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[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 190998



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, June Ewing <doctorwhofan02 at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > Pippin
> > who has just realized that 'horcrux' is 'chi rho' backwards,
> > partially latinized and transposed
> 
> June:
> Actually, I don't get this at all. Backwards horcrux would be
> xurcroh. There is only one h in horcrux, there is no i and I
> really do not understand where you are seeing these.
>


Pippin:

I shall explain...further. :)

"Chi rho' is a symbol used by Christians since ancient times. It is the first two letters of Christ's name spelled in Greek. The letter "chi"  which looks like an X makes the "ch" sound  and the letter "rho" which looks like a P,  makes the  "r" sound. The chi rho symbol looks like an X with a P superimposed on it. 

 Christians also traditionally associated the letter chi with the cross of Christ. The Latin word for cross is "crux" and  'hor' is an anagram of 'rho'.

Get it?

Reversing or inverting Christian holy names or symbols is supposedly a traditional component of  black magic.

Pippin