The Weasleys as bodily regions (was Hans-Pineal)

[Hans Andréa]

No: HPFGUIDX 126951

Many thanks to catkind for the post with lots of questions about my theory
of the Weasleys symbolising regions of the body.

I think the best thing to do is explain the story of my discovery and how I
came to my conclusions. You can then judge for yourself whether those
conclusions are valid.

I just want to refer back to my post 107405 where I told the group about my
recognition of the Path of Alchemical Liberation in Harry Potter. Thats my
starting point for all my posts over the years. As Ive said before, I feel
it is my duty as a member to tell this group about what I think Harry Potter
is based on.

The whole purpose of Liberating Alchemy is to turn a temporary tent (the
mortal personality) into a divine, indestructible, four-dimensional Temple.
In this sense the human personality, with the four bodies and the three foci
of consciousness, is a three-dimensional blueprint of a four-dimensional
human being. The physical body, the etheric body, the astral body, the
mental body and the three centres of consciousness are transmuted and
transformed, organ by organ, atom by atom, into divine, indestructible
counterparts. 

When I first read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets I immediately
recognised the process of liberation as taught by the Rosicrucian
Alchemists. This is a process in which the new soul-force (Harry), born out
of the divine spirit-spark (Lily) in the heart (Godrics Hollow) enters the
head and then builds a new serpent-fire in the spinal column. 

The serpent-fire is a fiery astral force in the spinal cord and is the basis
for the consciousness. The purpose of alchemy at this first stage is to
build a new serpent-fire which will form the basis of a new consciousness.
This new serpent-fire will be immortal and divine, and hence the new
consciousness will be. 

Try to imagine the new soul-fire as a luminous electric force gradually
coming down the right cord of the sympathetic nerve. As it goes down it also
travels into the sympathetic nerves which connect with the plexuses. The
effect of this glowing fiery light is to raise the vibration of these
plexuses, gradually closing them off to the influences of our fallen
universe, whose essence is symbolised by Voldemort. This fiery prana does 3
things at the same time: it changes the plexuses, it slows down the rotation
of the chakras, and it influences the endocrine glands. 

The plexuses in the breast are extremely relevant, as the teachings of
liberating alchemy say (symbolically) that a Grail is constructed there. The
three plexuses in the breast become capable of storing the Blood of Christ,
by which I mean an astral force given to the alchemist by the universal
Christ-spirit. The Grail legends in my opinion are references to this part
of the reconstruction of the divine human temple. In fact this is the
purpose of life on earth and the purpose of all esoteric impulses which give
rise to exoteric religions: the breaking down of the old temple and the
rebuilding of it in three days (stages). Im talking of something that is so
supernal, so breathtakingly wonderful, and so pure and holy that I cant
express my marvel at the whole thing.

The new divine prana, i.e. the heavenly soul-fire (Harry) continues down the
string of the sympathetic nerve, slowing down the chakras so they suck in
less energy from our fallen universe. All the plexuses are purified and the
endocrine organs regulated so they work more efficiently, preventing
extremes in the life of the alchemist. In other words everything becomes
more harmonious and gentle in his/her life. The body becomes more serene.

Finally the soul-fire reaches the sacral plexus. It meets three things
there: the kundalini, the root chakra, and the mirror of the subconscious
mind. It defeats the kundalini, gains mastery over the subconscious mind,
and brings the root chakra to a standstill, after which it reverses its
rotation.

The new soul-force then ascends along the left string of the sympathetic
nerve and reverses the rotation of all the other chakras. This means they
suck in only the energy of the Sixth Cosmic Plane, the world of Christ. The
endocrine glands only produce hormones according to the spiritual needs of
the alchemist, and the plexuses are now totally pure and form the basis for
a new body which is indestructible and divine.

The sexual energy is converted into creative energy, the metabolism is
regulated totally, and in the purified breast the Holy Grail is able to
receive, retain and radiate the Blood of Christ. The plexus in the throat,
together with the throat chakra and the thyroid gland, form a new faculty of
speech, which is the creative fiat. This is symbolised as the sword of the
Knight of the Holy Grail, and also as the sword in the mouth of the Son of
Man in Johns vision on Patmos.

