Bloomsbury ScreenSaver Download Shows MORE -- SPOILER

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No: HPFGUIDX 130969

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I downloaded the screensaver and there are indeed things there that 
don't show on the cover of the book (for the adult version) that is 
on their website. There is a wealth of information there!!

If you don't want to know..  stop reading now
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One of the first things is the red stone.
I bought a plate on E-bay awhile back, from the UK of the Mirror of 
Erised.  I know that JKR has to approve all of the art, not just for 
the books, but for every item that they make. (Doubt me if you will, 
but the WB rep. I talked to told me this.)  The picture on the plate 
is the same as this stone on the screensaver. On the plate it shows 
Harry looking into the mirror in the scene where (in the book) he 
finds the stone in his pocket. But in this artist rendition, the 
stone is in his heart and radiation out like is often seen in 
pictures of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I have packed the plate away 
so I can't send a picture of it. You will have to take my word for 
it the stone on the plate is the same as in the screen saver.

It is the SS. And it disappears into the eye of one of the snakes 
that are entwined on the wall with the vine on it. It looks like the 
room that the snakes are in is somehow accessible through the 
outside wall in the tower, on the right of the second window.  In an 
*upper room* (the middle window of 3 windows on the tower of 
Hogwarts (I assume that it is Hogwarts, it may be some other 
castle.), there is the chalice.  The chalice is wood, but I don't 
think it is the same one as the Tri-wizard tournament.  It has a 
blue flame in it.  And it is hard to make out because the 
screensaver moves too fast, but there might be some kind of marking 
on the floor to the right.  But I may be wrong about that, it may 
mean nothing. Then there are flames and a golden phoenix. The 
phoenix does not look like a living bird. It looks like a golden 
image of a phoenix.  The whole screensaver starts and ends with a 
picture of the Potions book.  

Didn't we decide that borage was a type of plant?  Is that the plant 
or vine on the wall? Or maybe the author's name means nothing. 

I am not sure if the castle is Hogwarts.  The water looks very 
rough.  Maybe Harry and DD get in a boat and go ?? and find this 
other castle which is the castle of the HBP.  And the stuff there is 
his.  I think entwining snakes are a symbol of healing, like you see 
on a doctor's  license plate.  The Caduceus comes from ancient 
Mesopotamia where the intertwining serpents were a symbol of the god 
who cures all illnesses. I don't think that the image of snakes on 
this wall has anything to do with Slytherin and evil.  I think that 
Harry and DD find the castle of the HBP and discover the ancient 
mystery of the Phoenix. (I may be wrong, but I don't think that 
golden Phoenix is a good sign. It reminds me of a molten calf in the 
Bible accounts, where the people worshiped the image and not God. )

In order to see all of this you have to download the screensaver.  
It is worth doing.  I would love to hear what everyone else thinks 
of the images there.  It tells far more than anything that we have 
seen before. IMO.

Also the other screensaver for the children's edition is really, 
really COOL!!  I don't usually download stuff, but I really like 
that one.

Tonks_op