HP and the Pillar of Storge- Philisophical or Real?

[alora]

No: HPFGUIDX 102955

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, K G <moonmyyst13 at y...> wrote:
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> Brenda <Agent_Maxine_is at h...> wrote:
> >>> Steve wrote:
> > I can very easly see the 'Pillar of Storge' as a concept that 
applies to the books and fits nicely into the story line. Family 
love could be and is a very deep and complex theme in the books 
already. The problem I have is with the assumption that the book 
titles will 
> be consistent all the way through the series, which implies that 
the 'Pillar of Storge' is a real object. So... what could it be and 
why does it exist? <<<
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> Bren now:
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> Hmm, I took the meaning of 'Pillar of Storge' to be both 
> literal/physical and thematic/metaphorical.  As for the thematic 
interpretation of 'Pillar of Storge', well I'm not a philosopher nor 
do I pretend to be, so I'm going to go with other posts and just nod 
along.
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> As for 'Pillar of Storge' being a real object, the first thing 
that came to my mind was the Gargoyle door leading to DD's office, 
for some odd reason.  But assuming that there is a consistency in 
the book titles, every new title object had been, well, NEW in each 
book.
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> So my SIMPLE guess is that 'Pillar of Storge' is the form in which 
Sirius takes to come back for Harry's protection (can you spell SAD 
DENIAL? lol)
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> Any more creative ideas, as usual ;P ??
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> Bren
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> Here is a thought.  We have heard that a graveyard scene may be 
introduced in one of the remaining books.  Could this Pillar be in 
the graveyard?  If so, would it represent an archway or statue?  Or 
would this actually be a grave marker?  And if a grave marker, whose?
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> moonmyyst (even if we are totally off, this is a lot of fun to 
speculate!! You guys have some great ideas)
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Who knows if this is true, it sure is fun to speculate.  I was 
thinking that maybe the Pillar might be related in some way to the 
arch with the veil in OoP?  Remember what Luna said in OoP...I don't 
have my book handy, but she says, "It's not like we'll never see 
them again (her mom/Harry's parents).  You heard them behind the 
veil."  Maybe there's a connection?  

Alora :)