When the soul-fire reaches the pineal gland this is opened to the Holy
Spirit, and the new consciousness is born. However the old serpent-fire is
still burning in the spinal cord. This fire is put out and replaced by the
new serpent-fire. The central nervous system is now under divine control and
the new soul is conscious in the old body. This can now systematically be
broken up and replaced by the new temple. The process described above, the
process of the formation of the new serpent-fire as the basis of the new
consciousness, is called transmutation. The process of building the new
temple, which comes when the new soul is conscious, is called
transfiguration.

I have now described the bare bones of the process of building the new
serpent-fire, the process of transmutation. With this I deem my promise to
you some weeks ago to explain to you the process of liberation to be
discharged. 

As I said, this is the purpose of life on earth and every human being on
this planet will one day achieve this, even if it takes a million
incarnations. I recognise Harry Potter as presenting this process in a
veiled form, and so its obviously extremely probable that the chakras will
be symbolised somehow. In fact its quite unlikely theyre NOT symbolised in
Harry Potter, as their reversal is essential to the basic transmutation
process.

In my character discussion posts I have pointed out that Draco (meaning
serpent) symbolises the old serpent-fire and the spinal cord. On the left
and right of the serpent-fire are the two strings of the sympathetic nerves.
Crabbe and Goyle personify these.

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets we see Harry and Ron taking
polyjuice potion and changing into Crabbe and Goyle. I see that as
symbolising the new soul-fire using the strings of the sympathetic nerve to
get to the sacral plexus. Draco and Harry are enemies, as Draco is the old
serpent-fire, which is poured into the spinal cord before birth by the
microcosmic consciousness, personified by Voldemort.

However its the brain (Lucius) that is under the direct control of
Voldemort. The spinal cord is just a son of the brain. The basilisk is
obviously the kundalini, and Tom Riddle, as the memory in the diary
symbolises the subconscious mind. As this is radiated into the spine of the
foetus before birth this is obviously the essence of Voldemort, brilliantly
symbolised as a younger Voldemort. 

Before I made my discovery of what the Weasleys symbolise I asked myself
what Ginny must personify. What is at the bottom of the spine, is red in
some way, stops being conscious in some way, and has six siblings? It
seemed fairly obvious that the root chakra fits this description well. It is
at the bottom of the spine, is red, stops rotating at the crucial time, and
his six partners.

I have used Leadbeaters book as my basis for the colours and the general
description. This does not agree with the colours youre referring to,
namely the colours of the spectrum. Ill list the colours later; suffice to
say that the root chakra consists of four petals, two red and two orange.
It looks fiery red as a whole. I interpret Ginnys unconsciousness as the
period when the chakra ceases its rotation. The resumption of the rotation
in the opposite direction is symbolised by Ginny waking up.

I then had a look at the other Weasleys and the properties of the chakras
and found that some Weasleys fitted well, others not as well. However when I
took into account the endocrine glands and the plexuses, I found the
accuracy with which everything fitted rather spine-tingling. So instead of
saying the Weasleys personify the chakras, Im saying they personify systems
which reside in certain areas of the body, and which INCLUDE the chakras,
the endocrine glands, and the plexuses. Ron fits the spleen-liver system
extremely well, taking into account his middle name (Bilius  bilious  bile
 liver), his ownership of Scabbers as the blood-ego living in the
spleen-liver system, and his pre-occupation with food. The spleen chakra is
all the colours of the spectrum.

Fred and George fit very well into the adrenal glandsnavel chakra system.
The chakra has two colours and ten petals, alternately red and green. There
are two adrenal glands, and theyre sitting on the kidneys. Fred and George
are mentioned twice in connection with toilet seats and twice with toilets.
The stem of the navel chakra is also third from the bottom.

