Structure of the Seven books / and a bit of Alchemy

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 155871

> ivogun:
> > Rowling has made it known that she has an overall plan for all 
> seven books. Much of the  planning involves keeping the events of 
the plot straight, but I think to some degree she  may be utilizing 
a classical design where the first book mirrors the last, the second 
book mirrors the next to last, the third book mirrors the third from 
the last, and the forth is a pivotal book or climax. 
> 

Tonks:
You may be right. As I venture into the study of Alchemy it does 
look like there could be some connection of book 1 and 7.

In book 1:
Harry is a child.
Harry does not know who and what he is.
The Stone is destroyed

In book 7:
Harry will be a man
Harry will know himself (a necessary step in creating the stone.)
I predict that Harry will create the stone.

Now we venture into the world of Wild Prediction!

In book 1, we have Ron's sacrifice.  In my Alchemy studies I jumped 
ahead a bit to a picture. And if I place the characters from HP in 
this picture.. well it does not look good for Ginny. Instead of the 
red haired Ron, it will be Ginny who dies, not a figurative death, 
but a real death.

The picture in the Alchemy book if interpreted by HP standards would 
show Sirius, DD, and Fawkes. They are crowning Ginny. Ginny has gone 
to the world beyond in her body, just as Sirius has done. This is 
part of the making of the stone.

On a side note: The symbolism of the 2 snakes going in different 
directions is an Alchemical symbol. I haven't sorted it all out yet.

Surprising still is the part of the prophesy "one must die at the 
hand of the other
"  In Alchemy there is something called "Saturn" 
which is a dark thing, or in Christian terms, evil.  It must be 
killed.  That is the term that they use "killed", before you can 
create the stone.  Again I haven't quite gotten an understanding of 
it all.  It is a chemical process which is symbolic.  The real 
process is spiritual and according to Carl Jung psychological.  I 
think we will see Potions coming into play in book 7.  Very 
*advance* potion making!!

Remember we also need the joining of fire(Gryffindor) and water
(Slytherin), for the potion to work.

Tonks_op