Books as Mirror of Erised

[Regina]

No: HPFGUIDX 71442

I would just like to add to my post (#71335) a thought that occurred 
afterward, that the Harry Potter books themselves are to the reader 
what the mirrod of Erised was to the characters in the book. They are 
so powerfully popular because they stir in the reader his or her 
deepest longings and desires that are wanting expression, yet the 
happiest ones see only themselves reflected. (This is all just a 
suspicion, absolutely NOT said to imply anything about myself.)

Regina