[HPforGrownups]Re: Eastern European HBP?

[Hans Andréa]

No: HPFGUIDX 104989


Entropy wrote:

I do agree that whoever the HBP turns out to be, it's a good possibility
that his roots could be in Eastern Europe. We know: 

[1] Victor Krum's place on the Bulgarian Quidditch team
[2] Krum and Karkaroff's Eastern European accents
[3] Voldemort's exile to Albania
[4] Prague was *the* alchemical hot spot of the 16th century (it was once
known as "Magic Prague"), and alchemy has been shown to play a huge role in
both the HP story and story structure. (Because of this, I'd guess that
Durmstrang's secret location *is* Prague.)

So it seems a pretty good guess to me that JKR intends to make this area of
the world a significant one to the Wizarding World of Books 6 & 7.
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Hans:

Just a *short* reply for once. Actually this is the most interesting one
I've heard so far! Yes indeed Prague was the alchemical hotbedof the 16th
century! This gives me goosebumps, because a certain person whose name was
hidden in OoP spent timein Praguetrying to make gold through alchemical
means. His name? John Dee ("Dee John" (Dijon) - see Hagrid's tale). It's
highly likely that JKRis givingus a clue to book 6 here.

As a matter of fact in 1564 John Dee published a book which was dedicated to
the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian, King of Bohemia (asthe countrywas
called then). This book, "Monas Hieroglyphica", features onits title page a
symbol which is also on the letter of invitation to the Alchemical Wedding
of Christian Rosycross. This isa symbol of Mercury (Hermes - Hermione) and
consists of a crescent (Luna), sitting on top of a circle, above a cross.
This symbol can also be interpreted as soul, spirit and body completely
united, the result of the Alchemical Wedding, which I maintain is the
purpose of the Harry Potter septenary. I can type it sideways: )O+ If you
now tip this 90 degrees with the cross underneath, and join them together a
bit more, you get the Monas Hieroglyphica.

Near Prague is the castle Karlstejn. From the air it looks very much like
JKR's description of Hogwarts. It was built in 1348-65 by the Holy Roman
Emperor Charles IV. I want to emphasise that this castle contained numerous
frescoes which DrRudolf Steiner described as, "representing the Alchemical
Wedding of Christian Rosycrossin primitive form." These frescoes are
related to the life of St Wenceslas, who is considered a Rosicrucian.

Well done, Entropy! I think you're on to something here!

Hans in Holland




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