SPOILER ALERT! Connections between the covers

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No: HPFGUIDX 132751

Please be warned this post discusses information given in the 
British Edition back cover text

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OK, here goes...

The British back cover text mentions and "unseasonable mist" in 
Privet Drive, and says the the muggle and magical worlds are 
intertwining.  Obviously if the mist is magical in origin, the fact 
that muggles can see it is one way in which the worlds are 
overlapping.

Looking then at the American back cover artwork, we see Ron et al 
surrounded by mist as they look up at the Dark Mark.  Could it be a 
muggle city or town in the background?  Hard to tell with all the 
mist!

A good bet the mist is connected to WWII beginning in earnest.  Any 
thoughts on how it might be connected?

For those who follow the Alchemical symbolism in the books, having 
mist in book 6 would back up John Granger's theory of the last three 
books corresponding to the three stages of alchemy:

Book 5 = black work = purification; Privet drive hot and dry
Book 6 = white work = washing; Privet Drive mysteriously misty
Book 7 = red work =  ??? expect a lot of fire and gold symbolism

Also Dumbledore is all over the place in both text and covers and 
his first name Albus translates as "White."

Just some thoughts to pass the time until midnight tomorrow... 

Inkling