Percy gave me quite a shock when I started investigating him. I was reading
a book about the reversal of the chakras to reach liberation. There is a
chapter about the two immortal faculties mentioned in the Corpus Hermeticum
of Hermes Trismegistus. The chapter states that the liberated alchemist has
two divine faculties which make him a master over all evil. These are the
absolutely pure heart and the Speech or Word. The purified heart is
symbolised by the impenetrable shield of the Knight of the Holy Grail. This
gets back to the plexuses I mentioned earlier. Then the chapter suddenly
went on to Parsifal and how he went to the Golden city, only to find it an
illusion. To my shock I realised that Percy is just a shortened form of the
English equivalent of Parsifal, and that the Ministry of Magic is full of
golden doors, gates, etc. It is obvious (to me at any rate) that the legend
of Parsifal symbolises the seeker who is trying to attain the purified heart
so that it can become a Grail. The golden city obviously symbolises things
of great earthly value. The lesson is that Parsifal has to learn that the
heart must be purified of all earthly desires before he can find, i.e.
construct the Grail. We know Percy is at present pursuing his ambitions in
the Ministry, which fits 100%. What is also very striking, and very
important to the seeker, is that Percy is turning against Harry. This
symbolises that when the heart is filled with ambition, it turns its back on
the new soul, which is the only thing worth living for. If we see Percy as
the heart-sanctuary rather than just the chakra, it fits perfectly. The
colour of the heart chakra is gold, and in fact it looks a bit like a small
golden shield in front of the chest. It has 12 petals or divisions.

As I said, the thymus (not thyroid  sorry) produces a hormone which
transmits the fiery soul-prana to the head via the upper blood circulation.
It was Percy who took Harry up the tower in book 1.

OK we dont know anything about Charlie but the next bodily system is the
throat-system, with the thyroid, the cervical plexus and the thyroid gland.
Well have to wait for book 6 or 7. The throat chakra has 16 spokes which
are bluish and greenish with a silvery sheen.

If Bill is the crown region of the head, he will obviously symbolise the
crown chakra in some way. This chakra has 960 petals plus a central
whirlpool with 12 petals. The large area is predominantly violet, the
central area whitish gold. Maybe this is Bills ponytail.

It struck me very forcibly that the pituitary gland has two lobes which are
extremely significant in the process of alchemy. Leadbeater shows the brow
chakra as having 96 petals, and divided vertically into two colours  one
red, the other indigo. This is a perfect fit for the parents of a family.
The red hair is not important, but I think its a bit of humour on Jos part
to use the red to colour Arthurs hair. 

There you have my conclusions and how I arrived at them. To prove that Im
not making this up as I go along I will give you the titles of some books
which deal with these things in great detail. They are all by the 20th
Century Rosicrucian, Jan van Rijckenborgh
1.	The Universal Gnosis  the chapters called The Seven liberating deeds
deal with the plexuses.
2.	The Coming New Man  Part I deals with the new serpent-fire.
3.	The Gnosis in Present-Day Manifestation deals with the defeat of the
kundalini.
4.	The Egyptian Arch-Gnosis Vol. III deals with the chakras and their
reversal, and mentions Parsifal and the Sword.

These books are obtainable from Amazon.

I will start to answer your questions now. 

catkind:  
I have to say I find the fact that you have two things symbolising the
pineal gland (and this isn't the only time you've had two symbols for the
same thing) an indication that maybe just maybe you're getting a little
carried away with your analogies. 

Hans:
Well I didnt write Harry Potter! There is absolutely no doubt in my mind
that the pineal gland is symbolised by Dumbledores office. I have already
explained that. Until book 7 comes along well have to see what Bill is
going to symbolise, but I feel 99.9% certain Bill will symbolise the pineal
gland-crown chakra system. I would tend to think more in the direction of
the chakra, while Dumbledores office is the physical gland.

Jo often uses different symbols for the same thing. The result is that this
illuminates the subject under discussion from different angles. We get to
see it from different points of view. Harry Potter isnt fiction but nor is
it a pure, mathematical logic puzzle. Its an allegory of the process of
liberation and everything is presented in a very dramatic, exaggerated way,
with lots of highlighting of various spiritual facts. Its not like a
photograph with everything the right size, shape and colour. Its more like
a cartoon drawing with the characters and objects outlined in thick black
lines, sometimes pulled out of shape to fit the story, or larger than life,
or squashed in some way. To me the genius of Harry Potter is that someone
has been able to put the most sacred facts of transmutation and
transfiguration, only taught in the mystery schools up to now, into a story
that is so well written, so exciting and yet so real-life that hardly anyone
can see what its all based on.

