made into a horcrux, so it's a bit tricky.
Anyway, he survived because, while he had bits of his soul saved and encased in the various objects, he still had what was left of his soul (after the bits were split off) inside his own body. That's what 'fled' and 'lived' in the forest in Romania or wherever the hell it was he met both Quirrel, Wormtail and Bertha. And that's what is inside the body that Wormtail helped create for him in GoF. He didn't go and get one of his horcruxes and use the fragment encased inside.
See, the reason he didn't "die" and was able to be 'put back into another body' after his human body was 'destroyed/killed' or whatever that halloween night was because the horcruxes anchored his soul to the earth. His soul (what was left of it) couldn't 'pass on' to wherever it is souls go when a person dies and remained earth bound.
The pieces that are inside the horcruxes he had made (diary, cup, locket, etc.) are not used to 'reincarnate him', though in the case of the diary, we saw that that was something of a possibility because of the nature of the soul fragment interacting with the already-charmed diary, but the diary was different from the non-sentient and inanimate locket or cup. (Am I confusing you yet?)
He didn't die because he was 'anchored' to 'Earth' (or the living plane of existence) by having a horcrux. Having one is enough to do this when someone dies. Voldemort thought six (seven pieces) would be better than one (two pieces) because he's a nut case. :) When the body dies, the soul doesn't die with it. The soul would move on to wherever - to live Dumbledore's next great adventure or what have you. But the horcruxes don't let the soul move on, effectively rendering a person immortal, as long as there is a living body for them to inhabit, and of course with magic, a new one was actually created for Voldemort.
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Date: 2006-08-14 05:32 pm (UTC)Voldemort was trying to make 6 horcruxes so his soul would ultimately be in 7 pieces - 7 being a powerful magical number. Harry's murder was supposed to be the catalyst for his making another one - possibly the final one, though we don't know if or when Nagini was made into a horcrux, so it's a bit tricky.
Anyway, he survived because, while he had bits of his soul saved and encased in the various objects, he still had what was left of his soul (after the bits were split off) inside his own body. That's what 'fled' and 'lived' in the forest in Romania or wherever the hell it was he met both Quirrel, Wormtail and Bertha. And that's what is inside the body that Wormtail helped create for him in GoF. He didn't go and get one of his horcruxes and use the fragment encased inside.
See, the reason he didn't "die" and was able to be 'put back into another body' after his human body was 'destroyed/killed' or whatever that halloween night was because the horcruxes anchored his soul to the earth. His soul (what was left of it) couldn't 'pass on' to wherever it is souls go when a person dies and remained earth bound.
The pieces that are inside the horcruxes he had made (diary, cup, locket, etc.) are not used to 'reincarnate him', though in the case of the diary, we saw that that was something of a possibility because of the nature of the soul fragment interacting with the already-charmed diary, but the diary was different from the non-sentient and inanimate locket or cup. (Am I confusing you yet?)
He didn't die because he was 'anchored' to 'Earth' (or the living plane of existence) by having a horcrux. Having one is enough to do this when someone dies. Voldemort thought six (seven pieces) would be better than one (two pieces) because he's a nut case. :) When the body dies, the soul doesn't die with it. The soul would move on to wherever - to live Dumbledore's next great adventure or what have you. But the horcruxes don't let the soul move on, effectively rendering a person immortal, as long as there is a living body for them to inhabit, and of course with magic, a new one was actually created for Voldemort.
Was that clear(ish)?