[HPforGrownups] Re: Alchemy revisited: OOP prediction confirmed

[Scott Santangelo]

No: HPFGUIDX 67834


jdr0918 <jdr0918 at hotmail.com> wrote:
<<<--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Ivan Vablatsky wrote:> On 
April 21 I posted message 55793. In this message I said that the epic 
of Harry Potter is an alchemical formula symbolic of the path of 
human liberation...I received three beautiful responses from people 
who took this seriously. However the vast majority of members totally 
ignored this message...Is this theory above your head or beneath 
contempt?>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says:

WAY above my head... I don't think your theory was ignored; the 
majority response was probably "huh?", and who wants to admit that?

--JDR

--------------------------- Owlery 2003 comments;

Beautifully abstract, and who knows - the first book did have an alchemical bent (though it's not been really followed-up other than via potion-making). Even though I know a bit about alchemical history, I also responded with a "huh?" and found it implausible that JK would consciously weave an "alchemical formula" into the series. The Xian right-wingers would have a field day with that! The human liberation issues are perfectly sound theories, though!



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