One very clear example of using different symbols for the same thing is
dragons and giants. Hagrid loves both (or at least Grawp) and they both
symbolise humanity. The dragon draws attention to the serpent-fire in the
human being (Draco again) and how dangerous we are in our thoughts,
actions, emotions, desires, our radiations and our waste-products. The giant
symbolises our potential greatness, the power we can develop if we wake up
(Grawp was asleep at first), and yet our clumsiness, our insensitivity, our
aggressiveness, etc. Harry Potter is telling us we are dangerous serpents
but also titans of great potential. You may think thats stupid, but I think
thats exquisite! This is why I love Harry Potter with a spiritual intensity
that cant be put into words. The beauty of the symbolism, the Truth
expressed, the elegance of it all is quite mind boggling yet intensely
heart-warming.

Another example is the heart. The heart (or the breast) is symbolised by at
least FIVE symbols: Harry, the Room of Love, Godrics Hollow, Percy, and
Lily. Each symbol highlights a different aspect. In my past posts I have
discussed all these, but to summarise:
Godrics Hollow: the hollow place where the inner God lives.
Lily: the eternal principle asleep in the heart (until the hart comes).
Harry: the new soul, born in the heart, but soon spreading to the whole
body.
The Room of Love: This draws attention to the vast treasure house of love
that can open up when the new soul (Harry) has become mature enough. Its
another aspect of Lily. Maybe Jo will put her body in there, as Ive said in
previous posts.
Percy: the breast with the three plexuses, the heart chakra and the thymus.
The heart is also the seat of the emotional I, which is due to be
liberated in book 6.

In fact the pineal gland is already symbolised, I believe, by two different
things. Not only is it Dumbledores office, but I believe Madeye Moodys
rotating eye is a third eye.

Catkind:
I'll happily eat my words if a concrete connection between Bill Weasley and
Dumbledore's office turns up in the last two books. (Though I can't really
imagine how it would.  Bill Weasley for the new Headmaster?) will you eat
yours if it doesn't?

Hans:
I cant see any connection between Bill and Dumbledores office either just
now. I certainly wont have any trouble in admitting Im wrong. I probably
am wrong about some minor things. Its possible that I have Bill and Charlie
back to front for example. However when you ask if Ill eat my words youre
putting this whole thing in a context I dont want to enter into. I dont
want to enter the arena of the ego. I dont want this to be a confrontation
of whos right and whos wrong, with the loser having to eat humble pie. As
I say its my right and duty to point out what I recognise as the matrix on
which Harry potter is written. Of course I expect rejection from many
people. I expect rejection especially from traditional church goers as Im
going against the beliefs of two thousand years. The people Im aiming at
are the ones who are searching with an open mind for the true inspiration of
Harry Potter. I dont expect any acceptance without people doing some
critical examination of what Im saying, but people do occasionally write to
me privately telling me they find some food for thought in my posts, and
thats all I can really expect.

I absolutely dont want to get into an arguing mode, i.e. trying to convince
or persuade people. Im just pointing out the many close similarities
between liberating alchemy and Harry Potter. Although the majority of people
may not agree with me, Ill have a great sense of fulfilment if just one or
two people are touched by what I believe is the foundation of Harry Potter.

I would ask you earnestly to accept that it's important not to drag holy
things down into the muck by exposing them to ridicule. The motto of The
Alchemical Wedding is: Ne margaritas obiice porcis, seu asino substernere
rosas.

Catkind:
Actually, a lot of traditions have the crown chakra associated to the
pituitary gland and the brow chakra to the pineal gland. (There is a good
explanation of this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakras ) If you adopted
that system you could have Molly and Arthur at the top after all!

Thanks for that link; its very interesting. Theres absolutely no doubt
that the alchemical teachings say that the crown chakra and the pineal gland
are linked; in fact they are different aspects of the same organ. Im not
interested in having Arthur and Molly at the top. What youre saying here is
that Im trying to make Harry Potter fit my theories at any price. What does
it matter whether Bill is at the top? 

