HP and the Pillar of Storge- Philisophical or Real?

[Wanda Sherratt]

No: HPFGUIDX 102949

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <asian_lovr2 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> For those who are not following along, 'Storge' is one of the four
> philisophical concepts of love-
> 
> Storge - love & loyalty within families
> Philia - love & friendship between non-related people
> Eros - romantic, erotic love
> Agape - divine love
> 
> In concept the 'pillar' or strength of family love is great, but 
the
> previous titles have all referred to REAL objects, ...well, real 
in books.
> 

I shall be interested to see if this rumour pans out - July is only 
a few days away, after all.  I'm not a classicist, but I've come 
across the word 'storge' once before: in C.S. Lewis's "The Four 
Loves", which follows the pattern you've listed above, moving from 
the lowest to the highest form of love.  As for "pillar", I guess 
there's nothing to prevent Rowling from just creating a physical 
pillar in her story and giving it this name; but when I hear the 
word my first automatic association is with "pillar of fire".  They 
combine to give a sort of mystical impression, in my mind.

Wanda