Wands and other things

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 147694

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister"
<gbannister10 at ...> wrote:
>

 kmalone1127:
>  There is a website
> >hogwartsprofessor.com where the guy who runs it (John Granger) has
> >written several articles about the books and the Christian influence
> >of them.
> 
> 
> Geoff:
>About a year and a half ago, 
> there was a lot of discussion regarding the Christian aspect because 
> of a number of contributors who were putting forward alchemical 
> theories. One of our more notable and outspoken members ultimately 
> went off to start his own website to propagate these views. John 
> Granger's name was mentioned more than once during these exchanges. I 
> am afraid that, as a Christian, I am suspicious of his views because 
> I do not believe that the way of alchemical liberation  has anything 
> to do with basic Christian faith. 

Renee:

AFAIK, John Granger is not a proponent of the way of alchemical
liberation. His views are - I hope to do them justice now - that the
HP books are Christian literature in the tradition of the Inklings,
notably Lewis and Tolkien. But while the message itself is Christian,
but JKR presents it by using the imagery and symbolism of spiritual
alchemy as developed in the European alchemical tradition. The medium
is not the message, though, at least not in the eyes of John Granger,
who is a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. If you take a look at
his website and read some of the articles, you'll see that he does not
propagate alchemical liberation as a worldview. Nor does he claim JKR
is doing so.

Renee