[HPforGrownups] Character Discussion: explanation

[Amanda Geist]

No: HPFGUIDX 121022

> Hans wrote:
>
> Yet each time I come to the same conclusion:
> the foundation of Harry Potter is the Teachings of Alchemical Liberation.
> Never mind whether the teachings are true; the point is JK Rowling knows
> them much better than I do and she IS basing her book on them. That is my
> motivation for sending my discoveries to this group. I have to tell the
> world!

 Julie says:
>
> Out of curiosity, has JKR ever stated that she is basing her books on
> these teachings? I thought I read somewhere that she'd addressed
> the question of whether she based the books on any sort of religious
> teaching or wrote deliberate correlations between particular religious
> teachings/writings and HP plot/characters (and I recall her answer
> being "No."). But I could easily be wrong.

Actually, after reading Hans for a while, I have decided that two things are
occurring: Hans is doing a masterful job of focused interpretation, but
there also does seem to be some actual parallel evolution between alchemical
theory, and JKR's philosophy.

I won't go so far as to say that means there is a deliberate or intentional
link, or derivation--but that doesn't mean it's not a valid interpretation.
And given the convergences Hans has found, he may well have a good handle on
predicting the shape of things to come in books 6 & 7. Paths of wisdom that
run in similar channels, often reach similar ends.

That's about as far as I'll go, though.

~Amanda