People often say to me I should shut up about the liberating teachings until
book 7 is finished. Then Ill really know what Im talking about. But then
people will think Im making it up. It is precisely by saying what things
symbolise BEFORE Jo makes it obvious, that I can prove that what Im saying
is true. Thats not persuading people, thats proving that I really know
what Im talking about. Obviously no ones going to pay attention to some
one who doesnt know what hes talking about. This is why I predicted in
April 2003 what was coming in future books, and I was very happy to see many
of my predictions verified even as early as book 5. 

Catkind:
The gonads are more separate than the two lobes of the pituitary gland, yet
Ginny doesn't seem to be twins.

Hans:
Yes, naturally Ive thought of that. I surmise that Jos task is to write a
sensible, logical story with a credible plot line. Two sets of twins in one
family sounds a bit far-fetched. It is also important that Ginny be
infatuated with Harry. This makes the point that there can be no sexual
relationships on the Path of Liberation. This is a point also made in the
Alchemical Wedding. The guests there are given the opportunity of sleeping
with a beautiful virgin, but when they hold a raffle all the men get men. It
will not have escaped the notice of most members that Harry does not return
Ginnys infatuation. In fact when the soul-fire does reach the sacral plexus
the sexual drive is converted into creative energy. Sex is a necessity in
this fallen universe to keep producing new physical bodies for
reincarnation. Obviously when one has an indestructible body theres no need
for a system of reproduction. So sorry, folks, theres no sex in heaven!

Catkind:
In particular, biologically speaking, the solar plexus and spleen are above
the navel and lumbar region. Why do you have them below?

Hans:
In Leadbeaters book (1972 edition) theres a colour plate opposite page 40.
This shows the plexuses and the chakras in the body from the side. The
chakras look like convolvuli, as I said, and most of these stick out from
the spine fairly horizontally. The navel chakra however has a longer stem
and appears to droop below the spleen chakra. Seen from the spine its
higher than the spleen chakra, but seen from the front its slightly lower.

catkind: 
Gred's Weasley-jumper colour is blue with yellow writing. They're a two-man
rainbow! I don't think wearing green once gives them a serious association
with the colour. And I repeat, everyone has red hair, so that proves
nothing. 

Hans:
I agree seeing them once only in green proves nothing. Thats why I didnt
mention this in my main post. I just thought it was an amusing coincidence
and I mentioned it as an afterthought in my answer to Rita. I suppose as
another weak afterthought I could say that what their mother gives them is
not their choice. They CHOSE to wear green that day. But Ill leave that.

Catkind:
Another question: What symbol do you actually mean with the green and
red petals? What are the corresponding symbols for the other chakras?

Hans:
The word chakra means wheel. Its divided into areas which look like the
spokes of a wheel. Or if you think of it as a flower you can call these
petals. If you look at a peeled orange from the angle of where the little
stem used to be, you can see the lines radiating from the centre. Thats
what I mean by petals. You seem to like tables, so heres one for the
divisions and colours:

Root    4 orange & red
Spleen  6 all the spectrum except indigo
Navel  10 fred & green 
Heart  12 gold
Throat 16 silvery blue & green
Brow   96 - 48 red, 48 indigo
Crown 972 purple & gold

I have asked our computer expert to place pictures of the chakras on our
website. I hope theyll be there in a few days. They will be on this page:
http://www.harrypotterforseekers.com/symbols/weasleys.php

catkind:  
But the heart chakra has to be about love and emotion.  Percy is not
emotional at all compared to his siblings. Again, the association with
ambition is new to me. 

Hans:
I agree I didnt explain this fully, but thats OK; its great to get
questions asking for further explanation.

