Vablatsky, was Re: Fleur/Bill – Birthday presents – Trelawney

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Sara:
> > We don't know what the first was. The textbook is "Unfogging 
> > the Future" by Cassandra Vablatsky, 

Amy Z:
> Is the name another clue?  Cassandra was doomed to prophesy 
> correctly but never be believed.  Is Trelawney a Cassandra, 
> more accurate than the Trio and most others tend to think?  
> (My personal opinion:  Nah, she's an old fraud who's right 
> about once in 300 tries.)

Also, look at the "Vablatsky", which is an obvious tweak on Victorian 
occultist Madame Helena Blavatsky.  You can read more here:

http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/religion/blavatsky.html

- Darice