[the_old_crowd] RE: Hello! Wake up call! All hands on Deck!!!

[Randy Estes]

I had fun reading 3 different Holy Grail stories on
the internet last night.  I had no idea of the
hundreds of interpretations of the metaphors.  I did
however enjoy finding pieces of characters from HP
that link to the Holy Grail story which is intertwined
in the history of Europe and therefore part of the
myths and legends that JKR read.  I just thought that
the one eyed guy was so interesting.

Anyway, I can now reveal that I have stumbled across
some ancient documents that clearly show that the
secret documents and the body of Mary Magdalene are
buried on the island of Sodor and have been constantly
moved around by Thomas the Tank Engine!  The part of
the song where the kids whistle is covering up Thomas'
muffled cry of " I've got the Grail!"

I think JKR may have her own funny Grail story to
tell.  Every really good story relates to some kind of
myth or legend in some fashion.  The potions test in
Philosopher's Stone does imply some good old fashioned
logic in Book 6.  There is something to look forward
to in 2007 or whenever she gets around to it!

Randy

PS.
Sorry for all of the silly Grail posts!  No offence
meant to anyone's religious beliefs.  I feel that the
story is just a puzzle to be worked on and the
alchemist legend is intriquing.


--- Tim Regan <tim_regan82 at ...> wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
> Oh what a depressing thread. Anyone in any doubt
> about how tempting it is to
> erroneously reinterpret everything in the light of
> Rosicrucian and
> alchemical mysteries should try reading Umberto
> Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum".
> It's heavy going at times because of the wealth of
> detail, especially
> historic stuff about the Knights Templar, so I
> recommend the audio version.
> But it does show how easy it is to see everything,
> from shopping lists to
> Harry Potter, in light of ancient Gnostic mysteries.
> Arghhhurghhh.
>  
> Cheers, grumpily,
>  
> Dumbledad.
>  
> PS Last time I referenced this book, someone pointed
> out that the timeline
> had a logical flaw. Please, if you do read it, don't
> imagine that it is
> adding to the madness, it's a critique.
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> 
> 


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