Symbolism: HP and the Voice of the Silence

Wed Jul 16 21:31:20 UTC 2003

No: HPFGUIDX 70963

I quote verse 56 of "The Voice of the Silence" by HP Blavatsky:

"The Self of matter and the SELF of Spirit can never meer. One of the twain must disappear; there is no place for both."

Sound familiar? 

"and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives..." 

I repeat my theory: HP is an allegory for the Path of Liberation. This Path has always been open and it will be open until the last prodigal son has returned to the Father.

What the Voice of the Silence is saying in the above verse is that we all have two forces within us; our earthly self that we know so well, and a Spiritual Self that is dormant and has to be awakened. When it has awakened it threatens the earthly self because neither can live while the other survives. This is exactly the same thing as what HP is saying. (Harry Potter, not Helena Petrovna).

Harry is the potential spiritual self who is born within us from the pure (Lily) longing (James). The Voice of the Silence verse 51: "Make clean thy heart". 

Voldemort is the inner Satan, the great adversary who does not want us to go the Path of Liberation, for that means his death. It is he who is keeping us imprisoned. This is why Voldemort wants to kill Harry. He knows that Harry will kill him if he, Harry, returns to the Father. It's not because Harry hates him; it's just that Harry's action of opening the door to the light will destroy Voldemort. Light and darkness cannot exist in the same space. When our whole being is filled with light, the darkness is killed, so to speak. When our whole being is filled with Love, hate dies.

This should give us valuable insight into book 7. Harry doesn't "want to be a murderer", but he won't be able to avoid it if he is to live. Simply by growing in grace, simply by filling his being with Love from the Father, he will cause Voldemort's death. Darkness is an illusion; light is real.

There have been some enquiries by members wanting to know where they can find out more about the Path of Liberation. Here's an incredible booklet that teaches the way, if we can understand it. It takes a lifetime of reading and reflection to understand it, which makes it really worthwhile.

I guess everyone understands that JK Rowling took Blavatsky's name and changed it to Vablatsky, author of "Unfogging the Future", a book on Harry's list in year 3. This proves that JK Rowling knew about Blavatsky. Whether she's read the Voice of the Silence is something I don't know. In my opinion that is totally irrelevant. It is my theory that HP is inspired by the same source as "The Voice of the Silence", as the New Testament, and as so many fairy tales and legends.
A few days ago we had a dispute over whether JK Rowling writes for children. My theory is that she writes for humanity. It is a great mystery to me as to how conscious she is of the liberating power.

HP Blavatsky published :"The Voice of the Silence" in 1889. She was the founder of the Theosophical Society. Out of the Theosophical grew the Anthroposophical Society, whose founder was Rudolf Steiner. Before you ask, I'm not a member of either movement. I'm not pushing anybody's barrow except to point out the Path of Liberation as hidden in HP.

I realize that many members say "huh?" when they read my emails. But can I ask you to consider: if it were possible that HP actually and really does give hidden instructions for total human liberation, what an explosion of rapture that should cause? Just imagine for one second, a book that is being read by HUNDREDS of millions of people all over the world - is a secret code for liberation from death, from sickness, from suffering, from karma, from reincarnation! An entrance into another universe where Love is the atmosphere you breathe, where your heart is constantly and incessantly filled with (to us) unimaginable selfless ecstasy, bliss and rapture. Why? Because when Voldemort is dead that's how we feel. We are then united with the original Spirit, who IS Love. Voldemort is inside all of us and it is he who, through us, is causing the horrendous suffering in the world; the wars, the human trafficking, the drug abuse, the religious fanaticism, the terrorism, the child abuse, and the
 spine-chilling egocentricity in this world.

Can you imagine for just one second that if what I say is true, it should give rise to you jumping two meters in the air with joy?

Well that's how I see Harry Potter.

Hans in Holland

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