The Veil in the Chamber of Secrets? (was Re: more predictions from Jo)

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 120801


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
>
> Carol responds:
> I don't think it's the Veil itself but the arched doorway it covers
> that's the entrance to the Other World. I think the MoM was built on
> that spot because it was a site where the ancient Druids held their
> rituals, perhaps including ritual sacrifice. 

This is an interesting idea, but what I wonder about is: does that 
work in JKR's cosmology of the Potterverse?  She's playing very fast 
and loose with a lot of things, taking what she wants, so large-scale 
parallels to any real life system don't work out very well.  So I 
wonder what kind of 'reality', so to say, Druidic systems would have 
in the Potterverse.  IMHO, it never works when fanfic writers or 
theorists about canon start importing ideas from RL ceremonial 
magical practice, or Wicca, or much of anything else.  Rituals are 
pretty clearly not a big thing in her created system of magic, either.

Put it in the category of 'big metaphysical questions' that are 
currently unanswered, but I sure hope she's thought out.  I'm pretty 
sure she knows exactly WHY Voldemort didn't die and how Lily's 
sacrifice worked, so I'll bet on a well-thought out Veil, too.

-Nora admits to not being a big fan of Joseph Campbell, either