Symbolism: The Four Houses of Hogwarts and Liberation

[Ivan Vablatsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 76588

In previous messages I have expounded my theory that HP is the timeless
story of human liberation.               

The posts include 55793, 55907, 56071, 56254, 56477, 67775, 70287, 70318 and
others.

Time pressure has prevented me from explaining my theories in greater depth.
However the number of positive reactions has greatly encouraged me and now
Id like to look at the four houses as an aspect of the Path of Liberation
which, according to my theory, is the purpose of life.

Probably the most recent roadmap to liberation before HP was the Alchemical
Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz published in Strasbourg in 1616. In my
posts I have pointed out the many similarities in the two stories.

Harry at the beginning of his sojourn at Hogwarts is sorted into one of four
houses. CRC at the beginning of his journey is sorted into one of four
paths. Both achieve this sorting through a choice they make. Harry does so
by rejecting what he considers wrong. CRC does the same thing. To both of
them apply the words: It is our choices that show what we truly are.

Harrys choice is symbolically shown by him rejecting the House of
Slytherin. CRC chooses the right Path by chasing away a black raven which is
trying to take some bread CRC is giving to a white dove. I presume I dont
have to explain what white and black and the dove symbolize.

What do the Houses of Hogwarts and the Paths to the Castle of CRC symbolize?

Basically people going the Path of Liberation can be divided into four main
categories; those going: 

1.	the esoteric path
2.	the path of evolution
3.	the path of magic
4.	the astral path.

The AW says of the first Path: The first one is short but dangerous, for it
is full of many high rocks which you will barely be able to pass.

The group going this esoteric path is symbolized in HP by the House of
Slytherin and in the AW by the path of the kings and emperors. This group
consists of people who are endowed with tremendous inner qualities. They
have great personal charisma and when were near them we can almost feel
their power radiating from them. This is a fairly small group of very
exceptional people who show great leadership qualities and have an
extraordinary number of gifts and talents. When they are called by the
Original Spirit to return as the prodigal son to the Fathers House they
react by going the path using their talents and spiritual faculties. They
want to take the Kingdom of Heaven by storm.

Lucius Malfoy is a wonderful example of such people. He knows everyone
whos anyone, is very rich and is gifted in magic. By extension we see Draco
following in his footsteps.

In the Bible the story of the rich young man can give us a beautiful clue.
Matthew chapter 19 verses 16-24 tells us the story of a young man who came
to Jesus asking how he could go the Path of Liberation. The young man had
obeyed all the commandments but when Jesus told him he also had to sell all
he had, he turned away sadly, for he had great possessions.  Many people
interpret this to mean that people who have a lot of money have trouble
earning eternal life, but in my theory the Bible is more subtle than that.
In the universal symbology wealth means personal inner wealth, as described
above.

As I said, these people can go the Path of Liberation, symbolized by the
number 13; in HP by 9 and 3 quarters (3 quarters of 13). However unless they
realize that they have to surrender their gifts to their Inner God, to their
inner Harry Potter, they will have as much trouble going the Path as a camel
does going through the eye of a needle. Many of them choose instead to go
the Path of Occultism where they end up serving the nuclear force of the
fallen world, Lucifer, called Voldemort in HP. They become death eaters. 

In the AW many of these kings and emperors fail on the Path of Liberation.
They are tested by a set of scales on which are placed seven golden weights.
The virtues of most of the kings and emperors are not heavy enough to
outbalance the weights and so they are sent away from the castle, but a few
do withstand all the weights and so are allowed to stay for the Alchemical
Wedding.

It is very exciting to see that CRC, because of the extremely great weight
of his virtues, is given the choice of setting one person free who would
otherwise have had to be sent away. He chooses an emperor who has passed all
but the seventh weight. I wonder with bated breath whether Harry will also
be able to redeem one Slytherin when he, Harry, is liberated. Will it be
Draco?

I want to emphasize that the Slytherins are not inherently evil; its just
that the Path of Liberation requires the giving up of all earned talents and
gifts. These are no use in the Universe of Love, which is the Home of the
Original Spirit. And thats very difficult for any one. All God wants is a
pure heart. This is why Harry is so successful. When Slytherins are faced
with this choice they generally choose to keep their spiritual wealth and
follow Lucifer. That is a foolish choice because anyone who purifies his
heart (Lily) and thirsts for liberation (the stag) receives the inheritance
that God pours so abundantly into the lap of those who choose Him. This is
why Harry inherits a vault full of gold.

The second path, the one of evolution, symbolizes the great mass of people
who are called to go the Path but are followers rather than leaders. They of
course are the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws. The AW says of this path: The
second one is longer, because it takes you on circuitous roads, although it
will not lead you astray. It is a smooth and easy road if only, with the
help of the compass, you let yourself be led astray neither to the left nor
to the right.

These people are us, the ordinary plodders, neither greatly gifted nor
stupid, not standing out from the masses. We may very well be loving people,
showing great devotion, great intelligence; we may be very learned, but when
it comes to going the Path of Liberation we show passive docility. With
respect to the Path we do not show enough self-activity and therefore our
road is long and winding. We may be hard working Hufflepuffs or learned
Ravenclaws, but we just dont have Harrys initiative and courage to make
decisions that look as if they could be detrimental to our own interests.

The fourth path is not discussed in the AW or in HP. This is the Path of
those who have passed through the veil referred to in OOP.

That leaves the third group: Gryffindor. 

The AW says of the path gone by this group: The third is the truly royal
road. This is why JK Rowling always mentions Harry, Ron and Hermione in
that order; she never deviates from it. HRH is His Royal Highness  a
reference to the Royal Path. This is the Path of Harry, son of the Potter,
the Path of Liberating Magic. The 7 books of HP show in great details how
the candidate for liberation systematically frees himself from all fetters
to the three-dimensional universe of fallen humanity, and I have described
these in my previous posts. Harry is the prototype of the Son of the Most
High who is asleep in each of us. What is required of us to return to the
Original Spirit is not personal ambition  even in the spiritual sense:
Slytherin, nor learning and cleverness: Ravenclaw, nor toil: Hufflepuff, but
courage to choose what is right over what is easy, loyalty to the Spirit
(Dumbledore),  and Love of God and our fellow humans: Gryffindor.

Hans in Holland


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