A (very) Little On Yew Trees (TBAY: Stoned!Harry)

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No: HPFGUIDX 38626

southernscotland at yahoo.com writes: 
<I almost hate to bring this up, but there's another bit of canon. I 
just looked it up.  
"They were standing instead in a dark and overgrown graveyard; the  
black outline of a small church was visible beyond a large yew tree  
to their right." (GOF)
Aside from the obvious symbolism of the small church, here's another. 
It is mentioned at least three times specifically, and I'll bet at  
least some of you caught it:  
The yew tree. It is said to be an ancient symbol of immortality.> 

Ok, I thought at first I might have been mistaken, but no. Here it is, 
straight from the Lexicon: 
(http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/wands.html)
"Voldemort: yew, 13 1/2", single phoenix feather (also from Fawkes)" 

That's from a listing of the wands and their properties who we know 
about thus far. Voldemort's wand is made of yew, maybe even one that 
was in the cemetary...?
Yew is a sign of immortality, yes, but more importantly, of death. 
However, Harry's wand, ("Harry Potter: holly, 11", supple, single 
phoenix feather(from Fawkes)") is made of Holly, another tree 
associated with immortality, but on a different level. Holly is an 
evergreen, and therefore considered symbolic of ressurection 
(one of the reasons it is popular at Christmas, but also from older 
roots in the Yule celebration).  

So there is HOPE! Maybe Harry's sacrifice by way of the Stoned!Harry 
theories won't end him up dead.... forever.... I know, magic doesn't 
bring people back, but this is much older magic (if magic at all) and 
that seems to not be held down by the same restrictions. 

Not trying to disprove or disuade Stoned!Harry (because I like it 
very much!), but....

with fingers crossed for A Stoned!(but Alive!)Harry,
      L. Terrell Gould, III  

PS
Does anyone else find it curious that most of the parallels found on 
this site between HP and religion involve the iconography of 
Christianity?  Is it because it is widely known?  Are most of us 
Christian? Are we just seeing it through the dominant socially 
enculterated schema in western society? 
Pardon me. I've been studying way too much for my psych and anthro 
exams. I'll leave now *poof*.