OT: Re Hans

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 127075


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cat_kind" <cat_kind at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> catkind: I apologise to other members for replying off topic on this
> subject again. I'm still trying to find the logical basis to the
> discussion about Harry Potter and Rosicrucianism.

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Hans in Message #125555:   
> I just want to expose people to the truth:
> not the truth of the teachings themselves, but the truth of whether
> Harry Potter is BASED on those teachings. Reject the teachings of
> liberation by all means, call them heretical, satanic or occult or
> whatever you like. That's not the point. The point is: does Harry
> Potter contain them or not? Quite simple.
> 
> Hans: I recognise Harry Potter as presenting this process [ck:
> liberation] in a veiled form, and so it's obviously extremely 
probable
> that the chakras will be symbolised somehow. In fact it?s quite
> unlikely they're NOT symbolised in Harry Potter, as their reversal 
is
> essential to the basic transmutation
> process.

Geoff:
This brings me back to a point I have made previously. I have 
frequently referred to CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and JK Rowling as 
bringing Christian ideas covertly into their books - although Lewis 
was less covert than the other two.

There is sufficient evidence in these authors to pick out themes and 
comments made by characters to underline that these observations are 
coming from a Christian direction. A number of authors have written 
books connecting Christian ideas with views expressed in the HP books.

If, however, Hans is correct and JKR is writing Harry Potter as a 
covert example of the path of liberation, what is the point of 
veiling it so much that the association of ideas will only be made by 
a very few people - that readers will totally miss the analogies? 
This brings us back to the exchange we had some time ago when I 
bojected to the suggestion that the way to heaven is only through 
special knowledge - thus impliying an elitist approach - as opposed 
to the Christian message which offers a simple way to those who can 
just believe the very basic message of the Gospel. Christ died, 
Christ rose, Christ will come again.