Pronunciation *S*P*O*I*L*E*R*

[Cindy Wells]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "entropymail" <
entropymail at y...> wrote:
> >  
> > In the American audio books it's pronounced Hor-crucks.  
> 
> Ugh. What an awkward little word. I've tried to anagram it,
Latin-root
> it, and check constellations. But nothing seems to give me any
further
> understanding of why JKR used this particularly ugly word. Any help?
> 
> :: Entropy ::

Actually, I thought it was a rather elegant statement that the word
makes, but 
to explain why, here's my take on it. While JKR does use Latin-roots
and 
anagrams, she also uses phonemes (e.g. diagonally into Diagon Alley).
The 
"hor" in horcrux refers to whore. Why? In Jungian psychology the
prostitute 
archetype represents anyone who sells out their integrity (not just
their body) 
in order to fill a material purpose. So in a sense, selling off your
soul's 
integrity/wholeness for immortality really is whoring yourself. And
that's the 
crux of the matter. <g>

Cindy