Ive tried to answer this question in my explanation of the process of
transmutation above. Im saying that Percy symbolises the heart-sanctuary of
the human temple. This sanctuary is the abode of the emotional-I or
consciousness. What Jo is saying here is that when the heart (in the broad
sense) is filled with earthly desires, it closes itself off to the new soul
(Harry). This is why Percy warns Ron about not associating with the Potter
boy. Earthly desires are symbolised by ambition, which Percy demonstrates
with admirable skill, youll agree. When I saw Parsifal and the golden city
mentioned in this book about the reversal of the chakras, I nearly fell off
my chair, I assure you! Yet there it is in the fourth book in the above
list. I feel sure Percy will see his ambition shattered in book 6 or 7, and
I feel its more likely to be in book 6 because thats going to symbolise
Harrys liberation of the emotional-I. I cant visualise exactly what Jo is
going to do, but I imagine something like the new minister giving Percy his
just deserts and making all his ambitions go up in smoke. Percy will go
through much bitterness and suffering, but at the end of the book hell come
back to Harry. Voldemort and Harry will probably have their annual
confrontation in or near the Room of Love, and Harry will win. I suspect
Lilys body is in the room. My evidence for this is that there is a similar
room in the Alchemical Wedding, and Venus is in a state of deep sleep there;
in a kind of coma. Something like Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty). When
Christian Rosycross sees her he is punished (ha ha) by being made the next
gatekeeper (like Hagrid).

Perhaps Jo will justify Lily lying in the Room of Love, by the Ministry of
Magic using her to study love. They could argue something like, It was
her love that defeated the Dark Lord, so lets keep her body preserved in
there for study. I used to think perhaps Lily was in a coma, but apparently
Jo has said she is definitely dead. I think Percy will do something
wonderful for Harry (as all the Weasleys will) and perhaps as a Ministry
official he will help Harry enter the Room.

>>Hans (to Rita): 
It's great to know someone is reading my posts with enough interest to ask
questions (and not just trying to knock them down).<<

catkind: 
Maybe I'm imagining it, but you sound a little indignant there, Hans.

Hans:
No no, just a sardonic smile. Just resignation at the inevitable.

To finish with Im pasting underneath here a short summary from my website
of what I theorise will happen to the Weasleys at the end of the story. Of
course it wont happen exactly like this, but if you combine what Im saying
there with what it symbolises in the actual process of transmutation, Im
sure youll find my story roughly confirmed at the end of Harry Potter. I
suspect the sequence Ive given to events could be quite wrong.

Extract from Harry Potter for Seekers:
When the new soul-force enters the pineal gland, the Holy Spirit of God
enters and performs the alchemical wedding of the Spirit, the Soul and the
Personality. This creates a new consciousness. If we see the Weasleys as
symbolising the organs involved in this process we can imagine to some
extent how JK Rowling will put this into her story. Will it be something
like this?

Voldemort has taken the Weasleys captive in the Chamber of Secrets or a
similar place and they are all unconscious. Snape and Lupin have united to
save them, but have both died. With the aid of Crabbe or Goyle, Harry goes
down to save them. Voldemort promises Harry that he, Voldemort, will spare
the Weasleys and make Harry his second in command if he will acknowledge
that Voldemort is greater than he. Harry absolutely rejects Voldemort for
the last time. Peter Pettigrew repays Harry his debt and both Voldemort and
Peter vanish in a puff of smoke. The Weasleys wake up and give great gifts
of gratitude to Harry. Percy gives Harry a golden shield and Charlie given
him a two edged sword.

They go up to the ground level with the aid of Crabbe or Goyle. They head
for Dumbledore's office. Neville Longbottom makes a vital contribution in
the final stages. He gives Dumbledore the opportunity to go down to the
Chamber of Secrets and then go back up to his office. When they unite in
Dumbledore's office Draco finally turns around and becomes Harry's friend -
or he dies in the process. In the final ceremony there is an alchemical
wedding to unite Harry Ron and Hermione for ever. Bill Weasley plays a
unique and essential role in this.

However after the climax and the joy, something happens which suddenly
changes everything. Harry ends up taking Hagrid's place as keeper of the
Keys at Hogwarts. The story ends with Harry ferrying first years across the lake.


"if I talk too freely about [if I believe in God] I think the intelligent reader, whether 10 or 60, will be able to guess what's coming in the books." JK Rowling

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