Ending of Book 7 Prediction and Alchemy 101

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 156390

Alchemy 101 studies continued:

Here is a tidbit of information, which makes me think of the mirror 
of Erised. This is part of the poem in "Rosarium Philosophorum"
This part of the poem speaks of the male part of the stone. Remember 
that the stone itself is the union of opposites. What is called in 
alchemy the "hermaphrodite", but which does not mean male/female in a 
literal sense.

"Here is born the emperor of all honor,
There cannot be above him born a higher,
Born through the art, or by the means of nature,
But not through the womb on any living creature.
The philosophers speak of him as their son, 
And everything they do, by him is done.
>From him it can be had what man desires,
He gives good health, which last and never tires,
All precious jewels, he gives, silver and gold,
Full strength and youth, pure, beautiful and bold.
Wrath, sickness, grief and want are all transformed,
Blessed is the man who is by God informed"

Somehow, someway I think we will see this idea represented in book 7 
by the mirror and something that happens to Harry as a result.  
Remember in book 1, Harry was able to get the stone because he wanted 
to "find it, but not use it".  DD set the mirror up in that way. I 
also think that this is the secret of the stone itself. The person 
that can make the stone is the one that wants to seek the stone for 
its own sake and not for what the stone can do for them. This idea is 
like the mystic's spiritual journey to find God for the sake of 
finding God alone and not for the mystical experience or the gifts 
that come with it.

I think that since the HP books are for children, JKR is going to do 
all of this in a simplified form. 

Not for a bit of wild speculation: The books are a `coming of age' 
story. They are also a `hero's quest" story. (I wonder if in her 
depression JKR turned to a therapist. Perhaps she had a Jungian 
therapist. This would explain a lot, IMO.) If we look at the books 
from the perspective of the maturation process and the quest is 
Harry's to find and know himself then what we have is the following:  
LV is Harry's dark side and in the end Harry must unite and transform 
LV into himself.  Because both Harry and LV will have only a half-
life if they are split. LV represents the split off part of Harry, 
that part of himself that Harry does not want to acknowledge as being 
part of his nature. Harry in book 7 will be a man, here he will go 
from being "every boy" as JKR has told us, to being "everyman". As a 
symbol of humanity, whatever Harry can do we all can do. 

My prediction is that Harry will find Love for LV. They will become 
one. This is the union of opposites necessary to produce the stone. 
The process of producing the stone also has a spiritual meaning. The 
stone represents Christ to the Christian alchemist. (Note: Not all 
alchemists were Christian and the stone represents the God of that 
person's religion. Alchemy has been around for thousands of years, in 
all cultures.)

For the Christian alchemist, which IMO is the type of alchemist that 
JKR is, the end product is the transformation of the human into the 
image of Christ.  The alchemist must `first know himself' before this 
can be done.  Harry will know himself, be a mature man, be "whole" 
once he has absorbed LV into himself, and then he will be transformed 
into the image of Christ. Which I think in the books is Fawkes.

Tonks_op