crowns and the Alchymical Wedding

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 84552

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Ivan Vablatsky 
<ibotsjfvxfst at y...> wrote:

Hans:
> Harry Potter never ceases to delight and surprise me. I keep 
finding more
> gems hidden away in the nooks and crannies of the story.
>  
> I came upon this sentence right in the beginning of chapter 10 of 
OoP. "Mrs
> Weasley sobbed over Kreacher's dead body, watched by Ron and 
Hermione who
> were wearing crowns."
> 
> Wearing crowns! How could I have missed that! It hit me like a 
flash of
> lightning. This is another subtle but clear reference to the 
Alchymical
> Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz.
> 

<snipped>

> A few
> months ago there was a big debate in this group about whether Harry 
Potter
> is everyman or Christ. I say he is both! 

<snip> 

Geoff:
I feel that I can only disagree with your view on Harry Potter. He 
cannot be an everyman or Christ. No person can be a Christ figure 
except Christ himself, God in human form. We can be Christ-like; we 
are enjoined to imitate Christ – read Philippians 2 for example. 

 
Hans:
> This is the new religion of the Age of Aquarius. Man will realise 
that
> everyone is called to become a Son of God through the self-
sacrifice of the
> limited, earthly self, for the inner God Who lies dormant in each 
of us. 

<snipped>

Geoff:
Christ is referred to as the Son of Man or the Son of God. We are 
told in John 1 that, speaking of Jesus, "to all who received him, to 
those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become the 
children of God" – not the same. 

We know from interviews etc. that Jo Rowling claims to be a 
Christian. I am not sure whether her membership of the Church of 
Scotland indicates nominal Christianity or real belief; that is not 
for me to judge. However, in message 75634,  I raised the question 
of "second guessing" JKR. I would be surprised to find that she found 
time to read a slightly obscure book such as "The Alchymical Wedding 
of Christian Rosenkreutz" in such depth as to incorporate its ideas 
so fully into the Harry Potter books as you suggest because, if one 
takes on board all the other theories and sources put forward by 
various correspondents, she must have done nothing but read all these 
various books for months and then plan how all these various ideas 
and theories were to be dovetailed into her writing plan.

JKR has not written overtly as a Christian; neither did Tolkien, But, 
with a Christian background, I find that many of the items you detail 
as part of the "new religion of the Age of Aquarius" merely shadow 
central parts of Christian faith when that faith is really followed 
and not merely paid lip service. 

Can't JKR write her own story? Yes. Isn't it interesting though that 
JKR has made Harry the Seeker in the Quidditch team? That's the term 
often used in Christian circles for those who truly look for the 
right way to go in life. Harry may make many mistakes along the way, 
but he is anxious that the right is seen to prevail for the benefit 
of his friends, the Wizarding World and the future.

Geoff