Psychoanalysis of CoS revisted (with Occlumency)

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No: HPFGUIDX 101325

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ivogun" <miamibarb at B...> wrote:
> I was a literature major, and it seems=
>  very clear to me that some of the images in CoS (and other books) are 
sexual in nature. < Blush> I am somewhat old fashioned, but I have been 
taught to make connections! 
> 
> Barbara (Ivogun), who can't believe she wrote this post

Hello, Ivogun~
I was a lit major as well, so I always notice this sort of stuff
(A considerable dose of Freud was a requirement for pretty much every one 
of the undergrads at my university).

My point is: you are not alone. 

So, such observations aren't embarrassing for me to notice and 
communicate. my concerns lie more in the direction of possibly offending 
others on the list (this group is far more constrained and rule bound and 
regulating than other internet groups i'm in, such as Six Feet Under). 

After the initial shock (some twenty yrs ago) of seeing the overabundance o=
f 
phallocentric imagery just about everywhere one looks, I got over the shame=
. 
Rather I find it's all just woven into my critical consciousness somewhat 
seemlessly.

Thought you might be interested in a line from a movie review of PoA that 
plays with that paradigm:
www.villagevoice.com/issues/0422/atkinson1.php

to quote the reviewer article entitled The wizard of id: Orgasmic
spells and naughty wand usage :

As Aleister Crowley always said, sex is magic and vice versa—that
is why J.K. Rowling's apprentice sorcerers are so heavily regulated in thei=
r 
wand usage, and have their magical loins flexed harmlessly in sports, until=
 
such time as they can control their own transformative impulses. 

This observation seems Very, Very tied to the books as well. 

Keep making those connections~
madeyemood