Harry Potter and the Sign of Cain (C. Rosycross in jeans)

[annunathradien]

No: HPFGUIDX 100858

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jenni A.M. Merrifield" 
<strawberry at j...> wrote:
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> 
>   Except that setting the serpent at the zoo free isn't Harry's 
> first act of wizadry, nor is it his first conscious act of Wizardry.

But then "Harry had his name down ever seen he was born" (to attend 
Hogwarts).  Does it really matter if it was a conscious act or not?

I look at it more symbolically in Harry's "releasing of the serpent" 
is a reflection to approaching the steps of "releasing the serpent" 
within himself (from the moment Voldemort "marked" him and this 
experience begins unravelling when he comes to Hogwarts).  To fully 
understand his duality he needs to experience the serpent as well 
as "God"(ric) within him.  

As iris_ft so eloquently put it, Harry is both Cain and Abel, but 
also neither one of them.  He bears the mark of Cain, but has the 
capacity to forgive his brother.  As not to be redundant, but you 
could see this in the text.  "...Power the Dark Lord knows not" (OotP 
SCH, ch. 37, p.841).  Harry can love and through this love he can 
forgive.  I've perceived Harry as a sort of binity... two (opposing) 
sides in one being.  This idea is drummed in further with the 
prophecy "Either must die at the hand of the other, For neither can 
live while the other survives". (p.841)  The prophecy is likely 
talking about a physical battle of Harry vs. Voldemort, but I've also 
wondered if it may be referring to just Harry himself.  Harry can't 
defeat the Dark Lord until he can learn to forgive himself?  He can't 
go on until he learns to accept and understand what he is.