Character Discussion: James

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No: HPFGUIDX 120515


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Hans Andréa 
<ibotsjfvxfst at y...> wrote:

 James is the personification of the force in the human
> being that makes him actively search for the meaning
> of life. There is an intuitive feeling that our true
> destination does not lie in this world and that the
> latter is illusory and basically cannot satisfy the
> inner hunger for peace, for goodness, truth and
> justice.
> 
> What turns the passive voice into an active one? It's
> the end product of many incarnations full of
> disappointment, disillusionment and suffering. It's
> the subconscious realisation that nothing in this
> world can really satisfy the inner core of our being.
> That all our endeavours are just mad rides on the
> merry go round at Vanity Fair. That's James.



Alla:

Hans, thank you for the second installment of your series.
Do you think that James was always searching for the meaning of life 
or younger James is not really concerned with the meaning of life?

Since I am of the opinion that younger James took quite an active 
stance against the Dark Arts, although we don't know much about it, 
I wonder what you think.


Hans:
 
> James learns to turn himself into a stag, as we all
> know. The stag is the age old symbol for the thirst
> for the Water of Life. The word "hart" is sometimes
> used and I love that because it's so close to the word
> "heart", where Lily lives and where this thirst comes
> from. This word is used in the Revised Standard
> Version of the Bible I read, and Psalm 42 has a
> fantastic little piece which sums up everything I can
> say:
> 
> "As a hart longs for flowing streams,
> so longs my soul for thee, O God.
> My soul thirsts for God,
> for the living God."
> 
> The Water of Life is the symbol for the original, pure
> immortal life-force which enters the heart of those
> who have this longing for it. I'll come back to that
> later.


Alla:

Could you please educate me a little bit, since although I am 
fascinated with this kind of imaginary, I am not really familiar 
with it?

Is stag a biblical symbol for the Water of life and "stag" 
and "hart" are the same thing?


Alla:

Thank you again and happy holidays to you and to everybody on the 
list.