A favor to ask re christian allegory, alchemy, and Stoned!Harry

[Tim Regan]

No: HPFGUIDX 108143

Hi All,

Gregory Lynn 107992:
>>> Does anyone know a web site with a decent summary of the life of 
Moses? <<<

You could try the 1998 movie "The Prince of Egypt" if you fancy an 
evening in front of the TV.

Geoff 107999:
>>> Frankly, no parallels between Moses and Harry instantly hit me 
between the eyes. <<<

Not unless Uncle Vernon turns out to be royal. Then you have a babe 
from one race (well, the wizarding world isn't really a race but you 
know what I mean) bought up by royalty from another race. The 
analogy isn't very good, Harry is not brought up as a prince like 
Moses was, but with all the talk of princes in the air it is 
interesting. Sadly I think that Vernon would be the first to brag 
about royal connections, so they probably do not exist. The only 
other supporting tidbit I can dredge up is "Privet Drive". This must 
be a reference to the use of privet in small-town England as 
a "privacy hedge", hence it's a common and a bland name. But henna 
is also known as Egyptian Privet and was used on mummies and in 
mehndi designs, which were in part for warding off evil.

Hans 108067:
>>> Moses too was a parseltongue <<<

Fantastic point.

But I think the real biblical analogy is between John the Baptist 
and Albus Dumbledore. The prophesy clearly marks Dumbledore out as 
the one who must wait for the savior since it tells Dumbledore that 
great though he may be, he is not great enough to vanquish Volde.

Cheers,

Dumbledad.