[HPforGrownups] Digest Number 2232

[Patricia Morrison]

No: HPFGUIDX 46115

Alina:
> Do you remember the year in which Dumbledore
> defeated Grindewald? 
> 1945. I
> always found that curious.


Christi:
And somehow, I doubt it's coincidence.  Also, I'm not
very good with 
name origins but "Grindewald" sounds like it might be
German in 
origin.  Could it be there was a "Wizard World War"
paralleling the 
conflict in the Muggle world?  Was Hitler's rise to
power due, in 
part, to having a dark wizard on his payroll?  Some
things to 
consider.






Hello! My first post on this list...

Many of you might not be aware that Hitler was deeply
interested in the>  occult and "dark side" stuff, and
his Wormtail, Goering, was into it even more, even
actively searching for the Holy Grail and the Spear of
Longinus to use them for foul purposes. 

And the swastika, an ancient symbol of the Light and
the Sun when it rotates in a clockwise direction, was
reversed and corrupted as the Nazi symbol. Like the
mark of the Death Eaters, in fact...

It is a matter of historical record that Hitler made
many of his decisions, such as the invasions of
Poland, Austria and Czechoslovakia, based on
astrological data--when his star was in the
ascendancy.

There is a well-documented story of RL British Witches
and magical practitioners getting together on Lammas
Night, 1940, to do a white-magic working, visualizing
archangelic powers protecting Britain, to keep Hitler
from a full-scale invasion. Everything was in place:
troops, boats, the whole thing. And yet he never
launched the attack.

In light of all this, I wonder how much Jo Rowling has
read of these events...certainly it was the first
thing I thought of when I read about "Grindelwald"...


"Patricia Morrison"