Department of Mysteries

The Department of Mysteries is a section of the Ministry of Magicthat carries out confidential research. Most of its operations are carried out in total secrecy. Few wizards within the Ministry actually know what is located within this department, though it is learned that the various mysteries of the world are studied there: these include love,space, thought, time, death, and others. Those wizards who work in the Department of Mysteries are known as Unspeakables because of the confidential nature of their work.

Records of prophecies are stored in this long, cold chamber with high ceilings and towering shelves lit with blue-flame candles. These prophecies, held in glass orbs, are magically protected, so that the only people who can lift them off their stand are the Keeper of the Hall of Prophecies and the subject or subjects of the individual prophecy. Anyone else who attempts to inspect the orb with their hands will be afflicted with instant madness. Alas, during the battlethat took place within the Department of Mysteries in 1996, the sixD.A. members used Reductor Curses to smash the shelves of prophecies in order to distract the Death Eaters, and destroyed several prophecies in the Hall.

Space Chamber

This is a dark room full of planets floating in mid-air. Presumably, it is from this Chamber where Wizards study the aspect of space, as it is one of the limits of magic (along with time). Visitors may find themselves floating as well.Luna Lovegood deemed it "a very odd place" and used the Reductor Curse on the Pluto replica to block an attackingDeath Eater during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries